Why Open Source Does Not Always Work

I am a student (for some more weeks), and I am working at my study programme's computer department, since the beginning working on our Windows setup. We take pride in having as much software as possible available on our computers (which are situated in half-a-dozen computer labs). In the browser... [Read article]

Effectively vs. Efficiently

Needed the difference between these two words today, and after searching in vain on many online dictionaries I managed to find some links that described it to me, resulting in a definition related to computer science and maths. Effective: Choosing the right algorithm, the one with the smallest possible time... [Read article]

Crawling the Network with Windows XP

Just discovered the nastiest spy-ware from Microsoft so far. How come that all Windows XP computers per default will crawl the local network to find as many network shares and network printers as possible, and then add them? By accident I saw that I had three new printers added -... [Read article]