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Microsoft takes another hit: NGINX tops IIS

Microsoft still needs some whipping: their inefficient bloat-ware has set back the development of the internet society by many years. [...]

January 10th, 2012 | Category: Operating Systems, Windows | 2 comments

Comparison of VPS Providers

How do I go about choosing a viable VPS for my websites? This article relates our personal experience dealing with several different service providers so you don’t have to. [...]

April 18th, 2011 | Category: Linux, Nerd Stuff, Reviews | 6 comments

Networx –Free Bandwidth Monitoring Software (Getting the Most Out of It)

Systems: Windows Only (2000, XP, Vista, 2008 / Both 32 and 64 bit)

Donationware: Technically it’s free, but when you see the level of craftsmanship in this program, you will want to donate.

Website: Softperfect.com

I recently changed ISPs to one with much more consistent service, but the trade off is that I now [...]

August 1st, 2009 | Category: Nerd Stuff, Operating Systems, Reviews, Windows | One comment - (Comments are closed)

iStat Pro is an Awesome Free System Monitoring Widget

Freeware/donationware iStat pro offers detailed system information, such as Temps, Uptime, plus CPU/Memory/Network information, all within a customizable Dashboard widget [...] [...]

June 26th, 2009 | Category: Mac OS X, Software | Comments are closed

WinCDEmu Integrates Disk Image Mounting in Windows Explorer

We’ve written before about Virtual CloneDrive, software that can mount and run disk images as if they are physical disks. A similar free program is WinCDEmu.

WinCDEmu - Main site

WinCDEmu - SourceForge page

WinCDEmu is free and open-source, and makes mounting a disk image (*.ISO, *.CUE, *.BIN, *.RAW, and *.IMG) as easy as double-clicking.

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June 24th, 2009 | Category: Software, Windows | Comments are closed

Disable the “Install Updates and Shut Down” Option in Windows

Have you ever been annoyed at the Install Updates and Shut Down message that displays after Windows Update runs in the background?

It’s easy to avoid this message entirely and force any pending updates to stay associated with the yellow shield in the system tray. This is one setting that I always configure for [...]

June 22nd, 2009 | Category: Windows | 13 comments - (Comments are closed)

Securing a Linux Server: SSH and Brute-Force Attacks

If you have a web server, then you are the target of many possible attacks. *ANY* port you have open on that server can be exploited, so you if you value your uptime and your data, you need to secure it. This article focuses on locking down your SSH configuration and user permissions.

If [...]

June 15th, 2009 | Category: Linux, Mac OS X, Nerd Stuff, Operating Systems | One comment - (Comments are closed)
 
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