How much can there be to know about the standard screws used in computers? Well, that depends on how detailed you want to get. Wikipedia has an article on Computer case screws that might help explain some of the trends you've noticed about the screws if you've ever built a computer or messed around with the internal hardware enough. … [Read more...]
Is It Time To Invest In A Seedbox?
In brief, a seedbox is a server where you set torrents to download. Upon completing, you can download it directly from the server through https or sftp. The benefits of a seedbox include that the P2P traffic is headed somewhere else (for concerns about copyright infringement), you use less bandwidth from your ISP (only download, not upload), you could download the files from … [Read more...]
What Do Refrigerators Have To Do With Torrenting?
Rick Falkvinge over at TorrentFreak answers that question in an article written today. He explains that previous industries are often rendered obsolete by new ones and even at the cost of thousands of jobs nobody has fought to say that this is the way things have to be done because it is the way things have always been done. His example is that of the ice industry which was … [Read more...]
Threatpost Catches Up With Aaron Barr
Aaron Barr, former CEO of HBGary Federal before a highly-publicized confrontation with Anonymous, has been mentioned here on 404 Tech Support once or twice (or three or four times) before as part of reporting the news. The security professional recently did an interview with Threatpost at this year's DEFCON hacker conference. He answered five questions to get us caught up. He … [Read more...]
Games Come To Google+
Google has announced today that Google+ is matching Facebook at another point: games. It currently has 16 games available at launch. While there's no Farmville, there are Angry Birds and Zynga (the maker of Farmville) Poker amongst others. While games aren't the feature I've been looking to be added to Google+, I understand that a number of people might be. Google+ seems to … [Read more...]