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Back to Basics #1 - Cloning a hard disk

For this, the first back to basics post I've decided to cover the way that I clone hard disks here at the PC Doc HQ. by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Tags: Basics, Hard Drive, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, disk, cloning, backup

Image galleries 2008-06-06

MB Learn Yoga (exe)

MB Free Learn Yoga is an educational tool for learning the basics of yoga. This program is extremely simple and very useful for beginners who want to learn how to practice the different Yogas. It is an advanced yet handy software that provides information on every aspect of yoga, the...

Tags: Basics, MysticBoard, MB Free Learn Yoga, Productivity, Benefits, Tools & Techniques, Human Resources, Management

Software downloads 2008-05-27

MB Learn Cartomancy (exe)

MB Learn Cartomancy is an interesting software that helps one learn more about divination with playing cards. This is an unique educational tool that helps you learn the basics of card divination or Cartomancy. This program is extremely simple and very useful for beginners who want to learn more about...

Tags: Basics, MB Learn Cartomancy, Productivity, Tools & Techniques, Management

Software downloads 2008-05-19

MB Learn Palmistry (exe)

MB Learn Palmistry is an interesting software that helps one learn more about the study of palms and lines on our hands. It is an advanced yet simple and handy program that helps you to understand the significance of palm reading. This is an unique educational tool that helps you...

Tags: Basics, MysticBoard, MB Learn Palmistry, Productivity, Tools & Techniques, Management

Software downloads 2008-05-15

Zesez Language (exe)

Learn the basics of the Spanish, German, Portuguese, or English language with software that adapts to your learning style. Each language learning game is played in five minute spurts, ending with easy to understand results so you can track your progress. This shareware version lets you learn the basics you...

Tags: Basics, Games, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2007-05-30

Poll: Webware, SaaS or what?

As I mentioned a couple of weeks ago, some of us have had enough of the term SaaS — its inaccurate, misleading and harks back to the past instead of looking forward to the future. My colleagues in the Enterprise Irregulars network took up the discussion over the Easter weekend,...

Tags: Web 2.0, basics

Blog posts 2007-04-09

SaaS in 2007: It's about services, doh!

In my trio of predictions for SaaS in 2007, Ive saved the biggest trend till last. The coming year will see a growing acknowledgement that SaaS is just part of a wider move towards Internet-based automated services. This is such an all-embracing trend that it will drive several other sub-trends,...

Tags: basics, Ecosystems, Business applications, Saas

Blog posts 2007-01-02

SaaS stories you may have missed in 2006

The most popular posts on this blog are usually the ones that mention Google, Microsoft or Salesforce.com (see below for the years top 10). Its a fact of life that people prefer to read about companies, products and individuals that theyve already heard of. But its equally true that some...

Tags: Saas, basics, Google, Salesforce.com, Companies, Microsoft

Blog posts 2006-12-28

Seeking the true meaning of SaaS

As has happened with so many terms in the IT industry, the definition of software-as-a-service, or SaaS, has been stretched this way and that as vendors compete to make marketing capital out their use of it. As the model evolves, some vendors on the leading edge are trying to redefine...

Tags: Saas, basics, Web 3.0, Web 2.0

Blog posts 2006-12-04

The 10 most important things to teach your users

Your users don't need an encyclopedic knowledge of how their computers work or how your network is configured--but they may need a little technical enlightenment here and there. This list includes some of the basics that will help them and you work more effectively. Your organization may not provide...

Tags: TechRepublic Inc., Basics, Productivity, Workforce Management, Strategy, Human Resources, Management

Download resources 2006-05-31

Unshielded twisted-pair cabling basics

Get detailed information on the basics of unshielded twisted-pair cabling standards (Cat 3, Cat 4, Cat 5, Cat 5e, and Cat 6). Try this one-page sample chart from our Quick Reference: TCP/IP Pak.

Tags: TechRepublic Inc., Basics, Tcp/Ip, Quality, Network Technology, Networking, Business Operations

Download resources 2003-12-11

Decision Makers - Stick to the Basics

Customer relationship management is built around technology, but experts advise companies not to lose sight of business basics. In this Experience Edge, correspondent James Hilliard talks to analysts and a business decision maker about smart choices when adopting a CRM solution.

Tags: Basics, CRM, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Advertising & Promotion, Enterprise Software, Software, Marketing

Webcasts

Special Holiday Episode II: Avalon Layout Basics

The presenter of this webcast explains the basics of writing custom layout code in Avalon. Most developers will be able to use the stock panels for layout, but for more adventurous types, this will give the basic building blocks.

Tags: Basics, Stock, Layout, Investment, Finance

Webcasts

Additional Resources

A new Facebook for Windows Mobile application is launched

There were a few things I enjoyed using on the RIM BlackBerry devices I tried in the past and one of the most useful was the excellent Facebook application. However, I use S60, Windows Mobile, and iPhone devices rather than BlackBerry devices and the only way I have found to...

Tags: SIM Card, Facebook, Device, Microsoft Windows Mobile, Mobile, FriendMobilizer, Microsoft Windows, Web Site Development, Handhelds, Flash Memory, Cellular Phones, Operating Systems, Software, Internet, Hardware, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Matthew Miller

Blog posts 2008-07-07

Samsung SGH-T339 (T-Mobile)

Photo gallery:Samsung SGH-T339Several months after it came out with its HotSpot @Home service, T-Mobile introduced two new Wi-Fi-equipped cell phone, the Nokia 6301 and the Samsung SGH-T339. Though the features between the two phones are largely similar, the SGH-T339's red flip design calls more attention to itself. Call quality...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, WIRELESS, T339, Samsung SGH-T339, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., T-Mobile, phone

Product reviews 2008-07-03

Tiller Beauchamp on the Recon 2008 conference

Guest Editorial by Tiller Beauchamp Earlier this month I had the opportunity to present RE:Trace at the Recon conference, a reverse engineering conference held every other year in Montreal, Canada.  The conference consisted of three days of training and three days of talks in a single track.  Topics...

Tags: Reverse Engineering, Kernel, Conference, Novell NetWare, LDAP, Operating Systems, Servers, Directory Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Hardware, Nathan McFeters

Blog posts 2008-07-02

Microsoft Equipt: good deal, lousy name

Microsoft Equipt: good deal, lousy nameJust what is "Equipt"?This name certainly does not contain any hint as to why someone would want it. Product names should be at least somewhat related to the purpose of the product.I also dont like software subscriptions. It seems that they are simply another way...

Tags: Microsoft Equipt, Microsoft Corp., lousy name, good deal, Microsoft Office

Discussion threads 2008-07-02

Goodbye, XP. Hello, Midori

Goodbye, XP. Hello, MidoriHow great would it be-to have a lean, mean system that would do the basics, and leave some of the add-ons to other companies.Microsoft has blown any chance of Vista ever getting any respect, as the timing of '7' seems almost a stopgap measure. with '7' only...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Midori, Microsoft Windows Vista, goodbye, operating system, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2008-06-30

HSBC sites vulnerable to XSS flaws, could aid phishing attacks

What would the perfect phishing attack from a social engineering perspective? The one that compared to using typosquatted domains impersonating the bank's web application directory structure is in fact using the bank's legitimate domain names as redirectors due to XSS flaws within. It's even more interesting to measure the average...

Tags: Bank, Vulnerability, XSS, Flaw, Phishing, Cyberthreats, Financial Services, Security, Viruses And Worms, Spam And Phishing, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2008-06-29

What programming language should we teach?

What programming language should we teach?Re: What programming language should we teach?How about Javascript? No, seriously... it's free, it's cross-platform, it's already available on virtually ANY computer without needing to install anything at all, it's not terribly complicated, and it greatly resembles many of the other languages in use.When it...

Tags: Programming languages, Development tools, C#, Scripting languages, programming, programming language

Discussion threads 2008-06-27