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Why are there too many Linux Distros
Linux (/ˈlinəks/) is An open-source version of the UNIX operating system. It’s kind of a big deal for Servers Mainframes and Super computers. More than 90% of today’s super computers run on a some kind of Linux. Also many small devices run on Linux even if you can’t tell they do… for example the Android […]
Eyad Salah
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Speed up Windows boot time
Every time I install windows on my computer I notice it’s booting up and starting up really fast, might be done in less than a minute actually. Later, about a month or 2 (Or sometimes less) you have to notice the startup time is really increasing. When I was younger I used to reformat my […]
Eyad Salah2 min read
Installing PHP on Windows 7
PHP is one of the most common web languages out there, Windows is the most used operating system in the world… So I’ll take a wild guess and say many PHP developers use Windows, thus have to install PHP on windows to do their work or test their websites before releasing them online. Many developers […]
Eyad Salah
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Too much defrag
I’ve installed windows on my computer a couple of days ago, installed all my software and decided it was time to defrag the windows disk I used Auslogics disk defrag and tried the “Defrag & Optimize” option. Looks like it did it job a little too well
Eyad Salah2 min read
Reigning Pwn2Own champion: “The main thing is not to install Flash!”
With the Pwn2Own hacking contest coming up at Vancouver’s CanSecWest security conference later this month, Italian computer security blog OneITSecurity took some time to interview Charlie Miller. Miller, in case you’re not familiar, is a security expert who has won Pwn2Own two years running by hacking Apple’s Safari browser with incredible speed. Safari isn’t the […]
Eyad Salah3 min read
Microsoft Security Essentials. How secure is it?
Well, I’ve been using the Microsoft product ever since it was a private beta. I liked it, because it was smooth and light on my computer. Today is occurred to me. How secure is actually is. So I looked up for some tests and came across The “Firewall Leakage Tester” a small but really useful […]
Eyad Salah9 min read
The Best and the Worst Tech of the Decade
With only a few weeks left until we close out the ‘naughts and move into the teens, it’s almost obligatory to take a look back at the best and not-so-best of the last decade. With that in mind, I polled the O’Reilly editors, authors, Friends, and a number of industry movers and shakers to gather […]
Eyad Salah
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Windows 7 already bigger than Snow Leopard and Linux combined
It’s only been a couple of weeks since Windows 7 was released, but Microsoft’s new OS has already captured a larger percentage of the market than Apple’s OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard and Linux (yes, all of Linux). This doesn’t come as a huge surprise, considering how many Windows users were clamoring for Win7 after […]
Eyad Salah2 min read
Windows x64
I’ve re-installed windows on my computer this week – (Reverted back from Windows 7 to Vista x64) so I had to install all the software I’m using. I’ve never used Windows x64 before and I’ve heard it’s as good as the 32-bit version, so I decided to give it a try. Well I don’t know […]
Eyad Salah4 min read
Another cross platform post
About a couple of months now I’ve decided I was going to make my transition from Windows XP to Windows Vista (A bit too late, I know) So I got my Windows Vista upgradable version to the Vista Business Edition. Since the ultimate edition looked a bit too fancy for me. If you don’t already […]
Eyad Salah
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Stupid Geek Tricks: Hide Data in a Secret Text File Compartment
In today’s edition of Stupid Geek Tricks (where we show off little-known tricks to impress your non-geek friends), we’ll learn how to hide data in a text file that can’t be seen by anybody else unless they know the name of the secret compartment. How it Works Ever since Windows 2000, the NTFS file system […]
Eyad Salah
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23 awesome license plates for computer geeks
This guy googled his own car Good, Old fashioned networking But others prefer wireless Could he be an Apple fan? Fresh start Leet speak hacker pride Hope this car isn’t open source too Someone is into graphics The definition of white Geek Away From Keyboard The plate every system admin dreams about Please don’t shutdown […]
Eyad Salah3 min read
More reasons why Linux has failed on the desktop
Linux enthusiast Gary Nielsen has listed a few reasons why his desktop is still running the Windows Vista operating system and not an Open Source alternative. His top reason really goes back to my most recent post on this subject: Why Linux will always be stuck in the minority. (lack of good commercial software on […]
Eyad Salah14 min read
Murphy’s computers laws
Any given program, when running, is obsolete. Any given program costs more and takes longer each time it is run. If a program is useful, it will have to be changed. If a program is useless, it will have to be documented. Any given program will expand to fill all the available memory. The value […]
Eyad Salah2 min read
Desktop search engines
When the topic of desktop searching is brought, Google desktop and maybe Microsoft "Windows Search" are the only 2 competing software available both for windows only. I’ve tried both of the for a while now and I think I made up my mind when it comes to judging the 2 famous desktop searches. Starting with […]
Eyad Salah10 min read
Quotes for programmers
They have computers, and they may have other weapons of mass destruction. (Janet Reno) I think computer viruses should count as life. I think it says something about human nature that the only form of life we have created so far is purely destructive. We’ve created life in our own image. (Stephen Hawking) If it […]
Eyad Salah5 min read
Windows Vista experience (installing, uninstalling)
Before I start I just want to make an announcement: "I don’t hate Microsoft, I just envy Bill Gates". I’ve been hearing bad and good things about Windows Vista for some time now, so I decided to give it a try since I don’t trust the judgement of other people. So I got the Ultimate […]
Eyad Salah1 min read
Writer
There was once a young man who, in his youth, professed his desire become a great writer. When asked to define "great" he said, "I want to write stuff that the whole world will read, stuff that people will react to on a truly emotional level, stuff that will make them scream, cry, howl in […]
Eyad Salah1 min read
Open source software for Windows
Open source projects are usually free, and more stable than small commercial software. But that’s not always true. Anyway if you’re looking for open source software to use on Windows you can check out the list below Web browsers: FireFox: one of the best browsers out there. Video players: Miro: Plays almost all video types, […]
Eyad Salah3 min read
Keeping Windows alive – part 3
Registry – The origin of most problems This is the bad part in Windows as an OS. Windows has this very huge data center where the system and many applications can store anything, most of the registry is meaningless for a normal human, given that you might be able to track down and understand a […]
Eyad Salah3 min read
Keeping Windows alive – part 2
Now that we’re done talking about disk cleanup, it’s time to discuss disk defragmentation Disk Defragment Disks are always partitioned to those small pieces we call “Allocation Units” when reformatting them. This means that the disk is cut into small pieces with specific size for each piece. So when a file is written on that […]
Eyad Salah4 min read
Keeping Windows alive – part 1
If you are a download junkie like myself, you must have noticed that after installing and removing software Windows tends to become slow and moody. The simplest answer is to blame Microsoft for that. Well it’s not always the case even though sometimes it is the only reason. People tend to compare Windows to Mac […]
Eyad Salah2 min read
If you have an original Microsoft Windows CD try it
I’ve read in an article that if you put an original windows CD in the microwave for a minute or two and take it out, it’ll be as cold as it was before putting it there. And you’ll be able to read “4F6E65204F5320746F2072756C65207468656D20616C6C2C204F6E65204F5320746F2066696E64207468656D2C0D0A4F6E65204F5320746F206272696E67207468656D20616C6C20616E6420696E20746865206461726B6E6573732062696E64207468656D” on it. It’s a hex text, try the following java code or any […]
Eyad Salah9 min read
That $200 Windows XP service pack called Vista
More than five years after the release of Windows XP, Windows Vista has arrived. The party line out of Redmond is that “Windows Vista is Microsoft’s most secure platform to date,” and you won’t find anyone at Microsoft saying otherwise. But saying it’s Microsoft’s most secure operating system isn’t saying that Windows Vista is the […]
Eyad Salah
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Windows Live Writer
Again, Microsoft is giving Developers the chance to show off their abilities. Even though it’s not a big field to play in, still they are proving the customizability of their products , especially windows live products. The new “Windows Live Writer” – which I’m now using to send this post – is one of the […]
Eyad Salah1 min read
Windows is not a virus…or is it?
No, Windows is not a virus. Here’s what viruses do:1. They replicate quickly. … Okay, Windows does that.2. Viruses use up valuable system resources, slowing down the system as they do so. … Okay, Windows does that.3. Viruses will, from time to time, trash your hard disk. … Okay, Windows does that too.4. Viruses are […]
Eyad Salah