The “all in one” computer is a computer that includes all of our needs in one computer. This means that if we need a good screen (for games or accurate graphics, and to show movies in HD (high definition)) this computer can enable us to do so on it. When we need performance to run anything, including high performance games, this computer will have the correct configuration to achieve these need. When we want internet speed, and high rate of traffic transferred through its network card, it will have the appropriate devices/tools to achieve it. In short, the all in one computer serves all our needs in one box. › Continue reading…

What can we say about Microsoft that no one heard before, there is almost no one who works with computer and never heard about Microsoft and their operating system series. The operating systems of Microsoft have changed the way we were using computers, from a non graphic user interface to a graphic interface, using a keyboard and a mouse to be able to do so many things with ease, than the way we have done before using a non graphic interface, where every action was a series of commands, which of course where only working on a non graphic way. › Continue reading…

There are specialists out there who offer computer technical assistance. You might encounter a problem that will inquire you ask someone for the solution. There are some options to seek the technical assistance you need, either find a forum where you can ask your questions and receive the answers you need to solve your technical problem, most likely you will be able to find such solution from someone on the forum/blog who knows the solution to your problem. › Continue reading…

When you want to protect your internal network, either your business network or your home network and you want to install the firewall yourself, there is an option to use a Linux firewall application. Linux has many benefits about installing applications by yourself, of course you need to learn some Linux to do so, but that is one of the reasons why it might be a good idea to get to know Linux. You can install almost anything that you might need, and it’s free. › Continue reading…

Assistance computer technology is a way to assist others, with easy to use technologies that enable those who need assistance to make their life easier.  There are many techniques that enable ease of use, like speech recognition, on screen keyboards, other ways of placing information into the computer. There are learning technologies, which include different types of tutorials, like video lessons, listening to lessons etc… › Continue reading…

Computers in time need maintenance. The operating system is working and in time, it collects irrelevant information, some programs that we are not using anymore might still be running in the background and we do not need them anymore, and they overload our computer resources for no reason. The capacity of the hard-disks as we store and install many programs, grows and increase in size, until there is almost no space left for the operating system to perform it’s operations (the operating system uses some storage resources from our hard-disks, sometimes to do its activities, and sometime to be able to increase memory use). › Continue reading…

When we want to buy a new computer, what should we pay attention to? what should we know before purchasing a computer? There are some things to know before purchasing a computer, I will give some of the main issues to take into consideration when we go to buy a computer. Some computer buying tips can’t hurt, we will make better choices, and benefit in the long run. › Continue reading…

Computer games are much fun, so where can we get the information on game news, which games should we buy? There are many websites that contain much information about previous games and new games, those websites have much recommendations and information collection on games which might interest you. › Continue reading…

Even though we thought Linux operating systems didn’t need a Virus protection, it seems the precaution is being taken. There was a belief that since Microsoft operating systems where the most used operating systems at the public, the virus developers will produce windows designated viruses. But as the Linux operating systems are starting to grab more and more users, who choose to use the open source version of the operating system, which are also free. Linux operating systems are bringing almost all of the features that are included in the Microsoft operating systems. Even though they are not as smooth as Windows, they are pretty close. › Continue reading…

There are many ways of publishing a new software. You can decide to delay the publishing until you develop the system, and run tests on tests (using a QA team), that are designed to try and catch as many defects and bugs in the system, so the development team will be able to fix the bugs, and publish the system when you are sure you have covered all of the tests and aspects that might occur and you found no more bugs and defects in the system. › Continue reading…

We use computers, and as we know computers advance very quickly. The technology advances and in order to be updated with those advanced technologies, we can read about those news on the internet, on technological magazines, maybe on the TV news. › Continue reading…

When we use computers, like anything else computers also need maintenance. Computers are build from different parts, and those parts eventually get weary and tend to break down, either from fatigue of the material, too much dust or just too many hours of work that made it become old and over used. Such cases can prevent the computer from running smoothly or just from running at all. So you have to get help in case you’re not a computer professional technician. › Continue reading…

Computer help-desk is a term that defines the procedures to get help. The help desk procedures enable to give the computer help you need in an orderly fashion. The support team giving the help needs to get the detailed information of the problem, understand the solution needed and divert the problem to the proper authorities that can give you the solution for your problem. › Continue reading…

There are different tools that will enable someone to assist you, even if he is not near your computer. Those tools enable the support person to get control of your computer, see what you see, so he can see the problem you encounter, and perform the solution to try and solve your problem. You can see all that he does on your computer, and of course you are the one who initiate the connection to that assisting person from a far. › Continue reading…

There are many security risks while we use our computers. Since the internet becomes a common and most usable interface, as we use the internet on a daily basis, we are open to risks which are just out there on the web. We continuously either receive e-mails, browse the web visit different websites, download files, play movies, press publicity banners etc… We might connect a USB device that might contain an infected file. › Continue reading…

There are many learning computerized tools, that enable us to get the education we need from a computer software. There are educational computer games, kids games that teach kids while they are playing the computer. We are in a progressive age, where kids are growing up with the computers, and as the computer has many ways to stimulate kids, as the graphics and sounds generate the kid’s interest, it can be used to teach them and not just let them have fun, while playing games. › Continue reading…

The need for a home computer has become a real necessity. So if we do not want to invest too much in buying the best computer there is today, since all we want is a computer that will enable us to connect to the internet and enjoy the enormous public library of information that there is out there, we can invest on a simple computer at a very low price. › Continue reading…

Who doesn’t like to play games?

Since we where little we were playing games, and in this advanced age, the games just passed to the computer, well not completely true, there are still regular games that you can play as you used to, using your hands, moving game pieces, but computer games, well… they are something else. › Continue reading…

Sometimes we reach a situation that require a remote assistance, which means that we do not have someone close to us that can assist our computer problems, that we need to ask a support person to give us remote assistance. There are different tools to get remote assistance, I will discuss some tools and techniques that enable to get such remote access, mostly on the windows operating system environment. › Continue reading…

There are many different options to run backup procedures on a Linux machine. There are internal commands/programs that can do the backups, using a “cronjob” (which is the time schedule mechanism built in the Linux operating system) and by combining the two, create a timely backup solution. There are some solution that suit Linux desktop operating system, since the Desktop type of Linux has a graphic interface which can include graphical software tools, but here I will concentrate on the more core like applications which are running in the text mode, which suit both the Linux desktop and the Linux server types of operating systems. › Continue reading…

There are many tips with computers, they are in different areas and different categories. I am going to list those tips which do not fall into a certain category, like general knowledge, something that is useful to know about, which will ease your use with computers, or just improve your computer experience and make it easier. › Continue reading…

Computer maintenance is exactly the same as maintaining anything else, your car, your house etc… everything is breaking down in time and we need to maintain them in order to keep them in shape. › Continue reading…

There are many computer problems, of different types, either hardware or software issues that might require a professional assistance. A good example will be that if your computer has a hardware problem and of course you do not have a computer technicians lab that includes hardware spare parts and the knowledge what to replace and how to fix your problem, it will require you to get your computer to the technician’s lab (like sick people go to a doctor – to get fixed ). › Continue reading…

We are working with computers, and no matter how experience we are, we will probably stumble upon a situation we have never seen before, some problem that we have no idea how to solve. Even if we are very experience, we can’t know it all, we couldn’t have tried all aspects of a computer subject, no matter how long we were working with the certain subject. Although experience will decrease the chances we will stumble upon such challenge, we probably will still need to solve some challenges we didn’t encounter before. › Continue reading…

While working with computers, we might need to get help. There is much computer help online. All we need to do is learn how and what type of help we can get from online resources. › Continue reading…

You need computer help, you need to find computer helpers. Someone that could identify (at least try) the problem, and offer you the help you need. You can invite a helper to help your computer problem in case the problem is unidentified or couldn’t be defined unless the computer specialist has a look at the problem and then help you with it. › Continue reading…

Computer technologies are the advanced features and improvements which are done on the computer components (the devices that build the computer). We know what the computer is build from, the box (the computer cover, where all the parts that build the computer goes into), the motherboard, where all of the components connect to, and binds all of those hardware devices to work together. The CPU (Central Processing Unit)  which gets more efficient, quicker, and it even multiply itself on the same chip so you get better performance and multitasking. › Continue reading…

Computer technologies are the base for how computers advance to what we know today. I grew up with the beginning of home computers, before that there were only huge computers for organizations purposes which were filling up a whole room, only for that computer server. It had its own air condition,  to prevent it from heating up and breaking down. › Continue reading…

Active Directory is a package designed by Microsoft to manage an organizational network, this package is using different tools to organize and manage the corporate network. Basically before we get into specifics, the Active Directory is creating a managerial environment, where all of the network clients (end users) are connected to it, and anyone who connects to it is registered and monitored by the Active Directory system. That enables it, to manage the end users, what they are allowed to do, what they can’t, which resources will be available to whom. It creates groups and give those groups policies (group of rules) which binds that group into those rules, and every end user that is defined within this group is bind by it rules, and accordingly can or can’t do things within the network. › Continue reading…

What is “Rack-mount“, this is a subject that relates to communication cabinets, those huge rooms with lots of computers. Those computers are being placed in those cabinets, and since we would like to load a maximum number of computers per space, there are Rack-mount computers, exactly for that purpose. › Continue reading…

We always want to be in control and some of us have information at home that we might want to be able to access remotely. Accessing the home computer remotely means that you connecting to the internet and want to be able to access your home computer and perform certain operations. Those type of operations have some effect on which tool to use, since some of the tools enable a certain type of access and some take control of your own computer, so you could see the same screen of your home computer as if you are standing in front of your computer. › Continue reading…

The Microsoft office suite for the windows operating system was launched first at 1990, and started to form the way we (the windows OS (operating system) users) where using computerized office applications either for our office needs or for home use. The office suite was giving us a range of tools that enabled us to fulfill any of our needs, from writing documents, letters using the Microsoft WORD, e-mails using the Microsoft OUTLOOK,  making complicated calculations using the Microsoft EXCEL, making presentations using the easy tools of the Microsoft POWERPOINT. Those basic applications have created the source of the Microsoft office suite. › Continue reading…

Microsoft !, what does this name say to you? Anyone who uses computers has to have heard about Microsoft, this is the company the entered the graphical operating systems, that shaped the way we work. The first famous graphical operating system was of APPLE, they have created the Macintosh as a computer for graphic designers. The Macintosh was attended to the graphic designers and it wasn’t cheap, only those who could effort it where enjoying a graphical operating system that enabled graphic design to become reachable. › Continue reading…

There are many games, and many good games, but there are always some which are better than others, even though this is a matter of taste, some likes adventure games, some first man shooters, some like war games etc…
I am sharing my opinion of the best games I preferred along the years. I played many games and many of them I have finished. I will give you my opinion and why I preferred them over others. This list contains only PC games. › Continue reading…

Linux, what is that operating system? why is it becoming such a required operating system? why do we need to get to know it? There are so many questions like that about Linux that I would like to calm down. Now that I had the chance of getting to know Linux pretty good, I can honestly say that there is much potential for the open source operating systems. You can basically get all of the things you where used to get from the Windows operating system, and much more. › Continue reading…