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Archive for January 2nd, 2011

Introduction to security for smart object networks – Part 1: The smart object security problem

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Introduction to security for smart object networks – Part 1: The smart object security problem.

Such networked smart objects perform important control and monitoring functions in industrial plants and buildings, the electric grid, and increasingly in our homes.

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Sunday, January 2, 2011 11:07 pm at 11:07 pm

Introduction to security for smart object networks – Part 2: Guidelines and common misconceptions

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Introduction to security for smart object networks – Part 2: Guidelines and common misconceptions.

Guidelines for securing networks of smart objects and addresses some common misconceptions that often cause developers to avoid including security in smart object devices and networks.

 

 

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Sunday, January 2, 2011 11:06 pm at 11:06 pm

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Lengthen a shortened url

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You can lengthen a shortened url before going to or clicking on a shortened url.  Never click unless you truly trust the website or the individual.  You can use LongURL to see where the shortened url is taking you.

http://is.gd/w   = http://www.google.com

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Sunday, January 2, 2011 10:21 pm at 10:21 pm

Can you run your program?

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Want to know if you can run a program?  Use Can You Run IT? over at System Requirements Lab

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Sunday, January 2, 2011 7:41 pm at 7:41 pm

The largest repository of listed tech sites

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Being an Information Technology Teacher, private consultant for government and other organizations; I do a ton of research on computers, security and the latest information in IT.  One of the repositories I use is Bookmarks4Techs.

So how do I keep up with Gadgets and the newest IT ‘gadgets’ that are out there?  Coolest Gadgets

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Sunday, January 2, 2011 2:19 pm at 2:19 pm

2010 in review

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The stats helpers at WordPress.com mulled over how this blog did in 2010, and here’s a high level summary of its overall blog health:

Healthy blog!

The Blog-Health-o-Meter™ reads Wow.

Crunchy numbers

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The Louvre Museum has 8.5 million visitors per year. This blog was viewed about over 200,000 times in 2010. If it were an exhibit at The Louvre Museum, it would take 9 days for that many people to see it.

In 2010, there were 767 new posts, growing the total archive of this blog to 2092 posts. There were 847 pictures uploaded, taking up a total of 157mb. That’s about 2 pictures per day.

The busiest day of the year was May 3rd with 1,043 views. The most popular post that day was Microsoft Elevate America – Free Vouchers for Tennesseans.

Where did they come from?

The top referring sites in 2010 were ttcshelbyville.edu, whatsonmypc.wordpress.com, google.com, facebook.com, and en.wordpress.com.

Some visitors came searching, mostly for mouhid.sys, mouhid.sys download, virtualbox portable, hard drive speed test windows 7, and virtualbox release mouse.

Attractions in 2010

These are the posts and pages that got the most views in 2010.

1

Microsoft Elevate America – Free Vouchers for Tennesseans April 2010
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2

Test Your Hard Drive Speed With Windows 7′s Device Manager December 2009

3

Show the Administrator Account in Vista and Windows 7 March 2009
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4

Enable NetBIOS over TCP/IP December 2009
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5

Optimize Your Windows 7 or Windows Vista Internet Connection April 2010
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* Technorati indexes more than 1.2 million blogs, TTC Shelbyville is ranked at around 17,000. (Top 1%)

17,000/1200000

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Sunday, January 2, 2011 11:15 am at 11:15 am

What you didn’t know about PDFs

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Information on PDFs

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Sunday, January 2, 2011 10:28 am at 10:28 am

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