Computer Tricks and Secrets

J ohn is not a professional photographer, the day job keeps him busy, but he’s an enthusiast who loves photography. One fine evening, he got a call from someone in his friend’s network who was willing to hire John for a photo shoot but, before signing the contract, they wanted to see more of his work. John has captured some stunning and impressive photographs over the years but they are clearly not sorted and arranged in a manner that can be easily shared with a client. His photographs can be found all over the social web – from Facebook to Instagram to Flickr – but, for lack of time and technical know-how, he never considered building a portfolio website to showcase his work. How to Make a Photography Website There are WYSIWYG website building tools, Squarespace and WordPress for example, that make it extremely easy for you to build beautiful photography websites but the little downside with these tools is that you’ve manually update them every few weeks or months. Siftr is a new web...

Why Need to Build Wireless Home Network Without Router Suppose you have one internet connection at home  that you need to share over all your desktop and smart phones, tablets, computer game consoles (like the Xbox),  digital photo frames and whatever other remote gadgets that you may have at home  . How do you do this? The  easiest way to setup a remote system, as we all know, is with the router – simply join a wireless router to your modem and any Wi-Fi Enabled Device can use your internet connection easily Build a Wireless Home Network Without Router Now consider a slightly different structure – you have all these Wi-Fi enabled devices at home but there’s no router. Well, there’s no reason to buy one because you can still easily setup a wireless network as long as your computers have a wireless network adapter*. [*] Most new desktops and laptop computers are already Set-up with internal network adapters so you are ready to go without a router. If your computer doesn’t have built-in ...

Wireless Networking (Wi-Fi) has made it so easy for anyone to use Internet on your computer, mobile phones, tablets and other wireless devices anywhere in the house without the clutter of  cables . With traditional wired networks, it is extremely difficult for someone to steal your bandwidth but the big problem with wireless signals is that others can access the Internet using your broadband connection even while they are in a neighboring building or sitting in a car that’s parked outside your apartment. This practice, also known as piggybacking, is bad for three reasons: It will increase your monthly Internet bill especially when you have to pay per byte of data transfer. It will decrease your Internet access speed since you are now sharing the same internet connection with other users. It can create a security hazard* as others may hack your computers and access your personal files through your own wireless network. [*] What do the bad guys use  – There have been quite a few in...