Category: Computer Related – Basic

Close applications you are not using. Having too many application open takes up unnecessary resources. Build yourself a habit of closing each application whenever possible. Minimised and idle applications still takes up CPU power therefore slow the application on which you are working.

Research shows causes of system crashes. http://www.itnews.com.au/News/158134,computer-memory-errors-on-the-rise.aspx

Unless you have a European keyboard it is unlikely you have a ready and convenient way to create the € symbol. To type the Euro symbol hold down the Alt key, then press 0128

This week we have a look at ten ways you can protect your system. http://www.itnews.com.au/News/156267,top-10-tips-for-a-healthy-pc.aspx

Humans have been engaged in social media, known in earlier times as socialising, since they started colluding to influence their surroundings. Well, here are the rules for the latest version of the game. http://www.itnews.com.au/News/153512,your-guide-to-social-media-etiquette-v01.aspx/0

IBM is looking to the building blocks of our bodies–DNA–to be the structure of next-generation microchips http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2351632,00.asp

Diskeeper plans to introduce a file system filter driver later this year that will eliminate most file fragmentation before it actually occurs, company executives said Friday. http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2351630,00.asp

Researchers on Wednesday said they have uncovered attacks in the wild in which malicious Acrobat PDF files are exploiting a vulnerability in Flash and dropping a Trojan onto computers.

(Updated 16 July 2024 Original link found no longer valid.)

Scareware is software which pretends to be a security program, pretends to scan your computer and find threats on it, and demands money in order to remove the fictional threats. More