Dropbox matches Google and Microsoft pricing for a terabyte

Dropbox is so widely used that it's practically a synonym for cloud storage and file sharing, but the company is being squeezed on price and storage options by bigger competitors such as Google and Microsoft. Today, Dropbox closed some of the gap by announcing that Dropbox...

How to Automatically Back Up Your Hard Drive

If you support users like I do, then you will know how frustrated they can get when their hard drive fails and they have no backup. Even worse is when this happens to you. That is why I would like to share with you an easy way to automatically back up your hard drive using a very powerful free backup utility. Just follow these simple steps. Step 1: Go to http://backup.comodo.com/ and download...

How to Set Up Your Own Instant Messaging Server

Instant messaging is not just for personal use. It is also a great way for employees to communicate with one another in the corporate world. If you are in IT, then setting up an instant messaging server can be a great benefit to your company. And the best part is that you can set...

How to Host a Web Site from Your Computer

In the following article I am going to show you how to host a web site from your own computer. Why would you want to do this you might ask? Well for one, it’s free. It’s also great for hosting small web sites or sharing large files with friends. However, if you are planning on running...

How to Install PHP on Windows

Hopefully, you now have a working local installation of Apache on your Windows PC. In this article we will install PHP 5 as an Apache 2.2 module. Why PHP? PHP remains the most widespread and popular server-side programming language on the web. It is installed by most web hosts, has a simple learning curve, close ties with the MySQL database, and an excellent collection of libraries to cut...

PHP 5 Installation

What Do I Need? To start using PHP, you can: Find a web host with PHP and MySQL support Install a web server on your own PC, and then install PHP and MySQL Use a Web Host With PHP Support If your server has activated support for PHP you do not need to do anything. Just create...

PHP Connect to the MySQL Server

Use the PHP mysqli_connect() function to open a new connection to the MySQL server. Open a Connection to the MySQL Server Before we can access data in a database, we must open a connection to the MySQL server. In PHP, this is done with the mysqli_connect() function. Syntax mysqli_connect(host,username,password,dbname); ParameterDescription hostOptional....

The 22 Most EXTREME Selfies Ever Taken. Nothing Can Top the Last One. NOTHING.

22. INTENSE kitesurfing selfie www.genesisreyesphotography.com (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); 21. Skydiver selfie www.deccanchronicle.com 20. Exotic cat selfie www.amazing-fb.com 19.Top Gun selfie twitter.com 18.How??? www.themindblowing.com 17. Jesus selfie twitter.com 16. BMX selfie www.oddee.com 15. Geronimo! selfie www.steamboattoday.com 14. WTF!? i.imgur.com 13....

Which icon do you have? Facebook’s Globe Is No Longer Americentric

You know that little globe icon on the Facebook website that displays your pending notifications? Of course you do. It’s the first thing any self-respecting narcissist clicks on when they open Facebook. (That's pretty much all of us, by the way.) Well, did you know that the globe looks different depending on where you are in the world? The default icon portrays the Americas: (adsbygoogle...

What is a black box and how does it work?

 Now that investigators have concluded the missing Malaysia Airlines jet crashed into the Indian Ocean, the race is on to find the wreckage and recover the black box in hopes of solving the mystery of flight MH370. But search crews are on a tight deadline to find the so-called black boxes before a battery-powered ping the devices emit fades away. The devices are designed to send...