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World’s Fastest Supercomputer

Posted on April 30th, 2011 by diane

Supercomputers are very expensive and are employed for specialized applications that require immense amounts of mathematical calculations. For example, weather forecasting requires a supercomputer. Other uses of supercomputers include animated graphics, fluid dynamic calculations, nuclear energy research, and petroleum exploration. … Continue reading →

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Beware Of Keyloggers

Posted on March 31st, 2011 by diane

A Keylogger is a software program or hardware device that is used to monitor and log each of the keys a user types into a computer keyboard. The person who installed the program or hardware device can then view all … Continue reading →

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Google Earth 6 Now Available

Posted on March 15th, 2011 by diane

Google has just launched the sixth version of its popular Google Earth application. Google Earth 6 allows users to drop from “outer space” into virtually any location in the world and take a low-altitude or even ground-level tour of the … Continue reading →

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Clip Cube: A Free Productivity Tool

Posted on February 16th, 2011 by diane

Many times as we are exploring the Internet, we find information that we would like to save. There is a neat little free tool called Clip Cube that can be used to gather information to be pasted into a document … Continue reading →

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Know Your Enemy: Botnets

Posted on February 7th, 2011 by diane

A botnet is a group of computers running a computer program controlled only by the owner or the software source. a group of computers infected with the malicious kind of robot software, the bots, which present a security threat to … Continue reading →

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