Archive for May 30th, 2010
Accident Sketch
Accident Sketch allows you to draw out an accident you were in.
Log Into Windows Using Your Face – Facial Recognition Blink!
Reliable login using Blink! can be done even though you are wearing glasses or during the day or night using Blink! by Luxand. By using advanced techniques, this advanced face recognition technologies making logins automatic and quick. Security is enhanced by taking pictures and logging who attempts to login, Blink! is a biometric technology using complex algorithms to enhance the security of your computer.
Download Blink! for Windows Vista / 7 32 bit.
Download from CNet
NovaBench Benchmarks Your Computer
NovaBench Benchmarks your computer. If you are building or testing a computer, NovaBench a 12 mb download allows your computer to be tested. Benchmarking comes in hand when establishing a baseline with your computer and later adding memory or upgrading to a faster harddrive or CPU.
Test performed by NovaBench.
· Floating Point Test – Tests CPU’s floating point arithmetic speed
· Integer Test – Tests CPU’s integer arithmetic speed
· MD5 Hashing Speed – General CPU test
· 3D Graphics Test – Tests GPU with a heavily shader dependent 3D scene
· RAM Speed – Tests RAM read and write speed
· Disk Write Speed – Test write speed of primary or selected storage device
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Test Your CPU with SuperPi Benchmark Utility
SuperPi is a simple benchmarking utility to test your computer.
Network Meter Provides and Easy to Use Interface with Lots of Data
Network Meter made by MiTeC is a simple and easy to use program that allows you to select the interface adapter of your choice and and meter each session.
MiTeC Network Scanner finds your Network Devices and Computers
MiTeC offers a free network scanner that has several dozen features. With capabilities to shutdown or remotely execute programs, MiTeC’s powerful features include:
- Network neighborhood
- Ping
- IP Address
- MAC Address (even across routers)
- MAC Vendor
- Device name
- Device domain/workgroup
- Logged user
- Operating system
- BIOS, Model and CPU
- System time and Up time
- Device description
- Type flags (SQL server, Domain controller etc.)
- Remote device date and time
- Listening TCP and UDP ports and SNMP services.
- Installed services on device
- Shared resources
- Sessions
- Open Files
- Running processes
- Terminal sessions
- Event Log
- Installed software
- SAM accounts
- WMI and SNMP Queries
- Powerful WhoIs client
IT Manager Resources
The entire internet is a resource. However because skills in leadership, work ethics and other talents are needed, Microsoft has an IT Manager Portal that combines resources and puts them at the fingertips of IT Managers.
Microsoft Learning Resources
It is amazing how many resources that are available on the web to learn Microsoft products. Almost every career today requires computer skills. Sign up for free learning.
For Home Users-
Tennnessee through June – Elevate America offers free learning vouchers and testing vouchers – Elevate America for Tennessee
(Several Thousand vouchers are available)
U.S. Elevate America – Other States
IT Professionals-
Virtual Labs for IT Professionals – Microsoft Virtual Labs
How about security training for IT Professionals ? Free Microsoft’s Security Training Level One (Instructor Lead)
Security Training online (free)
