CD Vs. DVD Storage Capacity Image Credit: Dmitrii Anikin/iStock/GettyImages There are a huge range of options today for storing data. From a simple USB pen drive to external hard drives, cloud storage and optical media like CDs and DVDs. When you’re considering personal storage needs, it helps to know how much each type of storage […]
A lot of important conversations happen in online chat, from surprise marriage proposals to directions to a party. If you want to save your chat history, AOL Instant Messenger, or AIM, gives you an option to save your instant messages as archives. When you close your chat, the file is saved in your documents folder, […]
Norton Ghost is a program that backs up your entire computer system, allowing you to restore your computer to an earlier state. This means that if your computer crashes or a virus is placed onto the computer you can easily get it back to a fully working state. Norton does this by creating a ghost […]
VGA and SVGA cables both use the same pin configuration. Image Credit: Stockbyte/Stockbyte/Getty Images In traditional desktop computer setups, a cable connects a computer to a monitor. A video graphic array (VGA) cable carries analog signals and supports video resolutions up to and including 640 x 480. A super video graphic array (SVGA) cable carries […]
A woman types on a laptop Image Credit: shironosov/iStock/Getty Images An M3U is essentially a text file that contains a list of URLs and file paths. It stands for MPEG version 3.0 URL, and it was originally intended for the Winamp Player. Today, many popular media players support it. Among these are iTunes, Windows Media […]
Figuring out the relative strengths and weaknesses of graphics cards isn’t easy. Besides the graphical processing unit itself, you have to consider memory, stream processors and other components. Then there’s the data transfer rate, or “bitrate,” of the bus that links the card’s memory to its processor. Once you take all of these into account, […]
LimeWire needs a strong connection to work properly. So you downloaded LimeWire, completed the setup and ran the file, only to discover it won’t connect to the network. Older versions of Limewire would clearly show the strength of your connection in the bottom left corner. Go to “Tools->Advanced Tools->Connections” to verify a connection in newer […]
2.5-inch hard drives are tiny compared with desktop drives The 2.5-inch hard drive, most commonly found in laptop computers, was first introduced in 1988 by Prairie Tek. That first drive held just 20MB of data. Today, 2.5-inch serial-ATA (SATA) drives are available in capacities up to 1TB. But many people are unaware that 2.5-inch drives […]
Hertz is a measure of frequency. “Hz” represents “Hertz,” which is a measure of sample rate or audio frequency. The average human ear, in its prime, can typically hear frequencies between 20 and 20,000Hz. The difference between 44,100Hz and 48,000Hz is more of an issue of quality, rather than something our ears can normally differentiate. […]
X has resumed its online operations in Brazil after being blocked by the Brazilian Supreme Court for three weeks, facing hefty fines during the ban. Cloudflare’s CEO clarified that X’s return was coincidental, not a deliberate evasion of the ban, as X transitioned to Cloudflare from Fastly. The shift led to a change in IP […]
