Touchscreens! Part 2
The finale to my two part guide to touchscreens.
Continue Reading Add comment May 31, 2009
Touchscreens! Part 1
Woo! Touch screens! Screens you are allowed to fondle and touch and rub and so on. You’ve probably seen them, and you may have used one. So you’re probably wondering: what’s so special about them that make them work just by touching your finger to them, and if you can get one yourself for your home computer. So, continue forth, fine reader, and find out more.
Continue Reading Add comment May 12, 2009
*War*!
Want to go to war, with your friends, but can’t bare to kill them? Want to do it from the confort of your own home? Have I got a solution for you!
Continue Reading 2 comments January 20, 2009
Testing your virus scanner
Got a virus scanner? Quick! Copy and paste this line of text into a blank notepad file!
X5O!P%@AP[4\PZX54(P^)7CC)7}$EICAR-STANDARD-ANTIVIRUS-TEST-FILE!$H+H*
Saveit as Eicar.com. Put it on your desktop.
Cngratulations! You’ve just created the EICAR Test file for Virus Scanners! Let your computer sit for a few minutes, and see if it finds it (It will label it as a virus. It’s not, it’s harmless). Doesn’t find it? Scan the file manually with it. It should find it. All credible AV programs must react as if though it’s a real virus (It’s not).
Still doesn’t find it? Could mean your antivirus program is broken. You might need a new one. Try Avira AntiVir or Avast! Antivirus.
More info found here and here, and you can download it here (Scroll to the bottom, and try each one from the top row to test how your AV program reacts to them. The second one is it pretending to be another type of file, the third one it in a ZIP file, and the fourth one a zip file within a zip file with the EICAR thing in it).
1 comment October 19, 2008
If I had US$1,000,000 (that’s one million US Dollars!)
What would you do with US$1million? Here’s what I’d do.
Continue Reading Add comment October 17, 2008
Various YouTube Clipos
Look at what I’ve been viewing on YouTube!
Continue Reading Add comment September 6, 2008
Douglas Rants About Media Players
Media players are designed to play media, right? Then why are they insistent upon being large, bloated pieces of software that enjoy shoving ads in your face, eh?
Continue Reading Add comment July 15, 2008
Microwaves, Cordless Phones, Remotes and 802.11g WiFi Networks
Microwaves, Cordless Phones, Remotes and 802.11g WiFi Networks: what do they have in common?
Continue Reading 2 comments July 11, 2008
