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Early Days of BBS: 1980s Beginnings

November 5, 2024 by TA2Web in Software and Hardware

Bulletin Board Systems (BBS) started as an innovative way for individuals to communicate using modems over telephone lines, enabling a single user at a time to dial into another computer. These early systems, which originated in the late 1970s and gained popularity throughout the 1980s, allowed users to post messages, share files, and even play text-based games. Unlike the internet as we know it today, BBS networks required a direct dial-in connection to a host computer running the BBS software, and the experience was predominantly text-based. Read more


Security Alert: Single Sign-On Accounts

October 22, 2024 by TA2Web in Internet
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Why Internet Users Should Avoid Using Single Sign-On for Website Accounts

Single Sign-On (SSO) services, such as using Google or Facebook or GitHub or any other website to log in to various other websites may offer convenient access but they also come with several risks. Do not swap convenience for your security and privacy. Here's why internet users should consider avoiding using SSO. Read more


Classic Desktop Tower Defense

October 7, 2024 by TA2Web in Web Games
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Classic Strategy Game

Many years ago I first played this game. Being a fan of Command & Conquer type strategy games, this one is a very simple play. But, still with that great element of implementing strategy. Read more


Pocket-Sized Windows 11 PC

October 3, 2024 by TA2Web in Software and Hardware
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Pocket Computers

No larger than your phone, yet it is a computer running Windows 11 Pro. You can take it where ever you like just as you would your phone. Plug it in and do your work and go. Read more


Is That A Fact?

October 2, 2024 by TA2Web in General

Coincidental Fact?

By pure coincidence, the sun is about 400 times the size of our moon and about 400 times further away than Earth. It's why the sun and the moon appear to be the same size and why we are able to have total solar eclipses.


Watch: Classic Rock Music Videos

September 30, 2024 by TA2Web in Classic Rock Music Videos
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One other thing that is for sure. There will never ever be anything else in the history of man kind like classic rock music. There is no comparison to anything to the best classic rock music ever created. Read more