Peer Guardian is perhaps the most popular IP blocking software tool on the web. The Peer2Peer sharing community primarily uses Peer Guardian to block the RIAA, MPAA, and other organizations from tracking a sharer’s IP address and online activity. In addition to blocking IP addresses, Peer Guardian also blocks adware, spyware, and government and educational IPs. Peer Guardian is an open source that Phoenix Labs originally developed. The latest version is Peer Guardian 3. However, since Peer Guardian 3 is only supported on MS Windows Vista, Peer Guardian 2 continues Read More

Open Office is a cost-free, royalty-free open source, multi-platform alternative to the over-inflated Microsoft Office Suite; 100% volunteer maintained by the user-supported OpenOffice.org community, with versions for PC, Mac and Linux in multiple languages. Furthermore, Open Office is compatible with virtually all other main office suites, and you are free to download, use, and distribute with no further permission required. Key Benefits and Features include a 100% complete and exceptionally robust royalty-free, cost-free, open-source office suite solution; the ability to generate PDF’s as required, on-the-fly and 6 separate and unique Read More

Shared folder permissions are used to restrict access to a folder or file that is shared over a network. Folder sharing is normally used to grant remote users access to files and folders over a network. Web sharing grants remote users access to files from the Web if Internet Information Services (IIS) is installed. Members of the Administrators or Power Users group can share folders on a Windows member server. Users have to be members of the Administrators or Server Operators group to share folders on a domain’s domain controller. Read More

The term CDFS (CD File System) is used for both the Linux and Windows Operating Systems (OSs). CDFS is a file system that was created for Linux in 1999 and exports all boot images and tracks on a CD as normal files. On the Windows OS, CDFS is the driver file that is used to support CD-ROM players and replace the traditional MSCDEX driver used on MS-DOS. CDFS also uses a VCACHE driver to control CD-ROM caches on Windows computers, which makes music playback smoother. CDFS Commands on Linux CDFS Read More

A SODIMM (Small Outline Dual Inline Memory Module) is a series of small DIMM chips that is specifically designed to fit into smaller working environments such as mobile devices and notebook computers. SODIMMs are designed to be smaller than regular DIMMs due to space restrictions, but provide the same processing capabilities. Both SODIMMs and regular DIMMs are simply a collection of RAM chips that provide memory management functions to personal computers, servers, and other workstations.   How SODIMM Works SODIMM provides memory management to the small processors found in mobile Read More

The PlayStation Portable (PSP) is a gaming device created and promoted by Sony Computer Entertainment. It is one of the most popular handheld gaming devices today. It was the first handheld gaming device to use an optical disc format for storage – Universal Media Disc (UMD). UMD can store a maximum of 1.8 GB in dual layer and 900 MB in single layer mode. The first PSP was released in 2004, and another version, PSP Go, was released in October 2009. A budget model was announced in 2011. Apart from Read More

The Fine Structure Constant is a constant in theoretical physics that determines the strength of the interaction between two opposing electromagnetic waves. The Fine Structure Constant is used for a wide variety of purposes, but is entirely hypothetical and does not depend on any real units of physics. For example, the Fine Structure Constant can be used to determine the displacement of a beam of light as it comes in contact with a radio wave or vice versa. How the Fine Structure Constant Works The Fine Structure Constant is defined Read More

Safari is the web browser that Apple created to go along with the installation of its operating systems. However, should a Windows user want to use Safari, they can install it on their computer as well. The single problem that Apple users have with Safari is that uninstalling it is not possible. Windows users, though, have the ability to uninstall Safari the same way they’d uninstall any other program. Uninstalling Safari on an Apple To get rid of Safari on your Mac is a very tedious process. To begin with, Read More

Downloading songs to an iPod is very simple. Prior knowledge of iTunes is essential to download songs to iPod player. Users can either purchase them or search for the sites that give the tunes for free. Below is an easy-to-follow procedure for downloading the songs to an iPod. Connect the iPod player to the computer via USB connector/port. However, if connecting for the first time, iTunes should prompt the user to automatically sync his/her iPod when connected. Install ITunes on the computer if it is not yet installed. Either download Read More

A farad is the standard unit of capacitance. It is defined as the capacitance required to create one coulomb of static charge for every volt of potential difference. Another definition is the capacitance that would change it's potential difference by one volt if one ampere of current flowed for one second. History of the Farad The farad was formally defined at an international conference in 1881, and is named after Michael Faraday (1791-1867), a British physicist. The symbol is F, and is always written in uppercase. The farad is sometimes Read More