Tag: windows

Playing around with Rainmeter

I was looking for a way to put notes on my Windows desktop and stumbled on to Rainmeter. It’s a little confusing to set up, and I haven’t figured out how to put some notes on the screen, but it does look cool. For my macOS friends, you can check out GeekTool. Read more →

Beware of that Firewire port!

There is a new technique that allows an attacker to unlock a Windows machine or login without a password. This vulnerability also affects OS X. Right now the hack currently requires a Linux laptop, but it could conceivably make its way to modified iPods. To protect yourself you’ll need to disable Firewire in your PC BIOS, or on the Mac… Read more →