Archive for April 2010
Intel Says Its Light Peak Optical Cables May Succeed USB
Million Dollar Computers
OK so they are not ‘million dollar’ computers, but they are awesome. The craftsmanship put into these computers is beyond words. Go check them out at Million Dollar PC.
~Dawn
Software allows cell phone monitoring
With technology growing, some technology is just a little scary. SpyBubble allows people to monitor cell phones and even listen in on conversations. SpyBubble is an application that can be installed on cellphones and allows the cellphone’s information to be sent to someone else.
Mobile devices for Information Technology professionals include smartphones. If physical access to a device is gain, an application can be placed on the device if it does not have a password (strong password). SpyBubble’s design is for family or employee phones.
More information on SpyBubble.
Destroy Your Hard Drive
Convert PDF to Word
This small installation program easily converts word documents to pdf. This sites has ads that show this type of convertor is around $40 retail. Go past the ads to one of three links near the bottom of the page. All in all the software is good software to have on hand if you need to convert files.
Does Your Computer Support Virtualization?
Does Your Computer Support Virtualization? Find out with BITS from MooSoft…Link
R2 On Space Shuttle
Technology is amazing. Only the torso is flying on this last shuttle launch but this robot designed by NASA and GM is showing that robotics is truly moving into space exploration. R2 Developed by GM and NASA-
Banking Loses Over 1 million records this year
According to the latest report from the Identity Theft Resource Center (2010 YTD)-
(Remember these are reported breaches)
Data Loss
Banking 1.8 million
Business (Retail/Online) 3+ Million
Education 226,000+
Government and Military 200,000+
Medical / Healthcare 100,000+
Wireless troubleshooting tip: Think of Wireless LANs as a “system”
ComputerWorld has an excellent article on Wireless Networks. Link
~Richie
Adobe Flash will not install
If you receive an error that Adobe Flash will not register during installation, download Microsoft’s subinacl first and then download a small batch file from Adobe. Run Microsoft’s subinacl first and then copy the batch file from Adboe (unzip) to the c:\program files\Windows Resource Kits\tools folder. After doing this, run the batch file.
Online Tweak Tool Helps Speed Up Your Internet Connection
Want to test your TCP settings and improve your internet speed? Use this online tweaking tool to see how your computer and internet connection can be optimized. Link
Ford Adds Security Features To In-Car Wi-Fi Technology
House passes bill that would prohibit peer-to-peer file sharing by fed employees and contractors
The House has passed and referred to the Senate a bill that would prohibit federal employees and contractors from downloading, installing or using open-network peer-to-peer file sharing software on federal computers and networks.
via House passes bill that would prohibit peer-to-peer file sharing by fed employees and contractors.
Missing Network Adapter Under Network Connections
If you have this problem (above) you may need to reregister 3 dlls. Follow these steps. (Error normally found in Windows XP)
Start, Run. cmd.exe
regsvr32 netshell.dll
regsvr32 netcfgx.dll
regsvr32 netman.dll
Also make sure Simple TCP/IP is enabled by following these steps:
a. In Control Panel, double-click Add or Remove Programs.
b. Click Add/Remove Windows Components.
c. Click Networking Services, and then click Details. Verify that Simple TCP/IP Services is turned on
Wireless Planner
A good wireless planner found online. This tool allows you to export the map to Google Earth. Link
Heapr – a fast search of the internet
Heapr – A fast method to see the aggregation of results from Google, Twitter, Wikipedia, WolframAlpha, Flickr, and other sources. Give it a try. Heapr
Intel Handing Out Samples of Experimental 48-Core Chip – HotHardware
The underlying architecture of the 48-core part includes tweaks that reduce memory and communication bottlenecks inherent in all current x86 processors. The 48 cores are arranged with multiple connect points in a serial mesh network to transfer data between cores. Each core also has on-chip buffers to instantly exchange data in parallel across all cores.
Intel Handing Out Samples of Experimental 48-Core Chip – HotHardware
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Free AVG Rescue Disc
Avg has a free ISO that makes a bootable CD or USB drive that helps users get rid of viruses. Using this utility along with other malware and spyware utilities such as SuperAntiSpyware Portable and Malwarebytes helps to remove viruses.
So You Thought You Knew the Internet and Networking
Amazingly everybody I meet thinks they truly understand the internet or networking. I learn everyday. Sitting here looking for something obscure, I remembered Obfuscate!
Obfuscate uses hexadecimals. Separated by the % sign, copy and paste this to your browser -
%77%77%77%2e%74%74%63%73%68%65%6c%62%79%76%69%6c%6c%65
%2e%65%64%75
Hit Enter after pasting to your address bar.
Want to know more about Hexadecimals and the internet? More
Capture Netstat, Ping, Pathping, Tracert and other Commands
If you want to capture commands to analyze or email to your support team, do the following:
- Create a folder called Capture on your C: drive
- Open a cmd prompt
- Type your command – Example ~ netstat -a >c:\capture\netstat.txt
You can substitute the netstat with any ‘dos’ command.
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