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Nobody likes to fix the mistakes another person has made due to incompetence, laziness or simply by accident. But when you yourself are that person...

This year's line-up of the Hacken Open Air is probably the best one ever: The headliners sudo's Priest and Gnutallica will set the Black Hat Stage ...

Das Keyboard 6 Professional is the new generation of the successful and high-quality mechanical keyboards from Das Keyboard. With its stylish and ...

Do you spend a lot of time on your computer? Maybe even eating in front of it? Then you should think about the best way to clean your keyboard, bec...

Sometimes a simple card game is the best pastime. You know, those times when you're forced to de-digitise, or because of those slow university or w...

So, you're looking for a really distinguished-looking watch for your wrist, right? But you find all those analogue watches just soooo boring? Maybe...

As we all know, hindsight is 20/20. This universally applicable wisdom can also be used to describe informatics, especially debugging (i.e. testing...

Got yourself a mechanical keyboard? Then you know they're well-known for their high quality and their good typing feel. A Das Keyboard, a Filco or ...

The cloud seems like a mystical place, especially to those unfamiliar with computers - all your data is simply beamed up into the sky! Unfortunatel...

This gadget should by no means be confused with ordinary status lights. No, blink(1) mk3 isn't just a flickering light on the edge of your keyboard...

The computer is on but the monitor stays black.Problem reports like that make IT guys and tech-savvy, helpful geeks like us just criiiinge, don...

Even a computer scientist/genius/geek/nerd (delete as appropriate!) has to take a vacation every now and then. He/she leaves the familiar lab, offi...

Anyone who's even remotely interested in electronics and tinkering would probably take a bath in LEDs, batteries, transistors and other parts Scroo...

Did you know that you can make a lot of money with compression? And we’re not talking about the inventors of WinRAR (who are most likely still wait...

As we all know, silent waters run deep. While software development does not exactly have anything to do with water, the basic principle of the sayi...

Cookies – those small text files stored on your computer – have been around for quite a while. But only since 2021 have we had to consent to their ...

The (almost exclusively jokingly used) eighth layer of the OSI model for network protocols is a nice way of saying that the problem lies with the p...

Your external hard drive is droning and blinking even though it's in standby mode... Doh! Those USB gadgets can only be turned off by unpluggi...

The home of a real geek needs a geeky doormat. This one expresses the common feeling amongst geeks that their own home with their own computer is a...

We can all agree that it can be pretty hard keeping up with all the latest social customs. One minute you shake a person's hand when you meet them,...

Death, War, Pestilence and Hunger - one does not need to be familiar with the works of Albrecht Dürer to recognize this unholy quartet: The Four Ho...

If you spend a lot of time in front of your computer, you'll know all about the importance of having a good working or gaming environment. Both req...

For those of you who have comments regarding a source code: It was hard to write - it was meant to be hard to understand..

This product is only available in German.

If one were to believe the genre legends Run DMC, hip-hop really does have one thing in common with informatics: It's tricky! While the trio of Run...

"Is your computer running low on disk space? Are old holiday pictures and text documents clogging your hard drive? Then simply put everything into ...

The good ol'’ floppy disk!How we loved you when you were our go-to portable, long-term memory solution. We shared so many happy years…!Not tha...

Remember way back... when to be able to load programmes and games on a C64, you had to type in a special command first? For the sake of nostalgia, ...

Have you ever thought about the proper way to drink coffee? Sure, you might think: "Pour coffee into the mug, lift the mug, drink, repeat as necess...

USB flash drives, external hard drives and tiny memory cards have long since outpaced their predecessors. While those old media lacked modern memor...

If you spend a lot of time in front of your computer, you'll know all about the importance of a good work or gaming atmosphere. Both require a fant...

Basically, programming has a lot in common with Lego: on the one hand, it's worth starting at a young age (keyword: practice makes perfect), and on...

Isn't it amazing what the human brain is capable of? Not only has it secured us our place at the top of the food chain, it can also adapt extremely...

The axe in the house saves the carpenter. And the backup saves you having to beg the admin for help. So remember, dear children: make regular backu...

Basically, programming has a lot in common with Lego: on the one hand, it's worth starting at a young age (keyword: practice makes perfect), and on...

Anyone who has ever worked in IT support will know what the following situation is like: "Can you help me? My computer crashed and I can't get to a...