Author: benbam

19 February 2018

AMD vs Intel processors, which will you choose?

in my humble opinion, until AMD chip can work well with Microsoft, Intel is preferred over AMD. do a search on the internet for intel vs AMD, you will know the reasons why Intel is ahead of the processor game. anyway, that’s for comparing processors despite microcontrollers being the future so there is a lot of battle between the two. for now, I will stick […]

21 January 2018

Difference Between Powered & Non-Powered USB Hubs?

Powered Powered, or active, USB hubs use an external power source to bring each hub port to the same energy level as an on-system port. Active USB hubs are usually powered through a wall outlet. While active USB hubs do not need to divide power consumption across all connected devices, the hub still splits data bandwidth across all connected devices. Unpowered Non-powered, or passive, USB […]

2 January 2018

finding out why your windows pc crashed or froze

i used whocrashed, the alternatives are bluescreenview and the windows built-in event viewer should be good enough. the link below explained a bit further on the tools used to debug the fault:   https://www.howtogeek.com/222730/how-to-find-out-why-your-windows-pc-crashed-or-froze/

1 January 2018

The Best Search Engines of 2017

Google Search; Duck Duck Go Search; Bing Search; Dogpile Search; Yippy Search; Google Scholar Search; Webopedia Search; Yahoo! Search; The Internet Archive Search https://www.lifewire.com/best-search-engines-2483352

31 December 2017

signing off your email with pgp fingerprint and verifying with the pgp server

the purpose of fingerprinting your email is to prove the authenticity of the sender. pgp is recommended in the case study below, fraud was committed cos’ scammers hack into the email accounts of the lawyers and solicit for money from the lawyers’ clients. common digital certificates is controversial as many duplicates are found on the web and impersonating can be easy after getting hold of […]

29 December 2017

Caller ID Spoofing: How Scammers Use Local and Trusted Numbers, including alphanumeric names, to Trick You

a little information on caller id spoofing:   https://www.callersmart.com/articles/18/caller-id-spoofing-how-scammers-use-local-and-trusted-numbers-to-trick-you   spam sms, no number, just name: They’ve set the originator field to alphanumeric. Among other things, this means it wasn’t sent directly from a cellular device (from where the sender number can’t be modified). The originator field is 10 bytes maximum for content. When set to alphanumeric, the 7-bit SMS default alphabet is used, limiting […]

25 December 2017

spam emails and how to stop them

It’s best to accept that some spam will always get through, but if you’re only getting five a day, it’s not worth worrying about. Just delete them and concentrate on the more important things in life. the below links are good read if spam emails are a real bother to you: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/askjack/2016/sep/22/is-there-any-way-to-stop-adult-spam-emails   https://www.theguardian.com/technology/askjack/2016/feb/18/how-can-i-stop-spam-emails