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My name is Dario Borghino, I'm 21 and studying telecom and software engineering at Turin's Polytechnic, Italy. Since I was a kid, I've always loved everything is connected to the worlds of science and technology as a whole, and I started writing at an early

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Computers & Technology > Software & Web Development Meaning of Hacking: 6 of 13
When you hear news about 'hackers' penetrating a website, your reaction will typically involve dilating pupils and astonishment - if the website is your own, symptoms may include a big deal of swearing and deep hate for the hacking community as well.What you probably don't know, though, is that not all hackers are doing this ... More..
Computers & Technology > Phone Technologies & Issues Projected success of the iPhone: 1 of 2
The 2007 Mac-World held in San Francisco is a conference that tech enthusiasts will find it hard to forget. After what he said to be a developing process lasting almost three years, a brilliant Steve Jobs introduced for the first time a revolutionary device said to be 'at least 5 years ahead of any other competitor' to a visi... More..
Computers & Technology > Website Reviews Website reviews: EarthCam.com: 1 of 1
Among webcam sites, EarthCam.com is definitely one of the most unique and interesting. Just as the name suggests, this site consists of a big (they claim to be the biggest) network of webcams located all around the world. Live images from New York, Washington, Paris, Rome, Tokyo, and countless other cities are transmitted dir... More..
Computers & Technology > Website Reviews Website reviews: WebcamSearch.com: 1 of 1
If webcams are your passion, WebcamSearch.com is definitely a site you wanna add to your bookmarks. Behind a sober layout hides a whole world for you to explore.Just like the name suggests, through this site you are able to perform searches on a comprehensive archive of cams all around the world. Just like you would expect (a... More..
Computers & Technology > Software & Web Development The pros and cons of open source software: 10 of 17
To be able to understand pros and cons of Open Source (or 'Free') Software model, one must first understand the philosophy in which it is rooted.Suppose for a moment you're a student reading a physics book which explains the Theory of Relativity. Now, you are able to read the book, use the notorious formula E=mc^2 to solve al... More..
Computers & Technology > Computer Buying Tips Comparing MacBook Air with MacBook Pro: 5 of 7
So you've seen the latest Apple Keynote and Steve Jobs seemed pretty convincing to you when he presented his latest creation, the MacBook Air. You are stunned by its design, but you are still doubtful because beauty comes at a price (and high one, too) and with reduced functionality. MacBook Air or MacBook Pro? If you're stil... More..
Computers & Technology > Computer Maintenance Can you save the hard drive of your old computer?: 5 of 7
So you've finally decided to change that old piece of electronics with a flaming new PC. But, when you think about it, maybe not all of the old stuff is to throw away indiscriminately - hard drive technology, in particular, doesn't progress as fast as microprocessors technology, and even if that old hard disk can't store that... More..
Creative Writing > Short Stories Short stories: Science fiction: 213 of 290
At first, you won't feel anything.So it's probably not as bad as they say, you think to yourself. But then after a second, just one single second, you'll start feeling the pain. It stings like a thin crystal of Goljm in your veins and gets inside you slow, real, damn slow. So you try to think of something else, to distract in... More..
Computers & Technology > Computer Maintenance How to defrag a computer: 13 of 13
The operation of 'defragging', or 'defragmenting' an hard drive is a rather useful thing to do to increase, even significantly in some cases, the performance of your PC. But how does it all work?Hard disks, even with the fastest in commerce (above 7200 RPMs) often constitute the main 'bottleneck' to the speed of a personal co... More..
Computers & Technology > Computer Maintenance How to clean up a computer's hard drive: 12 of 12
While it is certainly true that complex and better programs tend to use more hard disk space, they are often not the main cause 'per se' of reduced free disk space on your system: the truth is that, rather than the binary files themselves, both programs and the underlying operating system store a big - and often useless or ev... More..