WiFi Security
By Lance Winslow - 4/3/2009
One of the biggest concerns as the wireless world grows is that of security of data; especially personal data. Many people do what they call war-driving to find an open WiFi network to get their emails while traveling, although this is a common practice, it is against the law. There are hacker group...
Cell Phone Selection for Teens
By Ray Malone - 4/3/2009
Your teen by now is probably looking to have a cell phone. Teen cell phone usage is growing. One third of all teen or tweens are carrying a cell phone. As a parent you need to decide if a cell phone is the right choice. Most teens are out and about, making a cell phone a good choice for you and for ...
On Reconditioned or Refurbished Notebooks
By Richard Keir - 4/3/2009
What exactly is a reconditioned or refurbished notebook computer? Depending on where you are buying, it normally should be a used - or possibly a returned notebook - that has been factory rebuilt. A refurbished notebook computer is basically a cheap, used (maybe) and renovated computer that satisfie...
How Identity Theft Occurs
By John Mussi - 4/3/2009
In the course of a busy day, you may write a cheque at the grocery shop, charge theatre tickets, rent a car, post your tax returns, change service providers for your cell phone, or apply for a credit card. Chances are you don`t give these everyday transactions a second thought. But an identity thief...
Why You Should Consider XM Radio
By Christopher Luck - 4/3/2009
What is the best entertainment at a cheap price for your car, home, or office? I know you might initially be thinking the internet or cable television is the answer, but the newest trend is a twist on an old form of entertainment. Satellite radio frees you from commercials and is a great experience ...
Microsoft Great Plains Customization Tools Evolution ? Overview for Consultant
By Andrew Karasev - 4/3/2009
When Great Plains Software introduced the first graphical accounting application for Mac and Windows in the beginning of 1990th it had Great Plains Dexterity customization tool, IDE and programming language. Dexterity design was based on several longevity principles: Graphical platform independence...
Thoughts on Think Mapping Trends
By Lance Winslow - 4/3/2009
Something of interest flew across my radar screen today, which is along the lines of some very interesting thinking. A four hundred and eleven million dollar Contract awarded to Carnegie Mellon University to assist software to track group and team behaviors. This could lead to tracking bad humans, ...
Best Practices for Computer Forensics in the Field
By Carol Stimmel - 4/3/2009
Introduction Computer forensic examiners are responsible for technical acuity, knowledge of the law, and objectivity in the course of investigations. Success is principled upon verifiable and repeatable reported results that represent direct evidence of suspected wrong-doing or potential exonera...
GPS Will Never Be the Same Again
By Lance Winslow - 4/3/2009
Some new technology is being used now in the UK, which makes GPS even more accurate for personal tech devices and automobiles. These new technologically advanced systems will be able to bring the accuracy within a meter, rather than the best in-car systems no barely accurate to 32 yards. This new Su...
How You Can Help Prevent Identity Theft
By Michelle Dunn - 4/3/2009
How can I prevent Identity theft from happening to me? Never leave your receipt or slip in the ATM or gas pump. Pay attention to your habits, lock up or organize and file your bills, and bank statements. Shred them using a cross shredder before throwing them away. In a recent article in MSN Money...
10 Things to Do With Your Blackberry-No Not the Recipe
By Daviyd Peterson - 4/3/2009
Because you probably have heard about the patent infringement lawsuit launched against Research in Motion (RIM), everyone will only have to suffer thru one RIM shot joke primarily aimed at musicians and those who listen to jazz. This is my list of 10 things 2do with your Blackberry if it does not su...
Easy Guide to RAID Recovery
By Alexandria Haber - 4/3/2009
What is RAID RECOVERY? RAID stands for Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks. It is a method of combining several hard drives into one unit. This method offers fault tolerance (the ability of a system to continue to perform functions even when one or more hard disk drives have failed) and higher prot...
Spyware and Adware Double the Trouble as Compared To Viruses
By Dennis Evans - 4/3/2009
Spyware is a broad category of malicious software designed to intercept or take partial control of a computer`s operation without the informed consent of that machine`s owner or legitimate user. Spyware differs from viruses and worms in that it does not usually self-replicate. Like many recent virus...
Why Rent a Laptop Computer?
By John Beagle - 4/3/2009
Most companies either buy or lease their laptop and notebook computers, but why or when should a company rent? Here are a few reasons for renting a laptop computer:
-If you need a wireless laptop computers for travel and all your company laptops and notebook computers are wired. -If you need technol...
Fraud Alert-The Thieves Are Out To Get You
By George W. Cannata - 4/3/2009
Some frauds have been around for years. Others are new. This is how they work - and how to avoid being defrauded. Crooks will stop at nothing when it comes to parting you from your money Some schemes have been around for years, others have emerged more recently. It`s estimated that consu...
Are You Ready For Business When You Walk Out That Door?
By JoAnn Hines - 4/3/2009
Remember that people judge you by what they see, hear and sense. In the first 30 seconds, the time it will take you to make your elevator pitch, people will form opinions about your economic level, your trustworthiness, your social position, your level of sophistication, social background, your succ...
A Tale of Two Regeds
By Meryl K. Evans - 4/3/2009
Tech support tells me to type `regedt32` as opposed to `regedit` to access the registry from the command line (Start > Run). I question the use of `regedt32,` but he says to do it anyway. Whenever I use the registry editor, I recall this incident and never look up the tale of the two regs... until n...
What Does That Error Message Really Mean?
By Jim Edwards - 4/3/2009
Surf the `Net for about 10 minutes and chances rate very
high that you`ll encounter an error of one kind or
another. Whether the error message pops up on your own computer or
on a website loaded in your browser, knowing what the
error means can help you solve the problem much faster
and avoid hours ...
Emergency Response VSAT Internet Communications
By Randy Scott - 4/3/2009
As 2005 begins, there are a number of products on the market which enable Emergency Response Units to have internet connectivity at remote disaster locations. The products marketed this year mount on vehicles from Fire Rescue units to most any type of truck or van, on specially designed trailers ut...
Customize Your Cell Phone With Ringtones and Wallpaper
By Tim Gorman - 4/3/2009
As an important part of your daily life, your cell phone should reflect your personality. At one time, the only way to personalize your phone was to get one in your favorite color. Today, great cellular accessories such as ringtones and wallpapers make it easy to create a phone that?s as unique as ...
Learning To Navigate Cisco`s Online Documentation
By Chris Bryant - 4/3/2009
When studying for your Cisco CCNA, CCNP, or CCIE exam, you`ve got a powerful online weapon at your disposal. It`s Cisco Connection Documentation, found at www.cisco.com/univercd. This site contains product, code, and protocol documentation for all Cisco products. Many exam candidates really don`t ...
Fourth of July Ground Effects
By Lance Winslow - 4/3/2009
Fourth of July fireworks are exciting indeed, each year 100?s of millions of Americans go to fireworks and celebration. How can it be any more exhilarating? Well how about a lightshow of red, white and blue. How about a light show which takes no additional energy, but rather works off the vibrationa...
What is EEPROM ?
By Jestine Yong - 4/3/2009
EEPROM stands for Electrical Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory and also referred to as E²PROM. As the name suggest, an EEPROM can be both erased and programmed with electrical pulses. Since it can be both electrically written into and electrically erased, the EEPROM can be rapidly programmed an...
What Is A Satellite Radio?
By Paul Cris - 4/3/2009
Satellite radio is also called as digital radio. Since normal radio frequency is very low, the signals can be limited and you can listen to your favorite radio channels up to a certain limit (40, 50, 100 miles). When you go beyond a certain mile your radio won`t get the proper signals. While going f...
How To Copy and Paste - For The Absolute Beginner!
By Deborah Baird - 4/3/2009
One of the most requested tutorials from our business of training and tutoring Seniors on their own computers is ?how do I copy and paste??. To older computer users, this seems to be such a daunting task, yet nothing could be easier, once you learn how! Here?s our tutorial that we hand out to our c...
Networking Basics
By Kashif Raza - 4/3/2009
A network is a group of computers, printers, and other devices that are connected together with cables. The sharing of data and resources. Information travels over the cables, allowing network users to exchange documents & data with each other, print to the same printers, and generally share any ha...
Telephone Conferencing ? Evolution in the Web
By Diane Parker - 4/3/2009
The Need To Communicate The need for businesses to communicate both internally and with each other has always been great. Successful transactions cannot be completed without communication - so much relies upon it; decent customer service; placing orders; winning new business. As global markets have...
10 Solid Reasons To Make Your Next PC A Notebook
By Titus Hoskins - 4/3/2009
Notebook computers are becoming very popular. They seem
to be popping up everywhere: on tv shows, on airplanes,
in movies, or in your friend`s lap. These sleek little
machines are invading our daily lives like never before...
and the invasion has just started. Find out why they have
become so popu...
Hard Drive Crash? The Essential Data Recovery Report
By Greg Duffield - 4/3/2009
Your worst nightmare just became a horrifying reality. You keep hearing that little voice in your head mockingly shout "you should have backed that stuff up" The voice keeps echoing throughout your head as you perform a quick inventory all of the important information that you just lost?..your clien...
How Can The CompactFlash Expansion Plus Improve My iPAQ?
By Jon Butt - 4/3/2009
With an iPAQ Compact Flash Expansion Pack Plus, you can go and buy Type I or Type II CompactFlash cards compatible with your Pocket PC`s operating system and extend the functionality of your iPAQ. The HP iPAQ CompactFlash Expansion Plus, as far as PDA handheld accessories go, is indeed a smart buy f...
How Does Solar Power Work?
By Peter Lenkefi - 4/3/2009
The basics of solar power. Solar power is probably the cleanest, most viable form of renewable energy available and it can be used in several forms to help power your house. Many gardens now use solar lights or solar garden water features. The availability and wide use of solar power in gardens show...
Cell Phone Security. How Vulnerable Are You?
By Catherine Kenyeres - 4/3/2009
There have been significant improvements made recently in cellular phone security. But be careful. Read on for valuable information to protect yourself. Just remember that wireless phone conversations are transmitted over radio frequencies and these transmissions are not secure. However, analog c...
Oscommerce: A Viable Ecommerce Solution!
By Ravi Chamria - 4/3/2009
Ecommerce has become the buzz of the day !! The Internet success stories revolving around Ecommerce, Online selling or shopping has been increasing day by day and the late thinkers are losing a huge market. The advent of online payment gateways, improvement in Supply chain management and paucity of ...
Noise Cancelling Headphones: Making Travel Bearable
By Steve Joseph - 4/3/2009
Noise cancelling headphones are fast becoming the must have item of the year. Both music lovers and travelers alike are beginning to realize the benefits of noise cancelling devices. In fact this new product is taking the audio industry by storm and promises to develop into a significant portion of ...
RFID: Electronic Pharmaceutical Pedigree
By Sally Bacchetta - 4/3/2009
A growing number of U.S. states are formalizing electronic pedigree requirements in order to comply with the FDA`s anti-counterfeiting initiatives. A new two-phase RFID authentication platform introduced by Texas Instruments (TI) and VeriSign should make it easier for pharmaceutical manufacturers, s...
Buying Printer Ink
By Jeff Lakie - 4/3/2009
Most homes these days have at least one printer hooked up to their personal computer. And a personal computer gets a fair amount of use through the day as an average family of four find a variety of uses to fill their time at the computer, including entertainment, information, to help with school wo...
How Voip Can Mask The Size Of Your Business And Save You A Bundle
By Yolanda Yvette McDonald - 4/3/2009
Have you heard the buzz about VOIP (Voice Over Internt Protocol)? Basically, it`s like communicating over the phone without a phone. Instead you plug your microphone into your computer log on to a website and "boom" you`re talking baby. You may be saying "Hasn`t this been around for a while?", an...
Why Your ISP Takes Bribes From Spammers
By Niall Roche - 4/3/2009
The lifeblood of the spammer is email. They need to be able to send lots of it on an ongoing basis to stay in "business". High profile spammers can send 80 million pieces of junk email every single day. Yes one single person. ISPs all over the online world have vowed to stop spammers sending such va...
Drop On Demand Printers
By Bill Smith - 4/3/2009
Most HP and Epson printers are drop on demand printers. They use electrical pulses to fulfill requests for ink. The ink is expelled out of the print head by a bubble which forms as a reaction to being heated. Once the ink is propelled out of the cartridge, the bubble cools, contracts, and forms a...
Is The Internet Over Regulated
By Peter Green - 4/3/2009
Today`s Internet or World Wide Web is being over regulated. But, are you being taken for a ride, are you lead to believe that
Governments World Wide are creating new legislation for your
benefit or are there underlying factors that these laws are more
beneficial to Governments and big business? F...
History of the Computer - Negative Numbers for Subtraction
By Tony Stockill - 4/3/2009
Now we know about adding and multiplying, and have touched on dividing (see History of the Computer - Flip-Flops a basic counter) what about subtracting and negative numbers? Once again we take the simple way. To form a negative number, we simply invert the positive number, in binary, and add 1. ...
Finding the Perfect Anti-spyware Software
By Jason Frovich - 4/3/2009
Fortunately, there are generous individuals and organizations who have the facilities to review the work of the Anti-spyware developers and make the results available for all of us everyday users of the Internet. The challenge for us is to know where to go for these results and recommendations, and ...
Dell Inspiron 600m Notebook Computer
By Matthew Keegan - 4/3/2009
After twelve years of owning desktop computers, I finally opted for a laptop so I would no longer be chained to my desk. After months of research and weighing various makes and models, I settled on the Dell Inspiron 600m Notebook Computer. This particular model has exceeded all of my expectations an...
The Death of Windows
By Stephen Bucaro - 4/3/2009
I have always regretted how Microsoft price gouges and rips off computer users. I really regret Windows XP activation. I have always intended to convert to Linux, but it isn`t easy for a Windows user since version 3.0. Recently, I purchased the book "Moving to Linux" by Marcel Gagne. The interesting...
GPS Navigation Systems: A Must-Have
By Chris Robertson - 4/3/2009
GPS Navigation Systems are a lot like DVRs (better known as TiVo). People who don`t own them fail to understand why they`re such a big deal, and those who have them can`t live without them.
Today`s automobiles come with a variety of extras, from passenger side air bags to the ubiquitous c...
Avoid, Shun, Thwart, Prevent, and then Filter Spam
By Nick Smith - 4/3/2009
Email is rapidly becoming the standard means of communication among businesses, associates, and even friends. While many people have now been using the internet and email for years, there are thousands of new users on the internet each day. With inexpensive web hosting, free email services, and the ...
A Hidden Camera to Protect Your Home
By Shawn Davis - 5/11/2008
A hidden camera can be the best protection you have for your home. These cameras are not just used by the unscrupulous in places like bedrooms and bathrooms; ordinary people who want to make sure their homes truly are sanctuaries use hidden cameras every day. It is not the outside of a home that a h...
Top 3 Tips For Buying An LCD TV
By Amy Metz - 5/10/2008
I want a larger screen and so do you. There is absolutely no reason for this wanting except for the feeling of power that a large screen gives you. I have no idea why it is, but we all seem to want a larger screen for our TVs these days. The question is, how to get a good deal on an LCD TV without p...
Using Spy Tools to Detect Infidelity
By Shawn Davis - 4/21/2008
Spy tools have many uses, many of them exciting, and quite a few of them mundane. But one of the widest uses of spy tools is to detect infidelity in a partner. The reason these are so widespread in investigations into infidelity is because such tools are meant to be used covertly to discover things ...
The Home Paper Shredder is a Crucial Appliance
By Corey Duncan - 4/21/2008
There are so many fringe appliances that I have bought throughout the years, which now simply gather dust. My bread maker hasn`t seen a loaf of bread in years, my blender sits idly in an upper cabinet, and those three pizza stones that I received at my wedding are gathering dust. Without fail, it ...
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