By Constantin Murariu One year ago, Samsung wanted to get rid of their HDD division, despite the fact that the products developed there were quite good. The F1 and F3 lines of desktop HDD are very good performers to this day, and they’ve been since way back in 2008. Seagate… Continue reading »

Typically the quickest and easiest way to enter Safe Mode is by pressing F5 or F8 during system start-up. This method works for the majority of computer users, but sometimes, due to virus infections or corrupt system files, this method may not work. An alternative method to enter safe mode… Continue reading »

By Emil Protalinski | ZDNet Summary: A second variant of the Mac OS X Trojan referred to as Backdoor.OSX.SabPub.a or SX/Sabpab-A is exploiting a Microsoft Word security hole, not the usual Java vulnerabilities used before. Just a few days ago, a new Mac OS X Trojan was spotted in the… Continue reading »

By Simon Sharwood – The Register Support for Windows XP will end on April 8th, 2014. XP was shipped to OEMs on August 24th, 2001 and reached average punters on October 25th. Plenty bought it and plenty still run it: Gartner’s July 2011 assessment of the global OS population suggested… Continue reading »

Flashback Trojan has infected over 600,000 Mac computers around the world. It is the largest Mac malware threat to-date. In its first public admission that the malicious software is vexing machines powered by the California company’s Macintosh software, Apple said it had patched the weakness exploited by the virus and… Continue reading »

How to Recover that Photo, Picture or File You Deleted Accidentally Have you ever accidentally deleted a photo on your camera, computer, USB drive, or anywhere else? What you might not know is that you can usually restore those pictures—even from your camera’s memory stick. Windows tries to prevent you… Continue reading »

 Acronym  Meaning   ACL Access Control List   ADC Analog-to-Digital Converter ADF Automatic Document Feeder ADSL Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line AGP Accelerated Graphics Port AIFF Audio Interchange File Format AIX Advanced Interactive Executive ANSI American National Standards Institute API Application Program Interface ARP Address Resolution Protocol ASCII American Standard Code… Continue reading »

Rogue spyware programs (or rogueware) is a form of Internet fraud using computer malware (malicious software) that deceives or misleads users into paying for fake or simulated removal of malware or claims to get rid of malware, but instead introduces malware to the computer. Rogue security software has become a… Continue reading »