How a Web server actually works (with C source code)?

Do you wonder how to write a program that accepts incoming messages with a network socket? Have you ever just wanted your own Web server to experiment and learn with?
Have you ever wondered how a Web server actually works? Experiment with nweb — a simple Web server with only 200 lines of C source code. [...]

Syncing MS Outlook with Google Calendar and Gmail

Engtech has developed a solution that many of us have been waiting for. Although I am pretty much an online software user now, I still utilize Microsoft Outlook for email and some scheduling. Which really created problems when on the road, and away from my sole machine. Engtech is using some software called ScheduleWorld.
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Disable or Remove Shell Extensions and Slow Right Click Context Menu (Shortcut Menu) Handlers or Items with ShellExView

Shell Extensions are COM objects or software program that integrate into the shell (Windows Explorer) which extends the abilities of Windows operating system. Most shell extensions are automatically installed by the operating system, but there are also many other applications that install additional shell extension components. One type of the shell extensions is context menu [...]

WGA problems pile up

Continuing problems with the Microsoft program Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA) are described further by Ed Bott in another of his series of posts on this really intrusive and often malfunctioning effort by Microsoft to extract every penny possible from PC users. Bott is doing the computer community a real service by keeping after Microsoft. Be [...]

Windows Vista 32-bit versus Vista 64-bit

Flexbeta has an interesting comparison between Vista 32-bit and Vista 64-bit edition. They tested installation time, integer processing, 2D graphics, memory speed, disk speed, 3D graphics and measured the PassMark rating. Their conclusion: Vista 64-bit does not bring any real advantage with respect to performance over Vista 32-bit.
Almost half of our PCs have a 64 [...]

How-to Secure Your IRC Connection

This is a follow-up post to my first post about how to secure your mIRC client. Securing your IRC connection is important in order for you to stay anonymous.
One way of securing your IRC connection is by encryption using SSL.
Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) and Transport Layer Security (TLS), its successor, are cryptographic protocols which [...]
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How to redirect one users mail to another user with postfix

Postfix is an open source mail transfer agent (MTA), for the routing and delivery of email.
It provides a method of redirect mail to another user for both local and remote users. You need to configure /etc/postfix/aliases (or use /etc/aliases) file. The aliases file (read as table) provides a system-wide mechanism to redirect [...]

Free how-to podcasts from techies

Ask the Techies, Ohio State University’s weekly tech podcast (video blog): Computer Buying Guide Basics may answer your questions on how to buy a computer for your needs. They also offer a free archive of podcasts covering varied tech topics from ‘how to podcast’ to ‘running Windows on a Mac.’
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New Study say Linux and Windows Costs Equal

The study (PDF) file is here.
Marking what could have been a summer-long hiatus in its “Get the Facts” campaign,
Microsoft is re-igniting the flames on the argument over whether enterprises spend less to manage Windows systems than Linux systems.
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New Study say Linux and Windows Costs Equal
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Using Google To Identify a Site’s Owner

Who would’ve thought that Google AdSense could be used to track down the owner of a website?
Anonymous and spam blogs are quite numerous these days. And one would wonder who actually own these. If the sites have Google AdSense, then it’s easy! It’s as easy as viewing the page source on the site, and looking [...]

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