So you just set up a Linux-compatible webcam. You’ve tested it with Kopete, and you can send images on MSN and Yahoo! Now what? Here are some fun things you can try. Finally some more uses for webcams outside of porn shots, not that,that is bad but a couple of these sound like fun, [...]
Holy bug farm batman that is a ton of problems here is what I found written concerning this fiasco; No wonder the Wow had so much trouble getting started. By Microsoft’s own count, Windows Vista Service Pack 1 rolls up 551 separate hotfixes, in addition to 23 security updates rated Important and already delivered via [...]
Here is a great article and how-to and SSH and Forwarding and since a couple of folks have asked about both I thought I could kill two birds at the same time. Here is the opening from the website; SSH, or the Secure SHell, is a powerful unix tool that allows you to securely connect [...]
When Firefox 2.12 came out on Feb. 7, it brought with it fixes for three critical security holes and seven that were not quite so serious. According to the security advisories, many of these problems were also fixed in the Thunderbird 2.12 e-mail client. Unfortunately, there is no Thunderbird 2.12. The Mozilla Foundation’s press release [...]
Some one asked the other day if I had any cli tools that I would say are favorites to use, I really had to think a few on that. Like I said the other day here Scrot is one that really is handy and fast.But lets try a couple and see what comes up. grep [...]
Well it all depends on who you are I guess. For Obama it was a great weekend. For Clinton it was really not that good. For Amy Winehouse it was a good weekend. Microsoft on the other hand got the news that Yahoo is saying thanks but no thanks for that offer. And it seems [...]
If you are like me, you have a lot of items that get repeated in e-mails websites and hint pages maybe even links you name it and unless you are really patient it can be a handful making macros in Thunderbird. Well today I found a handy little add-on to do just it makes Macros [...]
Okay this is a older article but it still is a great source of information for those who ask what is a firewall and how does it work. And should I spend money on a firewall or is a open source firewall just as good. You’ve heard the familiar arguments: commercial firewall products are overpriced; [...]
f you’ve dabbled even a little bit with security matters, you know that giving root rights or the root password to a common user is a bad idea. But what do you do if a user has a valid need to do something that absolutely requires root rights? The answer is simple: use sudo to [...]
File backups are a key element for every user and on every computer. Whether it be an office setting or a home desktop machine, backups are essential – your hard drive will fail at some point; you will need a backup, and you’ll be kicking yourself if you learn this lesson the hard way. [...]