Gaming Laptops - Why RAM Is Mission Critical?

RAM or Random Access Memory is critical to gaming laptops. Mainly because the more RAM you have on your laptop or computer, the higher the performance level you can achieve. Higher RAM will increase your enjoyment and let you play even the most challenging 3D games.
Besides the CPU (Central Processing Unit) RAM is probably the [...]

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Best Practices for Computer Forensics in the Field

Introduction
Computer forensic examiners are responsible for technical acuity, knowledge of the law, and objectivity in the course of investigations. Success is principled upon verifiable and repeatable reported results that represent direct evidence of suspected wrong-doing or potential exoneration. This article establishes a series of best practices for the computer forensics practitioner, representing the best evidence [...]

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Make Money With Your Apple Computer

Got an Apple Computer? Great – I’m going to show you three quick ways you can begin to make money using the world’s greatest computer and operating system – Apple and OS X.
There are three main areas where Apple Macintosh computers excel in their ability to make you some cold hard cash: Video, Audio, and [...]

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9 Reasons Why Linux is For the Average User

Well, every Linux user worth his/her salt has a list of why Linux is perfect for [adjective] users, so I sat down and thought up a list for myself! 9 Reasons why Linux is for the average user. The reasons aren’t in any order, just the order that I thought of them, so don’t think [...]

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The Motorola Mobile Video Enforcer: Capture, Collect, Convey

If this statement sounds like a mouth-full, that’s okay…it is. However, the purpose of this post is to toss a little information on this powerful device your way and give you an idea why every police department should have a Mobile Video Enforcer or something like it.
To better highlight some of the MVE’s features, below [...]

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VoIP 101: Voice over Internet Protocol for Beginners

For those who have never heard about the potential of VoIP, be prepared to radically change the way you think about your current long-distance calling plan. VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) is very simply, a method for taking ordinary analog audio signals and turning them into digital signals that can be sent over the Internet.
So [...]

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Apple Tiger vs Windows Vista

Microsoft’s next-generation operating system is coming in early 2007, offering improvements that are both impressive and unprecedented in the Windows world. On Apple’s side of the world, Tiger, the 5th incarnation of Apple’s legendary OS X operating system is still up to challenge as to what Vista has to offer, even if it’s already two [...]

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Wireless Security: 6 Ways to Stop and Catch Hackers and War Drivers

War drivers are in the business of finding wireless access points, documenting them and uploading their locations to the web. Why would someone do this, well for several reasons:
First they want free internet access. Next they could just be war driving as a hobby; finally they could be targeting your network for financial gain. One [...]

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DirectX Explained

Ever wondered just what that enigmatic name means?
Gaming and multimedia applications are some of the most satisfying programs you can get for your PC, but getting them to run properly isn’t always as easy as it could be. First, the PC architecture was never designed as a gaming platform. Second, the wide-ranging nature of the [...]

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Getting Started With Linux for Newbie/N00bs

This is what newbie/noobs/n00bs need to know about Linux.

What is Linux?
Trying it out
Installing
What to do now
The Console

Intro:
This tutorial is written with the total Linux n00bs in mind. I’ve seen too many n00bs get totally left in the dark by asking what the best distro is. They seem to only get flooded with too [...]

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