For a long time I had resisted converting my DVD and Blu-Ray disks into any other format because I didn’t want to lose any quality. I had lived by this rule for a long time, and thankfully companies like QNAP and Thecus came to my storage rescue. However, the day has come where the cost of storing all the extra garbage that comes along with these movies has opened my eyes to benefits conversions. With that, I have began converting my movie collection to a format that allows me to lose all the excess fat, but keep my movie loss-less. Read More…
Personally, I have never really been a fan of Apple products. That doesn't mean they don't have their place in the world, it just means they aren't for me. However, when one of the most influential people in technology passes, we ALL mourn the loss. Whether we are PC, Mac, Linux, etc, we can all recognize and appreciate what Steve Jobs has done in our industry. Steve, this one's for you...
Look, we all know and realize that Windows is the superior operating system to anything else out there. With that said, I am going to detail ten reasons why this is the case and offer supporting data. Some of this may be shocking to you if you are a user of another operating system, but please... don't feel inferior.
Recently, we featured an article here on C.O.D. that describes the process of installing Ubuntu Netbook Remix on a netbook with a USB thumb drive. After using it for some time, there just seems to be too many little things missing to make it a viable permanent alternative. However, you are not out of luck... you have a choice and it doesn't require installing another operating system.
In my household, netbooks fly around like curse words. I have had more Acer's come through my home office than I would like and for some reason, they either come with Windows XP or Windows 7 Starter; both are worthless in my opinion. So when my friend asked me help him install Ubuntu on his Aspire One, I obliged. Remember, netbooks do not come equipped with CDROM/DVD drives and unless you have an external drive or converter, your only option is to use USB.
On my daily rounds, I pick up all kinds of good lil' tidbits for article ideas. Most of them are relating to Windows flaws or Anti Apple articles, but none of them really cut the mustard. However, today I am going to pound my fist against the wall at those of US that thought we had less to worry about. Yeah, we are Linux advocates, and we overlook security sometimes. Today I was introduced to a statement by UnrealIRCd detailing a trojan packaged with their IRCd (Internet Relay Chat deamon) for Linux. This obviously represents one FATAL flaw with the Linux faithful; the blind trust we have for the most of the Linux community and the lack of attention we pay to what we are installing or downloading. This time, it leads us to a backdoor that grants an evildoer the ability to run ANY command with the user's privileges running the daemon. Read More...
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