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System Mechanic (exe): System Mechanic breathes new life into old PCs and keeps new ones running as they should. System clutter, performance drains, insufficient security, and corrupted settings can all degrade a PC's operation. Instead of buying dozens of individual products, use System Mechanic to remedy all these issues and more. Over 30...; Tags: PC, System Mechanic, Desktops, Performance Management, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Hardware, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Enterprise Software, Software; Software downloads 2008-01-11
System Mechanic Professional (exe): System Mechanic Professional has all the tools you need to defend against Internet threats, diagnose PC health, fix errors, boost performance, eliminate crashes, and much more. This award-winning suite incorporates 5 products into one integrated package that will keep your PC safe and running in peak condition. In addition to...; Tags: Health Care, System Mechanic, System Mechanic Professional, Internet, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Desktops, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Hardware; Software downloads 2008-01-11
System Mechanic 7 Professional: With its latest release, Iolo System Mechanic 7 Professional has lost its focus as one of the premier system utility suites on the market. Included within this latest release are other standalone Iolo products--including Search and Recover 3, Iolo Antivirus, Iolo AntiSpyware, Iolo Firewall, and Iolo DiskScrubber--which should, on the...; Tags: Microsoft Windows, SECURITY, System Mechanic, Iolo System Mechanic 7 Professional, System Mechanic 7 Professional, System Mechanic 7; Product reviews 2007-05-04
System Mechanic tool trio aids PC maintenance and reduces frustration: While remote support often proves a worthy sidekick, there are occasions when there's just no substitute for sitting down at a problematic machine. Iolo Technologies' System Mechanic 6 Mobile Toolkit contains all the software tools you are likely to need for troubleshooting, repairing, and recovering a problematic PC. Considering the...; Tags: Data Recovery, PC, System Mechanic, Defragmentation, Tool, Productivity, Spyware, Security, Spyware, Adware & Malware; Download resources 2006-06-14
Tap System Mechanic 6 and give yourself the means to recover failing systems: Recovering failed systems is often the most stressful of IT tasks. No matter what disaster has befallen a system, you need the proper tools to recover a failing system. Iolo's System Mechanic 6 Mobile Toolkit packs four products that provide just the tools you need - System Mechanic 6, Search...; Tags: System Mechanic, Tool, Iolo, Productivity; Download resources 2006-06-05

System Mechanic 6 Mobile Toolkit will simplify your field support: Iolo Technologies' System Mechanic 6 Mobile Toolkit contains all the software tools you are likely to need for troubleshooting, repairing, and recovering a problematic PC. While remote support often proves a worthy sidekick, there are occasions when there's just no substitute for sitting down at a problematic...; Tags: Mobile, System Mechanic, Tool, Productivity; Download resources 2006-05-10
System Mechanic 6 Professional: There's glitz as well as substance in Iolo System Mechanic 6 Professional, a suite of hard drive utility tools. The glitz lies in the "improved" and nonconfigurable main screen. The substance lies in Drive Medic, a new, effective tool to test and repair hard drives, and improvements to older tools,...; Tags: Cyberthreats, Disk Defragmentation, System Mechanic 6 Professional, System Mechanic 6, System Mechanic, tool; Product reviews 2006-02-02

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Geek Sheet: A Tweaker's Guide to Solid State Disks (SSDs) and Linux: Is 20th-century conventional Winchester multi-platter, multi-head random-access disk technology too quaint for you? Want to run your PC or server on storage devices that consume far less energy than the traditional alternatives? Want a portable or mobile storage unit that will never fail due to G-forces or "crashing?". Looking for...; Tags: Linux, Disk, File System, Solid State Disk, Mandrake, Jason Perlow; Blog posts 2008-07-25
How OpenDNS, PowerDNS and MaraDNS remained unaffected by the DNS cache poisoning vulnerability: The short answer is being paranoid about tackling a known vulnerability. It's 2001, and Daniel J. Bernstein DJB, author of the then popular djbdns security-aware DNS implementation, is applying basic math principles to raise awareness on what's to turn into the "sky is falling" critical Internet vulnerability in 2008, in...; Tags: DNS, Vulnerability, Anomaly, Attack, OpenDNS, MaraDNS, NSS, Domain Names, Networking, Internet, Dancho Danchev; Blog posts 2008-07-25
Heap-based buffer overflow reported in RealNetworks RealPlayer: Update 07/25/2008: Aaron Portnoy of TippingPoint's security research group was kind enough to point out that I'm actually not affected by this, since I've installed the newest version of RealPlayer. From Aaron's email: Notice the Secunia advisory states it affects RealPlayer 10.5... the latest is 11.x, which now uses...; Tags: Vulnerability, RealNetworks Inc., Buffer-overflow, RealNetworks RealPlayer, Secunia Research, Vendor, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Nathan McFeters; Blog posts 2008-07-25
Gateway stops selling PCs direct: Gateway, one of the early PC makers that sold their wares direct, said Friday it will sell its systems completely through channel partners and retailers. The company, now a part of Acer, said shifting to a channel-based distribution model will simplify its business and cut costs. ...; Tags: Gateway Inc., PC, Acer Inc., Retail, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-07-25
Dell opts for performance with R5400 data center-hosted desktop: Dell unveiled its data center-hosted desktop product line on Tuesday. Unlike rivals Hewlett-Packard and IBM, Dell didn't build its solution on blade servers but instead opted for a high performance system using a 2U box called the Dell Precision R5400 Rack Workstation. "By not putting the solution...; Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Performance, R5400, Workstations, Desktops, Servers, Hardware, Jason Hiner; Blog posts 2008-07-24
Ready for real Indian medicine?: Ready for real Indian medicine?Reply from C.A. ChienDear Mr. Blankenhorn:Thanks for your note. To clarify: (1) I wanted to document my inventive system-design and inter-connection work on [i]Medical Onshoring[/i]; thus, the USPTO filing; (2) as to the "how," head to --http://tinyurl.com/6c4tj4" .. Covering the professional world (e.g., health care, computing),...; Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, Medical Onshoring, health care; Discussion threads 2008-07-24
Juniper: Enterprise demand strong; Johnson hired to scale up: Current Juniper CEO Scott Kriens delivered strong quarter results, said enterprise demand was solid and outlined the primary reason Kevin Johnson was hired as his replacement: He knows how to scale. Ahead of its earnings report statement Thursday Juniper made the Johnson news official. The company has...; Tags: Revenue, Juniper Networks Inc., Kevin Johnson, Operational Accounting, Finance, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-07-24
We wanna be more like Apple - Microsoft and Ubuntu get ready to fire up the photocopiers!: We wanna be more like Apple - Microsoft and Ubuntu get ready to fire up the photocopiers!Linux has no marketing.Market share is directly related to marketing. When is the last time anyone saw a Linux commercial?Isn't that the point?You say that Canonical needs to listen more to the "customers" but...; Tags: Copiers, Operating systems, Desktops, Notebooks, Market-Share, Apple Inc., Ubuntu, wanna-be, Microsoft Corp., photocopier, Linux; Discussion threads 2008-07-24
The little wind turbines that could: The little wind turbines that couldAll righty then...Here's the scoop. The average american household uses 14,000 kWh/year, about 1,200 per month in round numbers, meaning a 6kWh generator is about the right size--assuming the wind never dies.I couldn't find prices for Proven Energy, but a Quiet Revolution 6kWh unit costs...; Tags: Engineering, battery, turbine; Discussion threads 2008-07-24
Government, markets and regulation: Government, markets and regulationJust Another Gov't Program Gone BadFannie Mae was created in the Depression to create liquidity in the mortgage market. Lequidity had been wiped out by the stock market collapse and bank runs.As with all government programs, it just grew and grew and never went away. ...; Tags: Mortgages, Vertical industries, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, mortgage, government; Discussion threads 2008-07-24
Speculation over possible Skype backdoor: There's growing speculation coming out of Europe that there's a backdoor in Skype that allows remote eavesdropping of telephone conversations. A report in the reputable Heise Online says the issue was discussed at a meeting with ISPs last month where high-ranking officials at the Austrian interior...; Tags: Skype Technologies S.A., Telecom & Utilities, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Internet, Ryan Naraine; Blog posts 2008-07-24
Intel launches new chip for consumer electronics: In its latest bid to expand beyond PCs and servers into industrial and consumer electronics applications, Intel has announced a new family of embedded processors. These chips are not based on the Atom processor already used in netbooks and Mobile Internet Devices MIDs--those versions won't arrive until...; Tags: Consumer Electronics, Electronics, Intel Corp., Chip, Atom, SoCs, Semiconductors, Network Technology, Processors, Hardware, Networking, Components, John Morris; Blog posts 2008-07-24
Microsoft to get more 'Apple-like' in PC, phone space: Microsoft to get more 'Apple-like' in PC, phone spaceMicrosoft Store in the works...My rep told me Microsoft is looking into significant retail space in higher end upscale shopping malls. In the mock-up of the store, boxes of Vista and Office 2007 were kept under lock and key. Customers will be...; Tags: Desktops, Microsoft Corp., Apple Inc., PC phone, PC, phone; Discussion threads 2008-07-24