Archive for August, 2009

Broadband Over The Electrical Grid?

Monday, August 31st, 2009

Although the broadband network over electrical cable concept and solution has exsisted for years, believe it or not, an official international standard in this field does not exist. This is probably the reason we still connect over Ethernet and telephone cables.

However, this could all be coming to an end. A group working within the IEEE’s […]

Unlock Locked Files

Tuesday, August 18th, 2009

Most of us must have had this problem of unable to delete some files in windows and windows shows an error message that the file is being used.

Most of the time we will end up rebooting the system to delete the file, even then some files may not get deleted. Unlocker is a free tool […]

TexShop

Thursday, August 13th, 2009

TexShop is a Mac OS text editor with a primary focus on Latex typesetting. Researchers and scientists all over the world use Latex to write research papers, proposals, review and project documentation.

TexShop has a nice user-friendly menu driven interface that simplifies regular editing and typesetting operations to regular users. When installed, TexShop integrates itself with […]

How To Stay Organized

Tuesday, August 11th, 2009

I’m a pretty busy guy. I’m a full time student, so my day is pretty much completely filled with homework, quizzes and tests to study for and other appointments. I used to have a lot of trouble staying organized, I’d forget about papers until the day they were due, and I once missed a midterm.

Then […]

DOS Still Reigns

Thursday, August 6th, 2009

Many people believe that DOS is dead. Nothing could be further from the truth. A lot of individuals would probably be incredulous if you were to tell them that there was a version of the Disk Operating System that is still undergoing active development.

However, this case is indeed quite true. After all, there are many […]

Recover A Stolen Mac

Tuesday, August 4th, 2009

Undercover is a great little theft recovery program for the Mac by a Belgian software company called Orbicule.

After a computer is stolen the owner can activate the hidden app and set the wheels to recovery in motion. Think of it as a kind of “Lo-Jack” for your laptop. When the thieves or unlucky recipients of […]