Classic.Ars: Wireless Security In-Depth

Ars reaches back into the vault to present two different takes on securing your wireless network, covering both the theoretical and the practical aspects of keeping unauthorized users off of your WAN.

September 13, 2008 - 08:00AM CT - by Ars Staff

The ABCs of securing your wireless network

Sometimes you don't need to know everything about wireless to secure a home or home-office network; you only need to know what's important.

April 29, 2008 - 11:46PM CT - by Joel Hruska

Five important security apps for Linux, Mac OS X and Windows

A little bit of common sense goes a long way when it comes to keeping your system safe and locked down. But some of us have friends, family, and coworkers that need a little bit more. Ars has five freeware or shareware security apps for Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux that will go a long way towards keeping your systems secure.

April 24, 2008 - 10:55PM CT - by Ars Staff

Between black and white: the state of grayware on the PC

Grayware claims to offer a useful service, but unwanted software tags along for the ride. We take a look at the top offenders.

April 23, 2008 - 11:55PM CT - by Jeremy Reimer

Keeping your Mac locked down: a Mac OS X security primer

Security isn't just for Windows users. Those running Mac OS X need to be concerned about making sure their computers are secure. Ars offers this handy guide to keeping your Mac locked down tight.

April 16, 2008 - 11:05PM CT - by Erik Kennedy

Vintage Vista: running Microsoft's newest OS on your older hardware

Wondering how well that older hardware of yours will handle Vista? Ars puts RC2 through the wringer on three machines of varying vintage and gives you the lowdown on where the performance bottlenecks are.

November 07, 2006 - 11:00PM CT - by Kurt Hutchinson

Developing games with Perl and SDL

Get ready to dive into game development! Ars explores the art of SDL game programming with Perl. A dynamic, high-level scripting language and powerful open source SDL bindings make it possible to produce sophisticated games without a lot of effort or overhead.

February 14, 2006 - 09:00PM CT - by Andy Bakun

Editing your digital images without the mystery, Part III: compositing

Dave Girard's series on touching up digital images concludes. Part III covers everything you need to know about compositing, but didn't know where to ask.

January 29, 2006 - 06:55PM CT - by Dave Girard

Getting video onto your iPod

So you've got a new video-capable iPod, but are looking for something more than Apple's currently scant video offerings to load on it. This guide will get you up to speed on the ins and outs of encoding your own video on Windows or Mac OS X for blissful iPod viewing.

October 24, 2005 - 09:40PM CT - by Clint Ecker

Editing your digital images without the mystery, Part II: Retouching techniques 101

Dave Girard's series on touching up digital images continues. Part II covers one of the most important parts of retouching images: convincing cloning. Dive on in to continue your education on cleaning up your digital images.

October 16, 2005 - 10:00PM CT - by Dave Girard

Editing audio in Linux

Looking for inexpensive alternatives to high-end, but expensive audio apps like Pro Tools? Ars has an overview of some powerful, open-source audio editing apps for your favorite powerful, open-source OS.

October 11, 2005 - 08:00PM CT - by Ian Smith-Heisters

Download, burn, and boot: doing disaster IT with a shelter lab LiveCD build

What's the ideal PC configuration for quick and easy use after a natural disaster? Hannibal discusses his experiences helping out with IT in a shelter, post-Katrina.

October 03, 2005 - 07:00PM CT - by Jon Stokes

Editing your digital images without the mystery

Nearly all photo album applications can make basic image adjustments. Sometimes you need more than they can provide in order to clean up a digital image. We'll show you how using your image editing app of choice on your platform of choice.

August 17, 2005 - 10:00PM CT - by Dave Girard

A guide to VoIP and Asterisk

With its low price, VoIP has become an attractive alternative to traditional landlines. This guide will give you the lowdown on how VoIP works as well as step-by-step instructions on how to set up a home or small business phone network using the open-source app Asterisk.

May 31, 2005 - 08:00PM CT - by Kurt Hutchinson

A mini-guide to Mac OS X for new Mini owners

With the advent of the Mac mini, this short guide targeted at Windows and Linux users who are new to Mac OS X can quickly increase your comfort level on Mac OS X.

January 25, 2005 - 08:15PM CT - by Eric Bangeman, Kurt Hutchinson

A guide to troubleshooting your PC

Are you the go-to person for family and friends with balky PCs? We've put together a guide that covers the basics of how to troubleshoot a misbehaving system.

December 07, 2004 - 09:00PM CT - by Raphael Chenault

Deploying a Windows 2003 based network for small business: Part II

Part two in our series on building a Windows 2003 based network for the small business. This week, we cover installation and configuration of virtual machines for the lab environment.

May 04, 2004 - 10:35PM CT - by Nerio Musa

Deploying a Windows 2003 based network for small business: Part I

Part I in our series on how to build and manage a Windows 2003 based network for small business.

April 26, 2004 - 08:30PM CT - by Nerio Musa

Digital Video Cleaning without the Elbow Grease

Learning how to capture video is one thing. Cleaning it up is a whole 'nother story. This guide will walk you through all the basics and even some of the advanced methods of cleaning up captured video. By the time you finish, you will have a better understanding of analog video and be able to digitally filter video with the best of them.

July 23, 2003 - 03:00AM CT - by Matt Woodward

Windows XP Tweaking – Startup and General Performance Tweaks

It's been a while since we added any tweaks to our "How-To's and Tweaks" section, but today we're going to remedy that with a handful of tweaks for the OS that more and more of you are running every day, Windows XP.

May 06, 2003 - 11:00PM CT