A Gentle Reminder for Programmers It’s easy to get lost in all the details of building a great video or computer game – so easy in fact, that we can forget the parts of a game that make them fun to play. The following serves as a gentle reminder of what prompts players to play [...]
In the early days of computers, the concept of an operating system wasnt really thought of. When users needed to input information into the computer, they fed it into the system on punched pieces of paper. The computer would go to work on the information until it finished, or more often than not, it crashed. [...]
Spyware vs. Anti-spyware: The battle for today’s systems “Fight fire with fire″ is an advice often handed out today to help people with various problems. In fact, this advice is being taken very seriously by people in the software industry. Many people today are becoming aware of the problems posed by malicious software. In fact, [...]
What′s the craze all about? If you haven′t heard of smartphones, we’d like to learn where you’ve been hiding all this time. Smartphones have been all over the news and chances are, you do know what they are – only you know them under a different name. Smartphones are mobile phones with computer like capabilities. [...]
Controlling Your Computer with a Programming Language In a previous article, we introduced automating some tasks with MS-DOS batch files. In this article, we′re going to introduce programming and describe how it can be used to control the way your computer works. Normally, computer novices aren’t interested in controlling the computer. New computer users are [...]
The Positive and Negative Sides of Adware SE What is an adware? Adware SE? What is it? Is it good or bad? How does it work? These are only a few of the many questions that enter into a persons mind when he/she encounters the term. To understand the in-depth meaning of Adware SE, you [...]