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The difference between working at work and relaxing at home [Comic]

Ashraf April 15, 2013 6

In today’s world of technology, I have no doubt this is true for many, many people.

Bloody hilarious email addresses [Humor]

Ashraf April 15, 2013 4

Who would have thought generating email addresses from initials could turn out to be so entertaining.

Geeky parents use CPU fan and heatsink to cool their children [Image]

Ashraf April 15, 2013 1

Uh, this is safe? I’d hope so.

This Pac-Man stapler is a winner [Image]

Ashraf April 15, 2013 0

Played Pac-Man as a kid (or adult)? Then you will want this stapler.

Windows Blue may have ability to skip Start Screen and boot straight to desktop [Rumor]

Ashraf April 15, 2013 2

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One of the most hated features about Windows 8 is the inability to boot past Start Screen and go straight to desktop. After all, most people using Windows 8 with a mouse and keyboard are more likely to spend their time on traditional desktop than on Start Screen. It seems [...]

[Windows] Best free steganography program (i.e. hide files within other files)

Ashraf April 15, 2013 7

A popular way for people to protect their files is encryption, using programs like TrueCrypt and AxCrypt to prevent unauthorized access to data. The only problem with encryption is it is typically obvious that a file is encrypted. Steganography is a different method of preventing unauthorized access to data and [...]

[Windows] BDlot DVD ISO Master is free, will copy DVD to ISO, and bypasses almost all DRM protection

Ashraf April 14, 2013 13

2013-04-13_201531 Finding a good free DVD copier/ripper/backuper is a fairly hard task. There are some, like DVDFab HD Decrypter and DVDSmith, but I have yet to come across a free DVD ripper that does DVD -> ISO and supports bypassing almost all types of DRM protection. That is until I came [...]

Arabian horse in front of Great Pyramids of Giza [Amazing Photo of the Day]

Ashraf April 13, 2013 2

The title says it all.

Tunnel of binary [Wallpaper]

Ashraf April 13, 2013 0

This is a geeky wallpaper that involves 1s and 0s.

The 404 error clock [Comic]

Ashraf April 13, 2013 2

This clock gives an error at 4:04.

“Chrome has auto-updated with bettar spell chek” [Image]

Ashraf April 13, 2013 2

Either this an intentional joke or an epic fail by Google.

What do IT professionals really do? [Infographic]

Ashraf April 13, 2013 15

This informative infographic helps explain the various roles of different IT professionals.

“What’s my username?” [Humor]

Ashraf April 13, 2013 2

Is it so hard for people to remember their own first and last name?

[Windows] Best free DVD authoring program (i.e. create movie DVD with menu from MP4, AVI, WMV, FLV, MOV, etc.)

Ashraf April 13, 2013 34

Who knows the difference between burning DVDs and authoring DVDs? Burning DVDs consists of two things; you can either burn a data DVD (i.e. you put files, movies, music, etc. onto a DVD and it is only viewable on your computer — like a USB drive) or you can burn [...]

What is this lion thinking? [Amazing Photo of the Day]

Ashraf April 13, 2013 11

What a lazy lion.

“If you can read this…” [Wallpaper]

Ashraf April 13, 2013 0

This is a semi-humorous wallpaper.

Wall Street and bankers are “nefarious” and “lowlife scum” [Comic]

Ashraf April 13, 2013 1

This is one of the few comics I actually laughed out loud after reading.

Nothing like having 175 WiFi access points in the same place at the same time [Image]

Ashraf April 13, 2013 3

What is the maximum number of WiFi connections that you have seen in one area? 5? 10?

Hilarious parody of Disney’s Star Wars Episode 7 [Video]

Ashraf April 13, 2013 0

Disney says they will show Star Wars Episode 7 by 2015. Why wait so long? Watch a parody of it today!

Microsoft says recent Windows 7 security update is faulty, tells everyone to uninstall update (before it’s too late)

Ashraf April 13, 2013 23

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Every second Tuesday of every month Microsoft issues a bunch of patches for its products, including Windows. This is known as Patch Tuesday. For this this recent Patch Tuesday Microsoft issued a Windows Update for Windows 7, security update 2823324, that “addresses a moderate-level vulnerability that requires an attacker to [...]

Bing shows five times more malware websites than Google, according to study

Ashraf April 13, 2013 6

Search engines like Google and Bing index the web. The web contains thousands (millions?) of malware links, either malicious websites or malicious downloads. So it shouldn’t surprise anyone that malware links can be found when searching via a search engine. The people at major search engines, including Google and Bing, [...]

VirusTotal maximum file size limit is now 64 MB, up from 32 MB

Ashraf April 12, 2013 3

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As I’m sure most dotTechies know, VirusTotal is an awesome online virus/malware scanner that allows users to scan files and programs for viruses or malware using over 40 different anti-virus/anti-malware engines.

VirusTotal historically had a maximum file size limit of 20 MB. Files above 20 MB were not able to [...]

Stunning long exposure capture of neon waterfalls [Amazing Photo of the Day]

Ashraf April 11, 2013 1

Photographers drop glow sticks in waterfalls and then snap photos of the ordeal. And the result is stunning.

Windows surrenders to Linux… at gunpoint [Wallpaper]

Ashraf April 11, 2013 4

Linux penguin > Vista icon

Did Geordi La Forge from Star Trek wear Google Glass? [Comic]

Ashraf April 11, 2013 0

Yes. No. Maybe?

Who needs Microsoft Windows when you can get Michaelsoft Binbows [Image]

Ashraf April 11, 2013 3

Michaelsoft what?

Easily fix broken screens with Spray on Screen Repair [Video]

Ashraf April 11, 2013 1

Imagine if broken screens could be fixed by simply spraying on them with this magical solution.

Mali is giving away free .ML domains to everyone

Ashraf April 11, 2013 0

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Domains are very cheap to purchase. For roughly $10 a year you can have your very own domain. However, even at that low price some people are unable to purchase domains or the domains they want to purchase aren’t available. Enter Mali and its .ML domain.

Like all countries, Mali [...]

Hacker develops Android app that can hijack airplanes

Ashraf April 11, 2013 2

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Hugo Teso is a security researcher at N.Runs, a Germany-based IT consultancy firm. He is also a licensed commercial pilot. So he did what any other regular person would do with two seemingly unrelated interests: use one to exploit the other. In the Hack In The Box security conference being [...]

Samsung is a genius [Opinion]

Ashraf April 11, 2013 1

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When Samsung launched the 5.3-inch Galaxy Note in 2011, it was widely labeled as too large by tech pundits around the web. However, Galaxy Note was a hit for Samsung and helped spur the “phablet” genre, smartphones that are larger than normal smartphones but smaller than tablets. With the announcement [...]

Samsung announces insanely huge 6.3-inch and 5.8-inch Galaxy Mega smartphones

Ashraf April 11, 2013 2

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So you think Samsung’s 4.99-inch Galaxy S4 and 5.5-inch Galaxy Note II are big, eh? Then you will be happy to know they are just children when compared to Samsung’s latest Galaxy Mega devices.

Destined for Europe and Russia starting this May, Samsung has just announced two Galaxy Mega devices: [...]

Arrogant “deal with it” Microsoft director Adam Orth is fired from Microsoft

Ashraf April 11, 2013 5

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Last week Adam Orth, Microsoft Studios Creative Director, took to the web to express his viewpoint about the next Xbox’s rumored “always on” requirement (aka the Xbox needing to be always connected to the Internet) and how people are reacting to it. Orth was, how should I put it, a [...]

[Windows] Easily remove malware, viruses, and unwanted changes by rebooting with Reboot Restore Rx

Ashraf April 11, 2013 10

reboot_restore_rx When it comes to protecting your computer, there is traditional protection in the form of anti-virus, firewall, etc. Then there is unorthodox protection vis-a-vis wiping all changes made to computer upon reboot; you know, similar to the functionality provided by programs like Windows SteadyState, Returnil System Safe, DeepFreeze, Drive Vaccine, [...]