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Computers & Technology > Operating Systems Choosing a Linux distribution: 1 of 16
Choosing a Linux distro is a tough job. And people who never have used Linux will never find out how tough it is. Windows or Mac users only know about Red Hat Linux since that is the most popular Linux around. Most people would have heard about Fedora, Ubuntu, Debian, CentOs, BSD and stuff. but will never be able to tell the ... More..
Computers & Technology > Email Threats Email scam: Dealing with chain letters and virus hoaxes: 1 of 15
Friendship Angel : Friendship is this, friendship is that, and your friends can do for you what your brothers cant do for you, and if you don't forward this mail to a billion people before daylight, you will loose all your friends, and someone would hack your bank account. If you pass it on, you will lead a long life surround... More..
Computers & Technology > Computer Buying Tips Advantages of putting a PC together by yourself: 3 of 26
You dont have to be a rocket scientist to put a PC together. You need to know nothing. Looking at it, it is almost as simple as putting yout TV, your DVD player and a hometheatre and a DTH together and making them work. Brands such as Dell and HP make PCs the way they like. They sell you the confugration that they have put... More..
Computers & Technology > Software & Web Development Meaning of Hacking: 2 of 16
Hacking means the same thing everywhere. Largely it means customization of a work that someone else has done to suit your requirements. Being a hacker in the open source community is a good thing. But most people don't know about open source, and therefore, everyone thinks that hacking is bad. Well, it is not always bad. Open... More..
Business > Website Construction Criteria to use when selecting a hosting company for a website: 1 of 5
Be it an attempt to make money online, or just to mark your presence online, a man these days is not complete without his own domain name and with a few pages, or at least a blog hosted somewhere on the internet. Though people are still after free email ids and free blogs for themselves, when you get your own fancy domain nam... More..
Business > Starting an Online Business Starting an on-line business: First decisions: 7 of 30
Though there is a hype thats floating around saying that online business is lot more easier than doing offline business, as you dont need any counter sales men, or a cash register, or a well decorated shop or anything at all that a conventional store requires, many people fale to recognize that there arequite a few more thing... More..
Computers & Technology > Computer Maintenance How laptops work: 1 of 4
A really compact computer with a display, keyboard and mouse attached to it, on which you can work placing it on your lap top, considerably thin and weightless, works on batteries for about 3 hours together, and has the internal components of a Desktop Computer such as Ram, Processor, Motherboard and stuff is called a Laptop ... More..
Computers & Technology > Virus Protection & Maintenance Should computer virus writers go to jail?: 2 of 7
Naah. They shouldn't. It is the software provider who 'supports' viruses who have to go to jail. There are debates that argue that the most popular Operating system that there is today is made vulnerable to viruses willingly, while Mac and Linux are not really vulnerable, and only have a handful of viruses that were written f... More..
Business > Website Construction Hosting a web site from your home PC: 1 of 3
A singe page or a collection or pages that contain images or text or a shopping cart system or something else that is written in a web programming language such as PHP, ASP or simple HTML is called as a website. It is called so because it is accessable in the web with an IP address or a domain name. So all that you need to ho... More..
Sciences > Ecology & Environment Alternative fuels: 8 of 23
All that you need to get your car moving is some heat energy that can push a piston down a cylinder which in turn would spin a wheel and your vehicle moves forward. In olden days, bullocks and horses used to pull carts, and therefore all the fuel that you needed was grass. Later on when horses went on strike and the Red Cross... More..