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Gaming without an AGP port after 2000

21 Nov 2023 26 minute read 0 comments Geri $0.11

The AGP port was introduced in 1997. Before this, most 3D cards used the PCI port, but most of the graphics card manufacturers decided to switch to AGP. Even the existing products got an AGP version, and PCI video cards got slowly phased out by the e...

"My Free Rigs"

16 Nov 2023 1 minute read 1 comment JaiChai $0.09

  During my treadmill workout - and of course, earning multiple crypto tokens, it dawned on me that "knowledge really is POWER". For example, check out some of my "Free Rigs". Everything you see was considered junk before being gifted to me. Without...

5 Modern Day Computer Viruses

4 Nov 2023 5 minute read 2 comments Investigator515 $0.16

We usually look at historical viruses, today is something different In our earlier historical articles about computer worms and viruses we’ve taken a historical approach, highlighting variants that were often built by students, researchers or people...

AI, Business, and Human Safety

4 Nov 2023 2 minute read 2 comments Debesh Choudhury $0.41

AI is so overwhelming in the technology business arena! The day before yesterday, I listened to the business chat interaction of the UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and the technology business tycoon Elon Musk. The chat session was titled a "business...

I NEVER Required Antivirus on GNU/Linux

28 Oct 2023 2 minute read 20 comments Debesh Choudhury $0.42

Do you need an antivirus software for your computers? Anti-virus programs are generally used to scan and remove viruses and malware programs from computers. There are plenty of antivirus software vendors around the globe. No antivirus programs c...

Unlocking Wireless Networks: Kismet and Wardriving Explained

21 Oct 2023 6 minute read 0 comments Investigator515 $0.50

What you’ll need to detect things in your local environment If you’re a regular reader you might remember this article where we did a walk through on installing Kali on the Pi Zero to create a Kali-Pi to use for cyber research and discovery. Tod...

Sequential logic - how computer "remembers"

16 Oct 2023 8 minute read 1 comment fmiren $0.48

Introduction Sequential logic is an important building block for finite state machines used in all digital circuitry. They are essential in understanding of how computer memory works, how data is stored and read in a computer. In this article we’ll l...

Chat GPT: Prompts, Privacy & Plagiarism

9 Oct 2023 10 minute read 2 comments Investigator515 $0.78

Looking at some of the considerations around using GPT safely There’s no debating that in the last year, one of the biggest shifts around how we use technology in our day to day life was based around artificial intelligence. The implementation of AI...

La innovación distingue a los líderes de los seguidores / Innovation distinguishes leaders from followers

5 Oct 2023 1 minute read 0 comments marjuanm $0.06

  Aunque ciertamente Steve Jobs (1955 - 2011) no es mi persona favorita ya que dejaba mucho que desear en su forma de tratar a sus empleados, hay que reconocer que fue un visionario y que muchas cosas de la informática actual no existirían o tal vez...

What the Tech?! The Transistor

1 Oct 2023 8 minute read 2 comments Investigator515 $0.45

The transistor ushered in the era of miniaturized electronics. As we’ve explored our What the Tech series, you might have noticed a familiar pattern within some of our articles. Namely the pattern where a device starts off as a large bulky item...