Monthly Archives: November 2010
rPath’s Jake Sorofman Crystal Balls The Cloud In 2011
Guest writer Jake Sorofman, chief marketing officer for rPath, rubs his crystal ball and surveys the IT landscape for the coming year – with a particular focus on the cloud. Catch a glimpse of the 2011 cloud computing environment – … Continue reading
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Filed under Cloud Computing, Guest Writers, Interconnectivity, Networking, Opinion
Tech Thoughts Daily Net News – November 18, 2010
How do I create and configure a network with Windows 7 HomeGroup? – The HomeGroup feature in Windows 7 is essentially a peer-to-peer workgroup/network that has been redesigned to make it simpler for home users to set up a home … Continue reading
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Filed under Internet Security Alerts, Tech Net News
Kate Middleton, Prince William Engagement Leads To Poisoned Search Results
If an event is newsworthy, you can be sure cybercriminals are exploiting it and creating opportunities to drop malicious code on our computers – malicious code designed, in most cases, to separate unwitting victims from their money. Taking advantage of … Continue reading
Tech Thoughts Daily Net News – November 17, 2010
How to Avoid Malware – Malware is a term used to describe a broad category of damaging software that includes viruses, worms, trojan horses, rootkits, spyware, and adware. The effects of malware range from brief annoyance to computer crashes and … Continue reading
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Using the Internet with Confidence: Tips for Seniors
Guest writer Maria Rainier has some super tips to for that newly liberated group of computer users – Seniors. Like many young people, I have to say that there are many benefits to using the Internet. However, I’m not under … Continue reading
Tech Thoughts Daily Net News – November 16, 2010
Ed Bott: Microsoft vs. McAfee: How free antivirus outperformed paid – How effective is free antivirus software? I had a chance to see a real, in-the-wild example just this month, and the results were, to put it mildly, unexpected. The … Continue reading
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Tech Thoughts Daily Net News – November 15, 2010
5 Awesome Free Tools For Small Businesses – Here are five extremely useful computing resources that are free of charge for small business users–unlike some “free” services you might see that are only for home users. These choices have few … Continue reading
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Speedup Your PC – Cut Back On Running Services
Reducing the number of running services can often turn a sluggish PC around. There’s no magic to it. Running with fewer services, especially a service that you don’t use, or need, puts less strain on both the CPU and system … Continue reading
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Filed under 64 Bit Software, Computer Maintenance, Computer Tools, downloads, Freeware, Open Source, Software, System Tweaks, System Utilities, Windows 7, Windows Tips and Tools, Windows Vista
Tech Thoughts Daily Net News – November 14, 2010
Women more likely to fall for Internet fraud: Men can’t multitask but they know a scam when they see one – In six out of seven tests, women were less likely to detect a scam than men, with females in … Continue reading
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