The battle for superiority between Toshiba’s HD-DVD and Sony’s Blu-ray is in full swing, or is it? HD-DVD announced with much bravado the defection of Paramount to its camp. Sony on the other hand parades around shouting that sales of Blu-ray are exceeding HD-DVD (thanks largely to the PS3). However, the giant [...]
Warning: Blu-ray and HD-DVD Might Both Fail [Opinion]
By Franklin Davis on Sep 11, 2007 within Coffee Break, Featured | Comments
The Net’s Affinity for Ron Paul Explained! [Opinion]
By Sam Davis on Aug 29, 2007 within Coffee Break, Featured | Comments
The opinions expressed here are mine and do not necessarily reflect the views of Zaphu.com and its affiliates. -Sam Davis. He is a 10th term congressman from Texas, an obstetrician who has delivered thousands of babies, and a candidate for president of the United States. And although he is running as a Republican, Ronald Ernest [...]
Online Shopping Guide - Safety and Security Tips
By Franklin Davis on Aug 26, 2007 within Featured, Guides, Tips | Comments
Buying online is often the best way to not only find what you are looking for but also to find the best price. Online shopping has its risks including credit card fraud, stolen identities, and other unpleasant troubles. Shopping online safely involves being knowledgeable about threats, trusting only known retailers, protecting your privacy, [...]
Ubuntu LAMP Server Guide - Configure Apache, mySQL, and cgi-bin
By Sam Davis on Aug 21, 2007 within Featured, Guides, Tips, Ubuntu | Comments
In a previous post, I shared step-by-step instructions for setting up a Ubuntu LAMP (Linux, Apache, mySQL, PHP) server on your local area network (LAN). I also showed how you could customize the server installation to include all of the niceties of Ubuntu’s Desktop GUI. If this installation was successful, you should be able to [...]
eMusic: Helping to Make Independent Music Mainstream
By Steve Henderson on Aug 11, 2007 within Featured, Reviews | Comments
eMusic offers more than 2,000,000 tracks from more than 13,000 labels. DRM free, mind you, and at high quality 192K VBR MP3 format. Not to mention every conceivable genre you can come up with (ambient trip-hop country?) Well, maybe not. Keep reading and find out what eMusic is about, what [...]
Ubuntu LAMP Server - Setup Guide with Desktop GUI
By Sam Davis on Aug 7, 2007 within Featured, Guides, Tips, Ubuntu | Comments
Ubuntu (for those of you who have been living under a rock) is fast becoming the free Linux distribution of choice for home computing. Dell has even begun to ship machines with Ubuntu pre-loaded instead of Windows or Red Hat. But Ubuntu is not just for desktops. It’s also available as a super easy to [...]
Financial Services for Paupers (i.e. Graduate Students)
By Sam Davis on Aug 2, 2007 within Featured, Reviews | Comments
As a graduate student, I’ve learned to live on my meager stipend. As a result, I have become a miserly young man even Scrooge McDuck would be proud of. But since I don’t have a money bin to swim around in, my tight-wadded-ness is more a point of necessity then preference. I can easily spend [...]
A List of Great Mac Freeware Applications
By Franklin Davis on Aug 1, 2007 within Apple, Featured, Lists | Comments
One of the great things about having a Mac is being able to utilize the amazing amount of good freeware available. Here are some free applications for you to try. I’ve listed my ten favorite freeware applications at the top followed by some very nice honorable mentions.