October 7, 2009
Have you ever done a speed test on your Internet connection? A lot of people have, and they see Internet speed numbers like 500 kbps or 2 Mbps or sometimes even higher numbers. Then they turn around try to watch a streaming video on YouTube and the video stutters or stops for seconds at a [...]
August 20, 2009
A lot of people have their own Wi-Fi network at home, yet not many of them are taking full advantage of the sort of cool things they can do with that network. When I first hooked up my wireless router, my mind started going crazy coming up with awesome things I could do, such as [...]
July 31, 2009
Once you finish this article, I’m sure you’ll be amazed that the Internet works at all! It’s easy to complain about slow download speeds, or lost e-mail, but, geez, it’s the Internet! Ten years ago most of you were still buying magazines, and renting videos, and going to the post office, and ordering things from [...]
July 22, 2009
In my role supporting SCADA units in the field, I’ve often been asked how does Wireless Internet work. I usually answer with the question, “Which kind of wireless Internet?” Some people say that WiFi is wireless Internet, some think of radio-based Internet access as wireless, some even think of satellite Internet access as wireless. Then [...]
June 24, 2009
This is no joke. There are still Internet Service Providers (ISPs) out there offering free service. We’re going to look at a few ways to find totally free unlimited Internet access, legitimately and legally. There are two routes to go here. You can go the WiFi route, which is far more popular and usually in [...]
April 11, 2009
I came across a program today when I was looking for an application to help optimize TCP connections. If you don’t already know, TCP connections are how you connect to the internet or your network. By optimizing your connection you will get the best speeds you can from your hardware. Most people don’t know what [...]
April 1, 2009
The evolution of the web has been nothing short of amazing. In the old days of strict HTML, we had long static pages that we’d have to scroll through to find what we’re looking for. As the web grew, code changed, and pages became much better looking, but sites with multiple pages would be divided [...]
February 23, 2009
Have you ever wondered how fast your connection really is? Is your Internet service provider really giving you that blazing speed you paid so much for? Well, I like to make sure I’m getting what I paid for, especially when it comes to my Internet. I need the lowest ping possible, so the frag total [...]
July 24, 2008
There is no dearth of online image editing tools and we have already covered some of the most powerful ones and some more free image editing programs. Each of the tools try to distinguish them from the herd by including some eye-popping features and effects and thus try everything to emulate the ultimate software which [...]
