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A quick lesson for your comp sci students

A quick lesson for your comp sci studentsDefragmentationDespite great advancements on the hardware front, the magnetic hard drive is still the performance bottleneck and fragmentation can slow down the system. So, with windows server products, defragmenting is still important to keep the servers running smoothly. Incidentally, automatic defragmenters seem to...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, quick lesson, Linux, rear

Discussion threads 2008-03-27

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Microsoft still working on an Adobe Lightroom competitor, but with a social twist

Maybe MS needs myLife instead of focusing on cloud everything.I've been a Windows user since Windows 1.0 on MS-DOS. I used Multiplan and Word with a mouse before Windows even existed. Over the years I've purchased so many copies of MS Office, OS upgrades, mice, keyboards, joysticks, development environments (MASM,...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Adobe Systems Inc., Microsoft Corp., photograph, Microsoft Windows Vista, Adobe Lightroom, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-11-19

Teacher Day Book 1.1 (Windows)

Teacher Day Book is designed to be used as a Day Plan Book by teachers. It can also be used as a Daily Planner for non-teachers. After doing a quick annual setup of the School Year and creating a TimeTable the Teacher Day Book is ready to use to keep...

Tags: Teacher, Robertson Software Solutions, Memory, Microsoft Windows, Flash Memory, Productivity, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2009-09-22

Number Facts Mastery 1.0 (Windows)

Number Facts Mastery provides students the opportunity to learn number facts quickly and efficiently. Developed by a mathematics educator and classroom tested, a systematic approach is used to achieve mastery. Learners have the opportunity to select lesson options, practice facts, print out worksheets, and receive lesson feedback. Color-coded flashcards and...

Tags: Student, Cactus Wren Education Solutions, Microsoft Windows, Tools & Techniques, Operating Systems, Software, Management

Software downloads 2009-08-03

Who's to blame for unsecured WiFi connections?

Who's to blame for unsecured WiFi connections?I've been saying this for a while.[i]When it comes to trade-offs between security and convenience, convenience always wins.[/i]security = 1 / convenienceRE: Who's to blame for unsecured WiFi connections?I can't believe that you're endorsing having the police in any country "wardriving" around to detect...

Tags: Wireless LANs, Wireless and Mobility, LANs, Wi-Fi, WLAN, router, Wi-Fi connection

Discussion threads 2009-07-23

Social media: Pondering the corporate ROI

Social networking can deliver returns to enterprises as long as companies devote some time to them. Joe McKendrick at Smart Planet details some of the ROI discussions going on. Citing Natalie L. Petouhoff, Ph.D., an analyst at Forrester, and her study titled The ROI Of Online Customer...

Tags: Network, Social Media, ROI, Social Networking, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-07-17

News to know: Office 2010; Dell; Moon tech; Apple; Software buyer's bill of rights

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Ed Bott: Office 2010 makes splashy debut Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft to deliver tech preview build of Office 2010...

Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Apple Inc., Digital Camera, Microsoft Corp., Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, Microsoft Windows 7, Digital Cameras, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Windows, Digital Photography, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Office Suites, Software, Operating Systems, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-07-14

The correct way to use your MacBook's battery

Recently a battery completely failed in a two-year old black 2.16GHz MacBook that was covered under AppleCare. It worked fine one day, went completely dead the next. It wouldn't charge and no LEDs would light up. When I brought it into the genius bar at my local Apple Store I...

Tags: Apple MacBook, Battery, Engineering, Jason D. O'Grady

Blog posts 2009-07-02

Windows 7: Now it's an economic savior too

Windows 7: Now it's an economic savior tooAnalogy:Churchill: "You can't tax yourself out of poverty"Obama: "Let's spend [future generation's money] to become wealthy again".WTF!If Cap and Trade Passes People Will Balk At Buying AnythingPrices of goods and services will go through the roof, think people are going to care about...

Tags: Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-06-29

2009 Mini Cooper Convertible

Photo gallery:2009 Mini Cooper ConvertibleAlthough boasting good fuel economy, the Mini Cooper is meant to be a fun car. But there are different types of driving fun: some of us enjoy taking corners at speed, listening to the tires squeal as they fight for grip, while others appreciate a sunny...

Tags: Digital media, Digital music, Mini, Mini Cooper Convertible

Product reviews 2009-06-18

Facebook social ad overload, courtesy of Turner Broadcasting

Facebook social ads are a good idea, depending on your business. Facebook social ads can, depending on your business, help you garner more page views and perhaps grow your customer base. However, not used wisely, Facebook social ads, no matter what your business, could annoy a lot of people. ...

Tags: Facebook, Advertisement, Turner Broadcasting, Jennifer Leggio

Blog posts 2009-06-08

Microsoft sneaks in Firefox extension via Update

Microsoft sneaks in Firefox extension via UpdateIt's the .NET Framework Assistant 1.1...The description says:"Adds ClickOnce support and the ability to report installed .NET framework versions to the web server."Oooh.. Sounds ominous...Heavy flow day?.RE: Microsoft sneaks in Firefox extension via UpdateJoe Brockmeier you are an idiot. What extension? What does it...

Tags: Firefox extension, Microsoft Corp., blog

Discussion threads 2009-05-31

Nine worst social media fails of 2009... thus far

Social media has taken the marketing world by storm. Major agencies and internal divisions are hosting think tank sessions to try and come up with witty ideas to market their products and drive customer loyalty. Some of the ideas they come up with  are great. But others, let's face it,...

Tags: Pizza Hut, Brand, Stunt, Social Media, Twitter, Motrin, Nannerpuss, Jack, Skittles Home Page, Ashton Kutcher, Branding, Marketing, Jennifer Leggio

Blog posts 2009-05-22

Microsoft warns of new server vulnerability

Microsoft warns of new server vulnerability Both Apache and IIS are pretty secureVery few actual vulneralities are found in any of the products. I would wager a bet that 99.999% of successful attacks from the latest years were through the application layer or a misconfiguration.I agree with you.My response was...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, SECURITY, server, Microsoft Corp., Apache Software Foundation, attacker, software

Discussion threads 2009-05-19

Troubleshooting Troubleshooting: Yes, There Is Such A Thing As A System Problem

Does your blood pressure rise when you hear the phrase "There is no system problem" being uttered by a tech support rep of an online service? A spike is probably inevitable. Because then you know the conversation will entirely focus on you personal setup. Because, as far...

Tags: Cart, Item, System Problem, E-mail, Online Communications, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld

Blog posts 2009-05-07

Navigon gets priced out of the North American PND market

Navigon gets priced out of the North American PND marketit's not surprising...I've never heard of Navigon before. So I did a little looking around. I found teo very short comments about three models Navigon released in 2008. The 8100T at $599 (http://www.nerdgrind.com/navigon-releases-8100t-navigator-calls-it-uber-premium/) and two affordable devices both...

Tags: Handhelds, Cellular phones, user guide, Navigon, North American PND, GPS

Discussion threads 2009-05-07

Conficker's estimated economic cost? $9.1 billion

Conficker's estimated economic cost? $9.1 billionWindows ROI vs. Open SourceThis makes me wonder how people think theywould be out of business UNLESS they useWindows.$9 BILLION DOLLARS, this puts companies OUTbusiness and customers who are furious withservices that are rendered unavailable dueto insecure software......Tell me again, how does running Windows bring...

Tags: Cyberthreats, Patches, Operating systems, Viruses and worms, Conficker, economic cost, virus, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, piracy

Discussion threads 2009-04-23

Waking up your MacBook from sleep

Waking up your MacBook from sleepYou are Feeling Sleepy. Can't Keep Your Eyes Open.Thinking about it, I had a lot more problems sleeping and waking under Tiger than I've had with Leopard. All I do is close the lid on my notebook with no special concern.Wakes quickly (1 sec) about...

Tags: Notebooks, Engineering, Operating systems, Apple Inc., laptop computer, battery, locked-up, Apple Macintosh, USB Devices, USB Device, Leopard, Apple MacBook

Discussion threads 2009-04-06

BBC botnet buy: What were they thinking?

Guest editorial by Roel Schouwenberg As Dancho Danchev pointed out, the BBC leased itself a botnet. I couldn't quite believe it when I read it. The BBC, arguably one of the very best TV producers in the world, surely should have known better? There are so many...

Tags: British Broadcasting Corp., Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2009-03-16

The XO-2 is going Embedded RISC? So will everyone else!

The XO-2 is going Embedded RISC? So will everyone else!At a minimum, Arm will cause big problems for BOTH Intel and Microsoft.No, x86 and Windows will not die any time soon, but, low power, lower cost Arm will be hot in the netbook segment starting this year, and that cuts...

Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, Operating systems, Processors, netbook, Linux, Microsoft Corp., Intel x86, XO-2, RISC

Discussion threads 2009-03-13