The activation method for a rather ancient Easter egg, hidden deep within the ROMs of beige Apple Power Mac G3 computers, has been uncovered. Self-confessed "combined Apple/Linux/Windows geek" Doug ...

This article describes how to set up a virtual CD-ROM jukebox (VCDJ) using Samba and Linux. A VCDJ is a network server that provides access to the contents of a large number of CD-ROM disks, without ...

Imagine having a dictionary, thesaurus, the World Almanac, Bartlett`s Familiar Quotations and a national ZIP code directory on a tiny disk with the information retrievable instantly by computer. Such ...

Everything fails eventually, but moving parts fail fastest of all– and optical drives seemingly more than others, at least in our experience. Even when they work, vintage drives often have trouble ...

Yesterday`s high-technology is today`s ho-hum. Three years ago, sealed aluminum platters called ”hard disks” for microcomputers were really high tech. With a 10 megabyte hard disk, the equivalent of 4 ...

Backing up data is standard throughout business -- but the backup methods used in the past may no longer meet your data storage and collaboration needs. For instance, just as faster, higher-capacity ...