March 10th, 2010 — 12:22 am
Is a known fact that every time you open a browser to view a web
page, order something online, or read your email in a web based
viewer that information is stored on your computer for later
use. Whether you are viewing the weather online, reading sports,
catching up on the latest world news or viewing something a
little more private, all that information is stored in your
computer. Windows operating systems store all this material in
what are called Temporary Internet Files or cache. Web pages ...
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March 9th, 2010 — 12:21 am
Apple FireWire is a cross-platform of the high-speed serial data bus that can move large amounts of data between computers and peripheral devices. It features simplified cabling, hot swapping, and transfer speeds of up to 800 megabits per second. Thankfully, along came FireWire and Universal Serial Bus (USB): faster and easier to use replacements for serial and parallel ports.
A simple common plug-in serial connector on the back of your computer and on many different types of peripheral ...
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March 8th, 2010 — 12:18 am
Getting broadband services getting easy, but research still
required
Broadband Internet services have become more the norm today,
unlike the dial-up days of the late 1990s. With greater amounts
of information needing to travel at faster and faster speeds
over the Internet and the greater number of telecommuters every
year, the need for broadband Internet has stretched beyond the
board room and into the home office. So it is clearly more
important than ever for everyone to know how to get ...
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March 7th, 2010 — 12:18 am
First I'll start with a quick rundown on what
USB is. Then we
can look at the different types of connectors and their uses.
USB,
or Universal Serial Bus has become the standard for serial
interface connectivity among peripherals. Most all computers,
regardless of brand, are sold with built-in
USB ports now
days.In the Apple/iMac world,
USB replaced the
Apple Desktop Bus,or ADB. In the world of PC,
USB has quickly
replaced the standard PS/2 Connection. While many computers
still come with both,
...
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March 6th, 2010 — 12:20 am
Dial up ISP service is the cheapest choice of any of the ISPs
and may be a good option for that family on a tight budget. The
software upgrades have definitely increased the speed of dial up
ISPs, but their speed is still slower than some other options.
Dial up ISP service can be purchased from several different
companies including Earthlink, AOL, Juno, and others.
One of the major issues with dial up ISP service is how long it
takes to connect to the internet and disruptions in ...
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March 5th, 2010 — 12:23 am
a
href="http://www.data-recovery-reviews.com">Data-recovery-reviews
.com,the leading portal on data storage, data recovery and
network security has suggested that internet network security
policies that deal with organization wide internet security need
a radical rethink. In a recent interview, Gary J, lead editor
for
data-recovery-reviews
.com, suggested that 'Internet network security policies'
are flawed in strategy and implementation. Gary suggests that
the use of external consultants for ...
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March 4th, 2010 — 12:17 am
Robert Tappan Morris was the first person convicted by a jury
under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act of 1986. The story of the
worm he created and what happened to him after it was released
is a tale of mistakes, infamy, and ultimately the financial and
professional success of its author.
Morris was a 23-year-old graduate student at Cornell University
in 1988 when he wrote the first Internet worm in 99 lines of C
code. According to him, his worm was an experiment to gain
access to as many ...
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March 3rd, 2010 — 12:17 am
Thanks to the manufacturers' default settings leaving wireless
encryption switched off, thousands upon thousands of wireless
connections everywhere are completely insecure. Encryption
refers to algorithmic schemes that encode plain text into
non-readable form or cyphertext, providing privacy. The receiver
of the encrypted text uses a "key" to decrypt the message,
returning it to its original plain text form. The key is the
trigger mechanism to the algorithm.
New breeds of wireless users have ...
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