What is the BIOS?: The Basic Input Output System, abbreviated as BIOS, is software stored on a small memory chip on the motherboard. BIOS is sometimes incorrectly referred to as the Basic Integrated Operating System. What is the BIOS Used For?: BIOS instructs the computer on how to perform a number of basic functions such [...]
Entries from August 16th, 2010
Clean up your grungy PC
August 15th, 2010 · No Comments · How To Maintain
Step 1: Why you need a clean PC At this very moment, dust bunnies may have your PC in a death grip. Germs are certainly gathering atop your mouse and keyboard, ready to assault your immune system. And your screen…well, chances are it has become smudge central. Even great PCs can be dragged down by [...]
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Top 5 Tips For Building A Gaming PC On A Budget
August 12th, 2010 · No Comments · How To Setup
1. Pick a good CPU for gaming. High end doesn’t always mean better performance in terms of you noticing it. When it comes to gaming, video card requirements increase much faster than CPU requirements. Many companies will try to offer CPUs and claim things such as “ultimate performance,” but in reality if you look at [...]
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What Is AES Encryption?
August 11th, 2010 · No Comments · Introductions
Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) is a symmetric key cipher technique used to secure and encrypt operating systems, hard drives, networking systems, files, e-mails, and other similar data. In cryptography, AES consist of three block ciphers taken from a larger collection published originally as Rijndael. Each cipher has a 128-bit block size with three different key [...]
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What Is Spear Phishing?
August 9th, 2010 · No Comments · Introductions
Phishing refers to a scam analogous to fishing — hence the name — in which the scammer tries to obtain valuable information by luring or baiting a person with an authentic-looking but phony communication that gains credibility by imitating a well-known corporate brand such as that of a bank, credit card company, etailer, social media [...]
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How Computer Trouble Shooting Can Diagnose Your Computer’s Problems
August 8th, 2010 · No Comments · How To Troubleshoot
There are a number of reasons why computer trouble shooting might be necessary one however that is especially difficult to pinpoint is the computer slow down. There are dozens of reasons why a computer may be experiencing a slowdown in performance. One of the major reasons however is the overflow of invalid files within the [...]
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