Marketing aside, what are the technology needed to build a simple, free, home hotspot that has user authentication functionality? Essentially, one will need a wireless router, and a captive portal. If you can combine these two together then it’ll make things that much more simpler. Well, many people already did the hard work, you just need to pick your weapon of choice, and Coova is just one of those many choices.

I have not tried setting one up myself, but if I have the chance, I’ll definitely give Coova a try first before anything else. If you are in the same boat, check it out for yourself.

Essentially, the SSD made me the slowest component in my computer’s operations. No longer do I have to wait minutes for the computer to boot up; gone is the application start-up time; say goodbye to thumb twiddling while waiting for the loading screens.

While there are still many factors affecting a system’s performance, a SSD upgrade is probably by far the most rewarding upgrade one can do to a computer, and the users can feel it too. Sure, it would not suddenly make an old machine calculate floating points faster, nor would it allow you to pay Crysis on a 10 years old Intel graphics laptop, but instead, you get what you always expected from a computer: you click for a program to start, and it opens in seconds instead of minutes.

Was it pricey? Yes. Was it worth it? Definitely.

How do you change engine oil? Drain old oil, dump new oil. How do you change transmission fluid? The simple way, is just like engine oil. The same goes to many other fluids that run in your car, like the coolant and power steering fluid, and that, my friend, pretty much handle a majority of the maintenance that’s done on one’s car over the course of the car’s life.

And the benefit of doing it all by yourself? Not only you save money, you also learn more about your vehicle along the ride. Why rely on someone else to do the work when you know you can do it just as good, if not better?

A little more respect for other people goes a long way. A very long way.

I can’t wait for an update on this.

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Feel free to take advantage of it!

This is my new first stop after a fresh Windows install.

That’s all it matters when it comes to operating systems.

And as much as I believe owning a pet really helps people grow, it is also a decision that people need to evaluate critically.

Not being an advertiser for Defcon, but my past experience of Defcon was so much fun that I wish to come back again and again, year after year, to learn about the latest trend in technology and security, while visiting one of the most fun-filled city in America.

I highly recommend this convention.