What is a virus? A virus can be spread through internet and network connections or on physical media such as floppy drives, USB drives, or CD-ROMs. Many programs people say is a virus is actually a form of malware, spyware, ad-ware, worm, or Trojan horse. A virus is able to reproduce itself from one device to another.…

I figured I would “nerd out” a little for this article and talk about a program that can unlock the capabilities of your home router. The program is named DD-WRT. It is a Linux based OpenSource firmware that can be put on quite a few WLAN routers and embedded systems. It has a graphical user…

I wanted to bring up a new program you might see popping up here in the next few months. It is very similar to OpenOffice and it is called “LibreOffice”. This new program is a fork of OpenOffice and is also compatible with all the other major office suites you may be comfortable with. One…