Verizon has started a video series on YouTube called The Bandwidth Effect. It covers some of the technology and the challenges behind bringing fiber-to-the-premise broadband to the general public. Copper is still commonly used in the last mile, the wiring between an endpoint (residence or business) and the distribution hub. Verizon is changing that by using fiber at the last … [Read more...]

If you want to learn more about computer viruses but don't want to infect your own computer and you do not have the resources for a separate system, your options are limited. Even testing within a misconfigured virtual machine can expose yourself to unnecessary risk. Alternatively, you can let somebody else do all the dirty work. The YouTube channel danooct1 shows videos of … [Read more...]

Does it make you nervous when you see the banner during a Java update that says "3 billion devices run Java"? If so, you might be able to related to this video predicting the Javapocalypse. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3418SeWZfQ The video was put together for JavaZone 2013, a developers conference coming in September. … [Read more...]

We have previously seen a video of an individual upgrading from DOS 5.0 to Windows 1.0 and through Windows 7. (A new video has been made to include Windows 8 Pro in the install series.) Now we can watch some of the commercials through the Windows releases that might explain why an individual would be interested in upgrading. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhtFU7G2lRE To be … [Read more...]

John McAfee seems to be a little off his rocker these days and that might be putting it lightly. Between being wanted for murder and his manhunt across Guatemala, the founder of McAfee antivirus has been in the news lately. John McAfee resigned from the company in 1994 and sold his shares in the company later. Despite that, he still gets direct emails asking for support for … [Read more...]