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Feb28	eBook on Network SOX Compliancy Colbert Low February 28, 2006 Know More: Communication, Management, Telecommunications 2.0, Communication Need expert advice on network compliance or is SOX giving you nightmares? This eBook, written by industry expert Don Jones, is vital to anyone who is faced with the challenge of managing compliance and security across complex networks. The most prominent risks to today's networks are compliance and security; new methods and technologies minimize these risks. The book covers the following topics: Understanding IT Compliance and Security, Traditional Compliance Techniques, IT Compliance and Security for Today, Best Practices for Compliance. eBook on Network SOX Compliancy Posted at 10:28 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Feb28	Triton Technologies VOIP TritonVoice Solution Colbert Low February 28, 2006 Itechtip : Saving money using VOIP for Business Calls Personal computer users are using Skype services like there's no tomorrow and there are numerous blogs talking about that great VOIP service. Well, here's one solution that will lets companies... Continue Reading Posted at 2:57 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Uplogixs Envoy Remote Routing Administration Colbert Low February 28, 2006 Itechtip : Saving money on network support. This has not happened to me yet since I don't play with routers nowadays. The past time I configured a router (Nortel) was back in 2001. Now its been almost 5 years... Continue Reading Posted at 2:31 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Zero-Gap Network Security by Paranet Solutions Colbert Low February 28, 2006 Keep your company's network constantly guarded against crackers and spyware that could compromise it in a flash and by then, cost cutting measures will seem so trivial. Paranet Solutions has announced today its Zero-Gap Network Security offering, providing small... Continue Reading Posted at 2:20 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Feb27	Jitterbit Open Edition for Business Integration Colbert Low February 27, 2006 Integration projects can take a hefty portion of an IT budget. In a recent Forrester Research survey of 50 large companies, respondents expected to spend about $6.4 million in 2003 on integration. Integration projects had been running more than... Continue Reading Posted at 3:06 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Prepare for More Security Threats in 2006 Colbert Low February 27, 2006 My office just got an IM Kelvir worm storm last week and our MSN Instant Messaging service is still down as of today. You might want to read this interesting article on how security is managed on IT networks... Continue Reading Posted at 2:33 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Carry your Encrypted Documents with Cryptainer LE Colbert Low February 27, 2006 Itechtip : Free Encryption Software I'm sure you have plenty passwords to remember if you use computers. I'm a full time Linux engineer and in my daily system administration work, I have more than 20 passwords to go into... Continue Reading Posted at 2:02 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Get your tax documents from old software Colbert Low February 27, 2006 Darn. Its tax month and I hate doing that boring tax return thing. That's why my Residental CFO (wife) does it for me and I love her for it. Check out Olivier Travers, an internet marketing consultant who helps companies... Continue Reading Posted at 1:36 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Burning CDs in Windows XP Colbert Low February 27, 2006 Its 2006 and if you don't know how to burn CDs yet, then read on. If you’re running Windows XP Home or Professional on your computer and you have a CD Burner, you can use the integrated burning software... Continue Reading Posted at 1:22 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Feb26	Worldwide Talent Shortage Colbert Low February 26, 2006 Here's some interesting news that I wanted to post before I go to sleep in 5 mins. Its almost midnight here in the Hague area (Netherlands). I also noticed that Manpower, a 16 billon dollar world leader in the... Continue Reading Posted at 4:03 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	US Government looking for Super Data Mining Software Colbert Low February 26, 2006 The good old people at National Security Agency will be knocking on your door if your company has what they want - a Super Data Mining Software. I thought the NSA was using the Attensity software since its also... Continue Reading Posted at 3:40 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Vyatta Open-source router Colbert Low February 26, 2006 Itechtip : Cheaper Open-source router hardware solution for midrange companies First, you could have Linux on the WRT54G Linksys router. Now just add Linux to a PC and run it as a router. Free software and cheap hardware means... Continue Reading Posted at 3:30 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Recreate Show Desktop Icon on Windows Colbert Low February 26, 2006 Many people have accidentally deleted or removed the "Show Desktop" icon from their Windows taskbar, and then cannot find a way to get it back. Microsoft has published a Knowledge Base Article (Article ID 190355) explaining how to restore... Continue Reading Posted at 1:04 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	How Microsoft patches its buggy software Colbert Low February 26, 2006 OK. I still use Windows even though I'm a full time Linux Engineer. Why ? Coz I get tons of free software in Windows that do actually work 90% of the time and I'm just too lazy to install... Continue Reading Posted at 12:52 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Feb25	Anonymizer Launches Free Pilot Program for Companies Colbert Low February 25, 2006 Itechtip : Making sure your information from the Internet is accurate Doing some research on your competitors or checking on what others are saying about your company ? Googling may be a good alternative but who knows if it... Continue Reading Posted at 1:09 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Skype available for Symbian powered Mobile Phones Colbert Low February 25, 2006 Itechtip : Save money on telco bills using Skype Some companies give their staffs really nice mobile phones for business calls like the heavy Nokia 9300 and Nokia 9500 that uses the Symbian OS v7.0s. They are lucky people... Continue Reading Posted at 7:47 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	New Silicon iS761GX chipset Colbert Low February 25, 2006 Silicon Integrated Systems Corp. Leading developer, manufacturer and marketer of leading-edge logic products have just announced its newest product, the iS761GX chipset.The SiS761GX chipset supports the new AMD Socket AM2 processor which is going to be adopted by numerous... Continue Reading Posted at 4:06 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Nortel To Unveil 1.9 Billion R&D Plan Next Week Colbert Low February 25, 2006 Nortel Networks Corp a giant in telecommunications equipment on Thursday announced its mammoth 1.9 billion spending plan for research and development. This highly anticipated plan will be announced next week and as predicted already creating a lot of buzz in... Continue Reading Posted at 12:03 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Feb24	Patent Laws - Berries or Raisins? Colbert Low February 24, 2006 By reading the title, you probably got a sense of what I'm going to talk about.Yes, Patent and Trademark Laws; RIM (maker of the popular BlackBerry devices); and [the evil?] NTP. For a month now, I have been following the... Continue Reading Posted at 12:27 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Google Desktop 3 Beta is a Security Risk Colbert Low February 24, 2006 The new Google Desktop application is a security risk for Corporate IT Networks. Google has recently released its new Google Desktop application - Google Desktop 3 Beta, a desktop search application that provides full text search over your email, files,... Continue Reading Posted at 10:03 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	IT Hardware for Enabling Corporate Compliancy in India Colbert Low February 24, 2006 The need to adhere to Corporate Compliancy is a really big issue after the big Enron case in the USA. So much that big corporations are spending millions of dollars and time just to catch up with it. There's a... Continue Reading Posted at 2:34 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Feb23	Download VMware Server for Free Colbert Low February 23, 2006 If you have to test your applications on a 64 bit server pronto and your dateline is 24 hours, you might want to use virtualisation software instead of going out to borrow a 64 bit Itanium server. You'll save valuable... Continue Reading Posted at 3:50 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Disk to Disk Backup Management Colbert Low February 23, 2006 Disk to Disk Backup Management (D2D) is one of the new trends in the Corporate IT area for 2006. Others include IP storage, information lifecycle management (ILM), storage virtualization, security, and InfiniBand. There are different ways to implement D2D... Continue Reading Posted at 3:30 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	SAN Storage Setup Guide by HP Colbert Low February 23, 2006 Perplexed by the word Storage Area Network (SAN) or just don't know how to implement a SAN in your company ? Here's a great guide from HP that tries to make that process clearer.You might also want to check... Continue Reading Posted at 3:17 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Feb22	Best Practices for Identity-Related and SOX Compliance Colbert Low February 22, 2006 Compliance to regulations such as Sarbanes-Oxley, Gramm-Leach-Bliley and the European Privacy Directives doesn't have to be expensive and disruptive. Here's some articles that deals with and provides tips for using Identity Management to achieve the end goal of compliancy. Is... Continue Reading Posted at 3:25 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	2007 Microsoft Office System Colbert Low February 22, 2006 After writing the totally nauseating 8 flavours of Microsoft Windows Vista post, I continued to surf and I found out that Microsoft is also coming out with 7 flavours of 2007 Microsoft Office Systems. Now that's what I call... Continue Reading Posted at 1:22 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Feb21	2 Worms Hit Mac OS X Systems Colbert Low February 21, 2006 It's quite usual to see worms and spyware on Windows systems but having them on the Mac OS X is something pretty unusual since its basically a Unix based system that's secure. A second worm attacking the Mac OS X... Continue Reading Posted at 2:08 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Feb20	Orbital Data using AutoOptimizer WAN Acceleration Technology Colbert Low February 20, 2006 In certain countries, fast broadband speeds are still out of reach for small companies and SOHOs. While in other countries like Indonesia, the only alternative to faster internet speeds is to use the old fashioned leased line. What can... Continue Reading Posted at 4:14 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	8 Flavours of Windows Vista Colbert Low February 20, 2006 Hey Bill. If you are listening to this, please stop confusing me and the millions of Windows users or I'll change my religion to Open Source. What ever happened to the good old days of having just 1 version of... Continue Reading Posted at 3:17 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Feb19	Checking your Internet Broadband Connection Colbert Low February 19, 2006 Some simple tips if your broadband connection goes south or dead. Then the next course of action would be to call the company's toll free helpdesk. - Check your phone line for a dial tone. - Check cables for a... Continue Reading Posted at 3:32 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Feb17	WiFi VoIP Security Threats Colbert Low February 17, 2006 Wifi known as Wireless Fidelity allows a user to connect to the internet without using network cabling. Whether it’s from your bedroom, couch, indoors or outdoors data can be sent and received within the range of a wireless base... Continue Reading Posted at 11:18 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Feb16	Better Deals from Dell Colbert Low February 16, 2006 I love DELL. They make good reliable computers, fast turn around for servicing parts and great fantastic deals every other day. Now here's a great post to maximize your experience with them and get better deals on their website. Its... Continue Reading Posted at 3:33 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Oracle Buys Sleepycat Software Colbert Low February 16, 2006 One up the ante for Open Source supporters like me and around the world ! "Oracle said on Tuesday that it just acquired open-source database company Sleepycat Software for an undisclosed sum. The database giant said Sleepycat's open-source Berkeley DB... Continue Reading Posted at 3:19 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Windows Intruder Detection Checklist Colbert Low February 16, 2006 They say a man's house is his castle and nothing is more truer than that. No one likes it when you go into his or her PC without permission and with Windows, security is something you need to be careful... Continue Reading Posted at 2:53 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Feb15	More Security on Enterprise Wireless LANs Colbert Low February 15, 2006 Here's some more solutions to keep your Enterprise Wireless LANs secure. Enterprises must protect their network and users from new classes of wireless threats, such as attacks through rogue Access Points (APs) and loss of information assets through unauthorized... Continue Reading Posted at 2:24 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Is Linux Cheaper ? Colbert Low February 15, 2006 Linux is a baby that has grown up in the Operating System universe. I've been using it for the past 4 years and now I'm a full time Linux Systems Engineer who's growing to love it everyday. In fact,... Continue Reading Posted at 1:30 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Feb14	HBO and the question of Fair Play Colbert Low February 14, 2006 Last week came to an awkward close with HBO lobbying to lawmakers to implement a 'Copy Never' flag on digital content. The idea is to prevent cable/TiVo subscribers from being able to copy HBO content onto TiVo boxes or any... Continue Reading Posted at 2:40 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Get the new Microsoft Windows Defender Public Beta 2 Colbert Low February 14, 2006 I've been using the Microsoft AntiSpyware Beta 1 for quite some time and its been great at keeping spyware away. I've haven't seen one adware on my laptop for quite sometime now. Kudos to Microsoft for coming up with... Continue Reading Posted at 1:45 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Test the Microsoft Office Live for Free Colbert Low February 14, 2006 Looks like Microsoft is trying to milk more money out of its customers by offering web based applications and services. The test, to be available starting tomorrow Wednesday morning, will provide very small businesses with tools to create Web sites... Continue Reading Posted at 1:17 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Feb13	Worldwide Mobile Instant Messaging Colbert Low February 13, 2006 Mobile Instant Messaging (MIM) is the ability to engage in IM from a mobile handset via various bearer technologies, which may include SMS, WAP, or GPRS. Most users engage in Instant Messaging (IM) conversations on desktops and laptops. IM... Continue Reading Posted at 4:17 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Increase Profits With Smart Phones Colbert Low February 13, 2006 Here's 6 tips to get more bang for your money when you decide to get smart phones like the Eten M600 or Treo 650 for your employees. With a smart phone, you can do a lot more than make calls.... Continue Reading Posted at 3:30 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Feb11	Storing your Precious Data Online Colbert Low February 11, 2006 Have you ever lost your data in a PC crash or when your hard disk went dead ? I had that experience about 3 years ago and since then, I've knock myself on the head and tried many types of... Continue Reading Posted at 10:56 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Feb 9	Operating Systems Installation Guide Colbert Low February 9, 2006 Can't make sense of that lousy techy manual for getting an Operating System (OS) like Ubuntu Linux, Windows XP, Suse Linux or Windows Vista into your PC ? Fret not. I'm going to show you some sites that will guide... Continue Reading Posted at 3:57 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Feb 8	Microsoft Internet Explorer Coming Back into The Browsers War Colbert Low February 8, 2006 Net Applications announced its monthly website browser usage statistics for January 2006 and it showed that Microsoft IE regained some of its lost share, going from 85.05% in December 2005 to 85.31% in January 2006 in the browser war. Nonetheless... Continue Reading Posted at 11:44 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Feb 4	Saving Space on Microsoft Outlook PST Files Colbert Low February 4, 2006 Microsoft Outlook 2000 used to have a limitation of 2GB on its PST file size and you'l probably corrupt it if incoming emails keep getting into it. But that all changed in Microsoft Outlook 2003 as it goes up... Continue Reading Posted at 3:52 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Feb 2	Internet Explorer 7 Beta 2 Preview Colbert Low February 2, 2006 Microsoft has released a new version of the Beta 2 Preview of their new internet browser Internet Explorer 7 and it is now ready for download. It looks very impressive, the interface has been tremendously rebuilt. It also includes new... Continue Reading Posted at 1:28 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Feb 1	A letter to your boss about the Loyalty of IT Workers Colbert Low February 1, 2006 I took the liberty of creating a memo template for all the hardworking IT workers out there. To: [That dumbass ogre you called 'Boss']From: [You, the Loyal, Hardworking IT subordinate]Date: [Whenever it's convenient to distribute this memo]Subject: The Loyalty of... Continue Reading Posted at 9:37 PM \| Permalink \| Comments

« January 2006 | Main | March 2006 »

Feb28	eBook on Network SOX Compliancy Colbert Low February 28, 2006 Know More: Communication, Management, Telecommunications 2.0, Communication Need expert advice on network compliance or is SOX giving you nightmares? This eBook, written by industry expert Don Jones, is vital to anyone who is faced with the challenge of managing compliance and security across complex networks. The most prominent risks to today's networks are compliance and security; new methods and technologies minimize these risks. The book covers the following topics: Understanding IT Compliance and Security, Traditional Compliance Techniques, IT Compliance and Security for Today, Best Practices for Compliance. eBook on Network SOX Compliancy Posted at 10:28 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Feb28	Triton Technologies VOIP TritonVoice Solution Colbert Low February 28, 2006 Itechtip : Saving money using VOIP for Business Calls Personal computer users are using Skype services like there's no tomorrow and there are numerous blogs talking about that great VOIP service. Well, here's one solution that will lets companies... Continue Reading Posted at 2:57 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Uplogixs Envoy Remote Routing Administration Colbert Low February 28, 2006 Itechtip : Saving money on network support. This has not happened to me yet since I don't play with routers nowadays. The past time I configured a router (Nortel) was back in 2001. Now its been almost 5 years... Continue Reading Posted at 2:31 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Zero-Gap Network Security by Paranet Solutions Colbert Low February 28, 2006 Keep your company's network constantly guarded against crackers and spyware that could compromise it in a flash and by then, cost cutting measures will seem so trivial. Paranet Solutions has announced today its Zero-Gap Network Security offering, providing small... Continue Reading Posted at 2:20 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Feb27	Jitterbit Open Edition for Business Integration Colbert Low February 27, 2006 Integration projects can take a hefty portion of an IT budget. In a recent Forrester Research survey of 50 large companies, respondents expected to spend about $6.4 million in 2003 on integration. Integration projects had been running more than... Continue Reading Posted at 3:06 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Prepare for More Security Threats in 2006 Colbert Low February 27, 2006 My office just got an IM Kelvir worm storm last week and our MSN Instant Messaging service is still down as of today. You might want to read this interesting article on how security is managed on IT networks... Continue Reading Posted at 2:33 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Carry your Encrypted Documents with Cryptainer LE Colbert Low February 27, 2006 Itechtip : Free Encryption Software I'm sure you have plenty passwords to remember if you use computers. I'm a full time Linux engineer and in my daily system administration work, I have more than 20 passwords to go into... Continue Reading Posted at 2:02 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Get your tax documents from old software Colbert Low February 27, 2006 Darn. Its tax month and I hate doing that boring tax return thing. That's why my Residental CFO (wife) does it for me and I love her for it. Check out Olivier Travers, an internet marketing consultant who helps companies... Continue Reading Posted at 1:36 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Burning CDs in Windows XP Colbert Low February 27, 2006 Its 2006 and if you don't know how to burn CDs yet, then read on. If you’re running Windows XP Home or Professional on your computer and you have a CD Burner, you can use the integrated burning software... Continue Reading Posted at 1:22 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Feb26	Worldwide Talent Shortage Colbert Low February 26, 2006 Here's some interesting news that I wanted to post before I go to sleep in 5 mins. Its almost midnight here in the Hague area (Netherlands). I also noticed that Manpower, a 16 billon dollar world leader in the... Continue Reading Posted at 4:03 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	US Government looking for Super Data Mining Software Colbert Low February 26, 2006 The good old people at National Security Agency will be knocking on your door if your company has what they want - a Super Data Mining Software. I thought the NSA was using the Attensity software since its also... Continue Reading Posted at 3:40 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Vyatta Open-source router Colbert Low February 26, 2006 Itechtip : Cheaper Open-source router hardware solution for midrange companies First, you could have Linux on the WRT54G Linksys router. Now just add Linux to a PC and run it as a router. Free software and cheap hardware means... Continue Reading Posted at 3:30 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Recreate Show Desktop Icon on Windows Colbert Low February 26, 2006 Many people have accidentally deleted or removed the "Show Desktop" icon from their Windows taskbar, and then cannot find a way to get it back. Microsoft has published a Knowledge Base Article (Article ID 190355) explaining how to restore... Continue Reading Posted at 1:04 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	How Microsoft patches its buggy software Colbert Low February 26, 2006 OK. I still use Windows even though I'm a full time Linux Engineer. Why ? Coz I get tons of free software in Windows that do actually work 90% of the time and I'm just too lazy to install... Continue Reading Posted at 12:52 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Feb25	Anonymizer Launches Free Pilot Program for Companies Colbert Low February 25, 2006 Itechtip : Making sure your information from the Internet is accurate Doing some research on your competitors or checking on what others are saying about your company ? Googling may be a good alternative but who knows if it... Continue Reading Posted at 1:09 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Skype available for Symbian powered Mobile Phones Colbert Low February 25, 2006 Itechtip : Save money on telco bills using Skype Some companies give their staffs really nice mobile phones for business calls like the heavy Nokia 9300 and Nokia 9500 that uses the Symbian OS v7.0s. They are lucky people... Continue Reading Posted at 7:47 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	New Silicon iS761GX chipset Colbert Low February 25, 2006 Silicon Integrated Systems Corp. Leading developer, manufacturer and marketer of leading-edge logic products have just announced its newest product, the iS761GX chipset.The SiS761GX chipset supports the new AMD Socket AM2 processor which is going to be adopted by numerous... Continue Reading Posted at 4:06 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Nortel To Unveil 1.9 Billion R&D Plan Next Week Colbert Low February 25, 2006 Nortel Networks Corp a giant in telecommunications equipment on Thursday announced its mammoth 1.9 billion spending plan for research and development. This highly anticipated plan will be announced next week and as predicted already creating a lot of buzz in... Continue Reading Posted at 12:03 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Feb24	Patent Laws - Berries or Raisins? Colbert Low February 24, 2006 By reading the title, you probably got a sense of what I'm going to talk about.Yes, Patent and Trademark Laws; RIM (maker of the popular BlackBerry devices); and [the evil?] NTP. For a month now, I have been following the... Continue Reading Posted at 12:27 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Google Desktop 3 Beta is a Security Risk Colbert Low February 24, 2006 The new Google Desktop application is a security risk for Corporate IT Networks. Google has recently released its new Google Desktop application - Google Desktop 3 Beta, a desktop search application that provides full text search over your email, files,... Continue Reading Posted at 10:03 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	IT Hardware for Enabling Corporate Compliancy in India Colbert Low February 24, 2006 The need to adhere to Corporate Compliancy is a really big issue after the big Enron case in the USA. So much that big corporations are spending millions of dollars and time just to catch up with it. There's a... Continue Reading Posted at 2:34 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Feb23	Download VMware Server for Free Colbert Low February 23, 2006 If you have to test your applications on a 64 bit server pronto and your dateline is 24 hours, you might want to use virtualisation software instead of going out to borrow a 64 bit Itanium server. You'll save valuable... Continue Reading Posted at 3:50 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Disk to Disk Backup Management Colbert Low February 23, 2006 Disk to Disk Backup Management (D2D) is one of the new trends in the Corporate IT area for 2006. Others include IP storage, information lifecycle management (ILM), storage virtualization, security, and InfiniBand. There are different ways to implement D2D... Continue Reading Posted at 3:30 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	SAN Storage Setup Guide by HP Colbert Low February 23, 2006 Perplexed by the word Storage Area Network (SAN) or just don't know how to implement a SAN in your company ? Here's a great guide from HP that tries to make that process clearer.You might also want to check... Continue Reading Posted at 3:17 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Feb22	Best Practices for Identity-Related and SOX Compliance Colbert Low February 22, 2006 Compliance to regulations such as Sarbanes-Oxley, Gramm-Leach-Bliley and the European Privacy Directives doesn't have to be expensive and disruptive. Here's some articles that deals with and provides tips for using Identity Management to achieve the end goal of compliancy. Is... Continue Reading Posted at 3:25 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	2007 Microsoft Office System Colbert Low February 22, 2006 After writing the totally nauseating 8 flavours of Microsoft Windows Vista post, I continued to surf and I found out that Microsoft is also coming out with 7 flavours of 2007 Microsoft Office Systems. Now that's what I call... Continue Reading Posted at 1:22 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Feb21	2 Worms Hit Mac OS X Systems Colbert Low February 21, 2006 It's quite usual to see worms and spyware on Windows systems but having them on the Mac OS X is something pretty unusual since its basically a Unix based system that's secure. A second worm attacking the Mac OS X... Continue Reading Posted at 2:08 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Feb20	Orbital Data using AutoOptimizer WAN Acceleration Technology Colbert Low February 20, 2006 In certain countries, fast broadband speeds are still out of reach for small companies and SOHOs. While in other countries like Indonesia, the only alternative to faster internet speeds is to use the old fashioned leased line. What can... Continue Reading Posted at 4:14 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	8 Flavours of Windows Vista Colbert Low February 20, 2006 Hey Bill. If you are listening to this, please stop confusing me and the millions of Windows users or I'll change my religion to Open Source. What ever happened to the good old days of having just 1 version of... Continue Reading Posted at 3:17 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Feb19	Checking your Internet Broadband Connection Colbert Low February 19, 2006 Some simple tips if your broadband connection goes south or dead. Then the next course of action would be to call the company's toll free helpdesk. - Check your phone line for a dial tone. - Check cables for a... Continue Reading Posted at 3:32 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Feb17	WiFi VoIP Security Threats Colbert Low February 17, 2006 Wifi known as Wireless Fidelity allows a user to connect to the internet without using network cabling. Whether it’s from your bedroom, couch, indoors or outdoors data can be sent and received within the range of a wireless base... Continue Reading Posted at 11:18 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Feb16	Better Deals from Dell Colbert Low February 16, 2006 I love DELL. They make good reliable computers, fast turn around for servicing parts and great fantastic deals every other day. Now here's a great post to maximize your experience with them and get better deals on their website. Its... Continue Reading Posted at 3:33 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Oracle Buys Sleepycat Software Colbert Low February 16, 2006 One up the ante for Open Source supporters like me and around the world ! "Oracle said on Tuesday that it just acquired open-source database company Sleepycat Software for an undisclosed sum. The database giant said Sleepycat's open-source Berkeley DB... Continue Reading Posted at 3:19 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Windows Intruder Detection Checklist Colbert Low February 16, 2006 They say a man's house is his castle and nothing is more truer than that. No one likes it when you go into his or her PC without permission and with Windows, security is something you need to be careful... Continue Reading Posted at 2:53 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Feb15	More Security on Enterprise Wireless LANs Colbert Low February 15, 2006 Here's some more solutions to keep your Enterprise Wireless LANs secure. Enterprises must protect their network and users from new classes of wireless threats, such as attacks through rogue Access Points (APs) and loss of information assets through unauthorized... Continue Reading Posted at 2:24 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Is Linux Cheaper ? Colbert Low February 15, 2006 Linux is a baby that has grown up in the Operating System universe. I've been using it for the past 4 years and now I'm a full time Linux Systems Engineer who's growing to love it everyday. In fact,... Continue Reading Posted at 1:30 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Feb14	HBO and the question of Fair Play Colbert Low February 14, 2006 Last week came to an awkward close with HBO lobbying to lawmakers to implement a 'Copy Never' flag on digital content. The idea is to prevent cable/TiVo subscribers from being able to copy HBO content onto TiVo boxes or any... Continue Reading Posted at 2:40 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Get the new Microsoft Windows Defender Public Beta 2 Colbert Low February 14, 2006 I've been using the Microsoft AntiSpyware Beta 1 for quite some time and its been great at keeping spyware away. I've haven't seen one adware on my laptop for quite sometime now. Kudos to Microsoft for coming up with... Continue Reading Posted at 1:45 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Test the Microsoft Office Live for Free Colbert Low February 14, 2006 Looks like Microsoft is trying to milk more money out of its customers by offering web based applications and services. The test, to be available starting tomorrow Wednesday morning, will provide very small businesses with tools to create Web sites... Continue Reading Posted at 1:17 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Feb13	Worldwide Mobile Instant Messaging Colbert Low February 13, 2006 Mobile Instant Messaging (MIM) is the ability to engage in IM from a mobile handset via various bearer technologies, which may include SMS, WAP, or GPRS. Most users engage in Instant Messaging (IM) conversations on desktops and laptops. IM... Continue Reading Posted at 4:17 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Increase Profits With Smart Phones Colbert Low February 13, 2006 Here's 6 tips to get more bang for your money when you decide to get smart phones like the Eten M600 or Treo 650 for your employees. With a smart phone, you can do a lot more than make calls.... Continue Reading Posted at 3:30 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Feb11	Storing your Precious Data Online Colbert Low February 11, 2006 Have you ever lost your data in a PC crash or when your hard disk went dead ? I had that experience about 3 years ago and since then, I've knock myself on the head and tried many types of... Continue Reading Posted at 10:56 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Feb 9	Operating Systems Installation Guide Colbert Low February 9, 2006 Can't make sense of that lousy techy manual for getting an Operating System (OS) like Ubuntu Linux, Windows XP, Suse Linux or Windows Vista into your PC ? Fret not. I'm going to show you some sites that will guide... Continue Reading Posted at 3:57 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Feb 8	Microsoft Internet Explorer Coming Back into The Browsers War Colbert Low February 8, 2006 Net Applications announced its monthly website browser usage statistics for January 2006 and it showed that Microsoft IE regained some of its lost share, going from 85.05% in December 2005 to 85.31% in January 2006 in the browser war. Nonetheless... Continue Reading Posted at 11:44 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Feb 4	Saving Space on Microsoft Outlook PST Files Colbert Low February 4, 2006 Microsoft Outlook 2000 used to have a limitation of 2GB on its PST file size and you'l probably corrupt it if incoming emails keep getting into it. But that all changed in Microsoft Outlook 2003 as it goes up... Continue Reading Posted at 3:52 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Feb 2	Internet Explorer 7 Beta 2 Preview Colbert Low February 2, 2006 Microsoft has released a new version of the Beta 2 Preview of their new internet browser Internet Explorer 7 and it is now ready for download. It looks very impressive, the interface has been tremendously rebuilt. It also includes new... Continue Reading Posted at 1:28 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Feb 1	A letter to your boss about the Loyalty of IT Workers Colbert Low February 1, 2006 I took the liberty of creating a memo template for all the hardworking IT workers out there. To: [That dumbass ogre you called 'Boss']From: [You, the Loyal, Hardworking IT subordinate]Date: [Whenever it's convenient to distribute this memo]Subject: The Loyalty of... Continue Reading Posted at 9:37 PM \| Permalink \| Comments

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