With today's high processor clock speeds and multiple cores, almost every home user has a few processor cycles to spare. The question is, what do we do with them and how do we make use of them for good? Distributed volunteer computing uses software and hundreds to thousands of computers around the world to create a super computer via the Internet. Distributed computing or grid … [Read more...]
Seesmic Look – A Polished, Functional Twitter Client
I'm in no way a die-hard Twittard, but I do use it to promote new articles and spout off random comments (140 characters or less) every once in a while. That being said, I did find the free application Seesmic Look to be very helpful in understanding and organizing all the information in Twitter to be a bit more functional and informative. I have a guest article over at … [Read more...]
Is Your Firefox Genuine? Phishing at its Phinest!
Do you have a genuine version of Firefox installed? Did it install a bunch of malware alongside your browser? Is Microsoft allowing this to sabotage your first impression of Firefox? The browser wars are getting ugly. Why isn't Mozilla doing anything to stop this phishing attempt that is ruining their good name and adding more machines to the botnet? The Scenario: You have a … [Read more...]
Extracting Images from Microsoft Word Documents
Despite my attempts to educate here at 404TS, I still continue to receive screenshots and images inside of .doc files. Other times, you might have to revise a document or convert a Word document to a wiki or webpage. In any case where you need to extract the images from a Word document, hopefully the following three methods will help. Here's an example of an image saved in a … [Read more...]
Arrr, matey! Avast! 5 launches today!
Avast is by far my favorite antivirus application. I firmly believe that every home user should be using its free antivirus engine. In fact, I have never had to clean up a machine from a malware/virus infection that was running Avast! and I have cleaned up a large number of machines. None of those machines leave my service without having Avast! installed. It just works well. It … [Read more...]