The Best IT Job Boards
July 16, 2008 — SMallardhttp://www.itcareerplanet.com/article.php/3756756
Today’s world is more competetive than ever. Finding a job can be tough. The link above links to some job boards you probably haven’t tried.
75 Security Applications - Free
July 16, 2008 — SMallardOpensource - Freeware can be one of the best ways to protect your computer. Earthweb has 75 of the best applications that can help protect your computer from, hackers, malware, viruses and other activities. Check it out at http://itmanagement.earthweb.com/osrc/article.php/3743776 . Excellent article to help protect you and your assests. Software for Windows and Linux.
Bad Bad Antivirus 2008
July 11, 2008 — SMallardYep! I had to do it. There is a malicious software called Antivirus 2008. It fools the user by infecting their machine and replacing critical files. It gives false warnings about your computer being infected. So what did I do? I infected myself. I had to see for myself the damage it could do. Pretty violent!
Crazy. Winlogon tried to change. Registry entries attempted to change. I had AVG, Spywareterminator and SuperAntispyware Free Edition. Watched it for a few. Destroyed it.
Can’t we arrest the people who created this?
Check out ThreatExpert at www.threatexpert.com
http://www.threatexpert.com/map.aspx
Free Laptops! Well…12,000 each week.
July 7, 2008 — SMallardGizmodo recently reported that 12,000 laptops are stolen every week. Portable devices are an IT Managers nightmare. Keeping up with the laptops becomes a nightmare. This nightmare is not limited to laptops. Portable devices from jumpdrives (thumbdrives), blackberries and ‘Palm’ devices are included in the nightmare. Keep these devices with you! Lock them away and not in a car!….Read More.
Oh, and one last thing. The CyberAngel provides encryption and tracking services. Check ‘em out at www.thecyberangel.com
A+ Certification Information
July 6, 2008 — SMallardJamie Humphrey of NTP
July 6, 2008 — SMallardJamie Humphrey a former student of TTC Shelbyville currently works for one of Rutherford County’s up and coming Information Technology Providers. (Jamie third from left) Jamie took several classes at TTC Shelbyville, earned national certifications and went on to obtain her degree. Recently Rutherford County Chamber of Commerce featured NTP, the company she works for…the full article can be found here.
Rutherford County Chamber Article:
Part One : ntp (pdf)
Part Two: ntp2 (pdf)
NTP is a one-stop shop for your entire computer and network needs. From installing and setting up servers and workstations to solving the everyday problems associated with the business environment,
NTP presents solutions like:
• Off-site back up services
• I.T. outsourcing
• Internet Monitoring
• Anti-Virus
• Off-site spam filtering
• Network Security
• Email/Calendar collaboration
• Remote tech support
• HIPAA Security
• Multiple location networks
• VPN Technology
Additionally, NTP works on all PC based systems, and is a value added Dell Partner which means they offer the most competitive rates for Dell products in the area.With technology developing continuously, it is almost impossible for a business
owner to stay sufficiently up to date. Using NTP is like having an entire IT staff at your service.
Network Technology
Partners, LLC
630 South Church Street
Murfreesboro, TN 37130
615-216-1323
SpyKee Robot - Fun and Hobby - Real Security
July 4, 2008 — SMallardThe French company Meccano is developing a robot that communicates through WiFi. You can use this hobby robot as a webcam, manage over the internet, digital camera, alarm/sentry, mp3 player or communicate via phone over the internet. Roughly $375.00? Available Fall 2008 Link
Davidson County, Tennessee 2008 Emergency Preparedness Survey
July 4, 2008 — SMallardIn Information Technology, we have Disaster Recovery and Planning training. Davidson County’s (Nashville) Office of Emergency Management has a public Emergency Preparedness Survey. Hopefully this will be done nationally through all towns large or small.
http://www.nashville.gov/oem/survey/preparedness_survey.aspx
Tennessee Property - GIS Portal
July 4, 2008 — SMallard
Here’s Tennessee’s GIS Portal which gives Lat/Long, assessment, owner - etc.
http://tnmap.state.tn.us/assessment/map.aspx?GISLink=002079H+A+01300
And don’t forget zillow.com for information on housing prices and information.
http://www.zillow.com
Harddrive Storage - Is Something around the Corner?
July 2, 2008 — SMallardTigerdirect has a 1 TB harddrive for $169.00. This link will surely disappear after the sale. With the prices dropping daily, I have always seen “something” else appear. The something else is usually a new technology that stuns users into believing they “must” have it. So what am I saying? I’m not sure-but it could be new solid state drives at a price you can’t ignore(or with increased capacity and speed), or it could be a new ‘optical’ drive system. With Movies, Music, Gaming, Desktop documents, Digital Pictures our need for storage space has gone up. Most people ignore that if they buy a 1TB drive, you need to double that for backing up your files. In the end, we will all line up like sheep and buy, buy, buy and then wham! New gadget! Twenty years of being in IT, something is coming, you can see the writing on the wall…
Seagates - ‘Needs Calculator’ click on each icon, select how much of each item and read the bar on the right.
Tiny 7″ Monitor for Tiny Motherboards
July 2, 2008 — SMallardThis tiny 7″ screen would be perfect for the atom motherboards. Link
Alot of people emailed me on why I would like to see these components survive, well imagine the uses of an automated home. Although x-10 mad me crazy with their banner ads several years back, they are one of may vendors who offer an automated home (lights on/off, appliances, security cameras). This type of use would allow a dedicated computer to perform tasks for you.
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Tiny Motherboards
July 1, 2008 — SMallardITX is here and these tiny motherboards are less than $100 with CPU. Now you won’t have a ton of processing power; but imagine the projects!
These atom boards are going to make a huge difference in the way we live.
3GB Barrier - Fix XP and Vista
July 1, 2008 — SMallard32bit processors and operating systems have a limitation of 3GB. Programs are limited to 2GB of RAM. These tweaks increase the OS’s ability to recognize more RAM and increase the ceiling for programs that can recognize more than 2GB of RAM.
Tweaks can be dangerous if you don’t check everything twice!
http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/system/platform/server/PAE/PAEmem.mspx <- Reference
To get more from Windows XP, you have to modify your Boot.ini file. You have to be familiar with windows explorer. (You must show hidden and system files. If the boot.ini file is read only, uncheck it to make changes.
Windows XP
[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT <-yours may be different!
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT=”Windows XP Professional” /PAE /3GB <-add this
The /3gb switch allows programs written specifically to use more than 2gb of ram.
Windows Vista
To add to Vista’s boot process, from a cmd line (you must run the cmd line as an administrator)-
type:
BCDEDIT /SET PAE ForceEnable
In Vista, To get programs written for more than 2gb of ram:
BCDEDIT /Set IncreaseUserVa 3072
Note: In Vista, you can type BCDEDIT and hit enter to see the PAE and UserVA settings
