One question that always comes up among IT people, especially those new to the game, is how to stay on top of all the new technology, bugs, and configuration issues. Hopefully you’ll get a lot of ideas on how to do just that from this post. Web 2.0 and social media are your friends, and it’s …
The Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), also known as H.R. 3261, is a bill that was introduced in the United States House of Representatives on October 26, 2011, by Representative Lamar Smith (R-TX) and a bipartisan group of 12 initial co-sponsors. The bill expands the ability of U.S. law enforcement and copyright …
Stefan Viehbock, who first reported the vulnerability to the U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team, released a tool that can crack a home Wi-Fi network in two hours. And Craig Heffner of Tactical Network Solutions, who had been working independently on figuring out the same vulnerability that Viebock reported to US-CERT, has also developed a tool that will allow hackers to gain access to some secure Wi-Fi networks in four to 10 hours. His tool called Reaver is hosted …
Mobile apps have become an embarrassment of riches for iPhone and Android. In a world with over 500,000 iPhone apps and over 250,000 Android apps, the toughest part is finding the most useful stuff.
For iPhone users, I’m going to throw you an assist by sharing my top 20. My iPhone picks are all third-party apps that can help you be more productive, streamline regular activities, reduce the number of gadgets in your life, and take advantage of the top …
To target both x86 and x64 with the same code base in the same project. In general, things will Just Work if you create the right solution configurations in VS.NET (although P/Invoke to entirely unmanaged DLLs will most likely require some conditional code): the items that I found to require special attention are:
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I have read a lot lately on how to install the Microsoft Windows operating system from a flash drive. The directions on how to do this were spotty at best and required lots of third-party tools. None of this is necessary. Here is a no-nonsense approach to creating a flash key drive that you can use to install the Windows 7 operating sys
We will begin by inserting a flash drive key into a laptop or desktop, as shown in …
As the year 2011 has come to the end, I would like to pin point top ten technology trends which are going to revolutionize the future. Some of them are not very much known to the common people but they will all affect how IT does its job in the future.
The Top 10 trends and their impact, briefly include:
1 The evolution of virtualization: Virtualization will ultimately drive more companies to treat IT like a business. The danger …
When it comes to Windows 7 keyboard shortcuts, I admit to being a bit of a novice. I fall back on the menu
system or, now that it is available by default in Windows 7, I use the search box located on the Start Menu. But
there are definitely opportunities for increased efficiency within the matrix of keyboard shortcuts.
One of the more powerful, and probably least used, sets of keyboard shortcuts relies on the Windows Logo key,
which is …
Windows 8 is yet to release, but buzz has started regarding it. We bring you an opportunity to try its desktop interface. Note that, It’s not the OS. It is just an application that gives your PC a look that resembles with widget-based look of Windows 8. You should have Windows 7 and .Net framework v4 installed on your PC. Now, follow the steps below:
And before you begin, first click on the like button below and feel free to …
The following post will tell you a method to increase your internet speed.
Following method will increase your net and browser speed…..
Go to StartRun and then type in “gpedit.msc” without the quotes (“)
Computer Configuration -Administrative Templates -Network -QoS Packet Scheduler.
after that, you should see something like “Limit Reservable Bandwidth”. Modify that and set it to “Disabled”, or you can put it to “Enabled” and change the value to 0.
Now this will increase …
