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Five Tips to Max Out Your NeweggBusiness Rewards
Did you hear about the NeweggBusiness Rewards program? Now customers can take advantage of frequent purchasing to earn credits on future purchases. The credits are called ...
Read morePresidents’ Day: Early Technology Adopters in the White House
Truth be told, the White House has been on the conservative of side of deploying technological advances in its own working environment. Sometimes this slowness ...
Read moreWhat NASA’s Mars Rover Tells Us About SSD Life
The Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity has likely died. NASA has exhausted its efforts trying to make contact with the rover, and will wrap its 14-year mission that ...
Read moreIT Horrors Straight Out of Friday the 13th
Technology can get horrific. Failing hardware, poor planning, or unreliable users—whatever your IT-phobia might be, here are several scenarios that you would not want to be stuck in. We've compiled our favorite IT horror stories from discussion boards around the web. They're sure to make you laugh, cry, retch, and shudder in fear.
Read moreUse an IPv6 Router to Light a Christmas Tree in Belgium
Here's one way to use IPv6 router protocol this holiday season. Ping a packet at this Charlie Brown tree set up by De Oranjerie, a Belgium-based all-ages computer learning center. Here's the code to ping the tree in real-time; use packet configuration to light the colored LED bulb of your choice!
Read moreParadigm: Jacob Janerka’s Weird World of PC Nostalgia
Interview with 2D computer artist Jacob Janerka, who crowdfunded his way out of electronics retail job to develop Paradigm, a weird throwback to point-‘n-click adventure games like Maniac Mansion and Myst. Imagine Gary Larson’s Far Side comics as an interactive DOS game--that's the best I can describe the feel.
Read moreWiseNotes: a Simple, Open-Source Technical Documentation Tool
WiseNotes is a technical documentation tool for IT with a clean, Notepad-like feel and cataloging hierarchy. The free, open-source program makes writing, editing and searching ...
Read moreThese ’80s Office Tech PSA Posters Are Awesome
What a glorious find—a set of vintage posters from the late-80s, some kind of office tech PSA series. Where did they come from? I first saw ...
Read moreThe Seven Types of Windows 10 Holdouts
The period for free Windows 10 upgrades ends July 29, 2016 for users with valid Windows 7 and Windows 8/8.1 licenses. After that, Microsoft will ...
Read moreHow to Always Find the Best Tech Deals on NeweggBusiness
Finding the best tech deals on any e-commerce site takes a little sleuthing. NeweggBusiness is no exception, despite the valiant efforts of the web management ...
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