Author Archives: Ian Paul

Hard drives are like printers: the technology is so old and well-understood, there’s really nothing new happening. Besides, aren’t we all about NVMe and SATA SSDs these days?Read This Article on How-To Geek › Continue reading →

Of all the PC components, few require more care and attention than a hard drive. We’ve all heard the admonishments to defragment drives, and clean up junk files to keep all our 1s and 0s sparkling. No matter how well you care for it, however, at s… Continue reading →

Speedify in brief:

P2P allowed: Yes
Business location: Philadelphia, PA
Number of servers: 1,000+
Number of country locations: 34
Cost: $72
VPN protocol: Speedify protocol (proprietary)
Data encryption: ChaCha20 (mostly for older devices); A… Continue reading →

This is an amazing time to build a PC! Online tutorials are plentiful, and desktop components are so standardized, building a computer is almost foolproof. We say “almost” because, if you haven’t done your homework, you can still mess thi… Continue reading →

What’s in a name? A lot, actually, if we’re talking about Intel processors. Intel uses internal code names designed to hide what the company is working on until it’s ready to go public. So, it’s no wonder these terms aren’t very m… Continue reading →

VPNCity in brief:

P2P allowed: Yes. 
Business location: Hong Kong
Number of servers: 3,000+
Number of country locations: 34
Cost: $48 (billed annually)
VPN protocol: OpenVPN (default)
Data encryption: AES-256-CBC
Data authentication: SHA-512
Hands… Continue reading →

We’ve been reviewing Avira Antivirus Pro for a few years now and wondering why it was worth purchasing when the free version of Avira offered so much. At the time, Avira’s top-level offering, Prime, was just too expensive. Those days are over, h… Continue reading →