In addition to its various practical applications, the Android also features hundreds of various arcade games to choose from, some of which are free and some of which must be paid for. While all of these games cannot be listed in one place, the following is a list of the most popular free Android games:   Abduction Abduction is an Android game that is simple, but addictive. In Abduction, the player is a cow that must jump from ledge to ledge in order to reach the evil aliens who have Read More

Using System Monitor to Monitor WINS Activity The System Monitor utility is the main tool for monitoring system performance. System Monitor can track various processes on the Windows system in real time. The utility uses a graphical display that you can use to view current data, or log data. You can specify specific elements or components that should be tracked on the local computer and remote computers. You can determine resource usage by monitoring trends. System Monitor can be displayed in a graph, histogram, or report format. System Monitor uses Read More

Dish 500 is a satellite dish provided by Dish Network that was developed to replace the discontinued Dish 300 model. Dish 500 is slightly larger than the Dish 300 model at 20” in diameter, but is capable of receiving broadcasts from both the 110°W and the 119°W orbital locations owned by EchoStar, effectively doubling the capacity that was provided by the Dish 300 and allowing Dish Network and EchoStar to provide customers with up to 500 channels to a single satellite dish.   How Dish 500 Works Dish 500 had Read More

The MKV (Matroska Multimedia Container) format is an open standers container format that is designed to store an unlimited number of audio, video, or image files inside of one container file. The format is similar to MP4 and AVI, but based on open specifications and implementations. Similar to early implementations of the MP4 format, the final letter in the file extension for the MK format connotes the type of content stored with MKV storing primarily video, MKA audio, and MKS subtitles. The project was originally started in late 2002 as Read More

Error 1933 is a Microsoft error that is sometimes generated when your attempt to install Microsoft Project fails. The general text of Error 1933 reads as follows: "Windows files must be installed for your installation to proceed." This issue indicates that the installation process involves functions that the operating system will not allow. How Did The Problem Occur? Generally, there are a couple of things that must be true in order for Error 1933 to occur. First, the operating system on the hard drive has to be Microsoft 2000, Microsoft Read More

Earth cooling tubes present an alternative for controlling temperature within residential and office buildings as well as greenhouses and other structures requiring temperature regulation. These tubes run underground and alter air’s cooling or heating temperature before it is allowed into a home or office. En route, the air releases its heat to the surrounding soil so it becomes cool air when it reaches its target structure. If the soil surrounding the tubes is warmer than the air within, the air acquires heat so it becomes warm air when it reaches Read More

With color printers, it has become much easier to print pictures that have a considerable amount of quality to them. On top of that, now that there is inexpensive picture paper available, the quality of picture that can be printed is even greater. So long as the printer is of a good enough quality that it can handle specific details, the pictures that come out of it will look intense. Printing Pictures The first step is to open the Windows Photo Gallery program. You can find this under all programs. Read More

As the Internet has expanded and it has become cheaper to host files on the Internet, more and more people have been using online file storage. What an online file storage provider allows is for an individual or a company to take important files on their computer–be they text, image, video or music–and transfer them to the Internet. This results in two benefits. The first is that the files can be pulled from the Internet on any computer. The second is that, if something were to happen to the computer, Read More

Motherboards hold all the pieces that make up your computer. It supplies all the wiring and connections needed to make your computer run. However, you may feel that need to upgrade or replace your motherboard. Before anything can be done, you need to be absolutely sure that you have to upgrade your motherboard. As a stand-alone part, motherboards are probably the part that would least likely need an upgrade. Some reasons for having to upgrade would be: Not enough space for an adequate amount of RAM No slot for an Read More

Usenet is a global Internet discussion system. It was created and implemented by Tom Truscott and Jim Ellis in 1979. It comprises of a collection of newsgroups that are classified and structured on the basis of subject. Messages or articles are placed and read by users within these newsgroups. Usenet is considered the predecessor of today’s Internet forums. Usenet is distributed through an informally connected variable server mesh. It does not use the traditional central server setup nor does it have a dedicated server. In simple terms, Usenet permits newsgroup Read More