A few months back I was looking for a new laptop to use for blogging and writing tasks. I was looking for very specific hardware requirements. The laptop should be LIGHTWEIGHT, but with powerful hardware and LONG battery running time. For the monitor size I decided to go for 14″ since 15.6″ would be full… Read More »
Encrypting a usb drive is an excellent idea for ensure that your data is safe and secure. If you are storing business data or any kind of personal sensitive information in a usb drive, its important to keep it safe it from hackers and snoopers. Or if you accidentally loose your usb drive then you… Read More »
Getting detailed information about the wifi adapter on a linux system is not straight forward using gui tools. However there are simple commands that can do the trick. In this article we shall take a look at commands like iwconfig, iwlist, iw and nmcli which can be used to probe details about the wifi adapter… Read More »
Xdebug is a powerful debugging and profiling tool for php that allows you to find and fix errors faster by showing the entire stack trace and source code file and line number. If you want your php development to be error free you should use something like xdebug right from the beginning. A very useful… Read More »
SSDs SSDs come in a variety of shapes and sizes. The biggest size is the 2.5″ drives that are installed inside desktop computers. Then comes the smaller and bare looking M.2 SSDs that are installed inside laptops and even on desktops. There are a lot of technical parameters that describe M.2 SSD drives about how… Read More »
What is White Uniformity Issue When reading a web-page that has black text on white background if you notice that the white background color looks different at different parts of the screen, its called white uniformity issue. The white may look slightly bluish (cooler) in some areas and slightly yellowish (warmer) in other areas. Simply… Read More »
PC gaming has become bigger than ever before with new gamers joining every year and technology progressing at an unrelenting speed. With the social media culture that we have nowadays, the design and look of a gaming pc is also important as the hardware of the PC. You’ll get a lot more likes and appreciation… Read More »
A lot of Intel processors like the i5-7400 have integrated gpus, that work quite well with Ubuntu and similar Linux systems using the open source drivers. Besides IGPU inside CPUs, there are even some motherboards that have IGPU in their chipsets. In this article we shall take a look at some of the commands that… Read More »
Just like any other computer hardware, CPUs or processors produce a lot of heat, and it needs to be cooled down properly to get the maximum performance out of it. In the earlier years of personal computers or desktop PCs, air coolers was the standard way to cool down your cpu, and it is still… Read More »
When gaming over the LAN network or online on Steam, a key hardware component is the network connection type which can be ethernet (wired) or wifi (wireless). Ethernet is the older one and used widely even today, whereas wifi is completely wireless and is emerging as the major replacement to the wired ethernet. However there… Read More »
We often receive password encrypted pdfs on our mail from various places. When saving these pdfs locally its a good idea to get rid of the password, so that we don’t need to remember it later on. On Ubuntu there are many simple ways to remove the password of a pdf files, each with its… Read More »
Connecting apple devices like iphones and ipads to other platforms like windows or linux has never been easy, simply because apple’s ecosystem does not support anything outside of it. However recent models of ipads started supporting usb drives natively. That means you can now connect the usb drive to the ipad and read/write files to… Read More »
The motherboard is the main component on your computer that acts as a bridge for your CPU, GPU, hard drive, and other hardware. If you are not a PC enthusiast and just use a computer to accomplish school and office work, you might be overwhelmed with the things that you can see on the motherboard…. Read More »
A desktop motherboard is designed to host essential hardware for a single-user computer. It has one socket for the processor or CPU, including a slot for the chipset. There are up to four memory sockets, for as many RAMs, and two to four SATA connectors. Most desktop motherboards have one Ethernet or LAN port for… Read More »
SSDs have become the default storage media on laptops, and desktops compared to traditional hard drives. They are available in multiple form factors like M.2 drives and 2.5″ standard disk drives. The standard disk drives are commonly used on desktops and the more compact M.2 ssds are used on all machines including laptops, desktops and… Read More »
AIO coolers are the easiest route if you plan to dive into liquid cooling. Compared to stock coolers and air coolers, AIO coolers offer slightly better cooling performance for your CPU. Besides AIO coolers there are the custom liquid cooling loops but those are a speciality thing requiring some skills. The key advantage of aio… Read More »
The Power Supply Unit or the PSU is un-arguably the most important part of any PC build. It is the component that supplies power to all of your other hardware and can greatly damage your components if it does not work properly. Casual PC buyers and builders will often cheap out on their PSU to… Read More »
Random Access Memory or RAM is the component that stores temporary working data in the form of readable and rewritable computer memory. It allows for quick access to the data, regardless of its physical location inside the memory. The speed at which the processor can read and write data to the RAM is significantly faster… Read More »
The CPU cooler is an essential and critical component of any PC build. Its job is to keep the CPU cool. If your CPU is reaching unfavorable temperatures or you plan on overclocking it, you need to get a good cooler. Budget CPUs come with stock coolers provided by the manufacturer but often times the… Read More »
Buying a good gaming monitor is one of the most crucial decisions, which in some cases, can make or break your whole gaming setup. Since you would be looking at your monitor almost all the time when using your computer, you must buy the best monitor that renders all your fast moving game graphics perfectly…. Read More »