While the average person blinks about 20 times a minute under normal circumstances, people on computers only blink about seven times a minute. Blinking is very important when working at a computer; blinking moistens your eyes to prevent dryness and irritation. When staring at a screen, people blink less frequently — only about one-third as […]
We’re all worried about the ongoing threat of COVID-19. With the recent shelter-in-place orders across the country, we’re all becoming more dependent on our computers for work, school, and entertainment. Now, we might have to watch out for another virus: COVID-19 themed malware is now attacking computers, and it’s important to keep yourself, and your […]
Computers are like any system: they’ve got their own set of urban legends and myths that have built up over the years. From claims that your computer camera is spying on you to assertations that hackers are after all of your data, these computer myths range from the plausible to the absurd. What most people […]
Computers are an incredible technology that many of us use every day of our lives. However, they’re prone to viruses and malware that could harm our files and steal our personal data, such as banking details and social security information. A computer virus is a malware attached to another program (such as a document), which […]
Chances are that if a password is easy for you to remember, a hacker can easily crack it. And despite years (and years) of tech companies warning consumers to use hard-to-crack passwords, plus two-factor authentication, people are still using laughably insecure codes. Of the most used passwords for 2020, the top three are 123456, 123456789, […]
CAPTCHA stands for the Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart. CAPTCHAs are tools you can use to differentiate between real users and automated users, such as bots. CAPTCHAs provide challenges that are difficult for computers to perform but relatively easy for humans. For example, identifying stretched letters or numbers, or […]
It took 51 years before hard disk drives reached the size of 1TB (terabyte, i.e. 1,000GB). This happened in 2007. In 2009, the first hard drive with 2 TB of storage arrived. So while it took 51 years to reach the first terabyte, it took just two years to reach the second. Fast forward 10 […]
One of the most influential intellectuals in history was a noblewoman who lived in England in the 19th century. Today, Ada Lovelace is credited with creating the first computer program, a century before the first computer was built. Lovelace’s work demonstrated what was possible, laying the groundwork for the development of today’s computer software. In […]
If there was a computer as powerful as the human brain, it would be able to do 38 thousand trillion operations per second and hold more than 3580 terabytes of memory. Each of our brain cells could work like a mini-computer, according to the first recording of electrical activity in human cells at a super-fine level […]
Did You Know??? USB flash drives have fast become the most common mobile storage method. Used to store documents, videos, music and films, this multi-purpose device has superseded the compact disc and even the DVD. But many of us aren’t aware of the full extent of their capabilities. That is why we have arranged 10 […]