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A Shorter Film about the SAGE Computer

Posted on September 14, 2011 by Jesse Zylstra

For those of you who do not care to watch the 20 minute documentary about the SAGE computer mentioned in our last article, check this one out from the 1960’s: (2:49) (Still has all the CRT‘s, styluses/light-guns, projectors, and crazy-cool … Continue reading →

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Ubuntu 11.04 Beta 2

Posted on April 21, 2011 by Jesse Zylstra

Linux has come a long way. Linux is arguably the third most popular operating system in existence. Linus Torvalds, the main creator of the first Linux operating system, probably never imagined his computer code would go so far in the … Continue reading →

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System Information for Windows

Posted on November 3, 2010 by Jesse Zylstra

System Information for Windows (S.I.W.) is a great program for home users to discover specific details about their computers. From the operating system, to network interface cards, to how many RAM slots your computer has, SIW is definitely one of … Continue reading →

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Speccy: System Information tool

Posted on July 6, 2010 by Jesse Zylstra

Speccy is a System Information tool designed to gather information about your CPU, RAM, Motherboard, Graphics Card, Hard Drives, Optical Drives, and Audio Card and let you view advanced information about it. Speccy can tell you more detailed and advanced … Continue reading →

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Defraggler: Advanced Disk Defragmentation

Posted on May 20, 2010 by Jesse Zylstra

Defraggler is an advanced disk-defragmentation tool for Windows. It’s main advantage, in my opinion, is for XP Users since it allows you to easily schedule defragmentation whenever you would like it. Similar to defragmentation in Windows 98, you can also … Continue reading →

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Linux and its' capabilities as a gaming system

Posted on April 8, 2010 by Jesse Zylstra

Linux has always been considered the “want-to-be” of Windows. The bad reputation it has with program support, driver support, and graphics quality has been the biggest offset of Linux. As more and more programmers begin to look at supporting their … Continue reading →

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Free Encryption Software: TrueCrypt

Posted on February 24, 2010 by Jesse Zylstra

What is the best, free encryption software? TrueCrypt is an open-source encryption program for encrypting your entire hard drive, flash drive, partition, or file containers. TrueCrypt is expiable of running on Windows 7, Vista, and XP, Mac OSX, and Linux. … Continue reading →

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