The acquisition of Sun Microsystems by Oracle Corporation has been looming for sometime already. Today, I got email that the deal has been completed. The acquisition would allow Oracle to become a player in the cloud computing business. The merger would deliver various technology innovation with the addition of servers, storage, SPARC processors, Solaris operating [...]

Clever IT professionals do not settle on knowledge and experience acquired over the years. They work and take action to be on the top of their ever dynamic industry. Many picking up new certifications, while others are maximizing their earning potential by expanding their skill sets. I read an article from ComputerWorld, which reports [...]

Many rumors have been moving around Apple’s next big thing, which is a tablet computer. Some computer geeks and sleuths have guessed it to be Apple iTablet. There’s even a website which offers money to give a photo or video of the most anticipated Apple technology. However, all of that is now irrelevant after Steve [...]

Most niche blogs start usually as a hobby and are hosted on free web hosting. People write daily online about their interest and the things they like. Niche blogs that have very interesting topics catches new and loyal visitors fast. Keeping the contents of the blog fresh requires a huge task of writing and publishing [...]

Computer servers are dedicated machine to handle high demand software applications. The concern most small time businesses face is that more computing power packed computer servers don’t come cheap. There are times that an inexpensive desktop computer would be used as a server of various software applications.
In our office, cost is a primary factor when [...]

Windows XP update is needed to make a computer run up with the latest hardware drivers and security software patches. The same helpful software could also sometimes break your computer system. The symptoms for a system update going awry ranges from desktop settings reset, unable to detect devices, and worst to failure to boot.
That’s why [...]

DVD disk are common data storage medium of choice at offices and homes. Storing video data on DVD disk is a logical thing as it have up to 4.7Gb capacity of storage space. That’s about 2 hours or 120 minutes of DVD quality video playing time stored on one regular DVD disk.
Recently, I was asked [...]

Computer software installation sometimes present some surprises especially on the Linux system. I have encountered such case when installing Oracle Database 10g Release 2 on a Redhat Enterprise Linux version 4.
Expecting for an Oracle GUI for a Universal Installer, I was prompted by a series of text. It’s good to read closely those text when [...]

Internet is a great source of information for everyone from kids to adults a like. Yes, toddlers as young as 7 years of age do use computers and Internet at home. There is a particular concern of kids opening up webpages which is not appropriate for their age. Symantec study reveals kids under 7 even [...]

The problem of the Internet becoming as a tool for malware authors, spammers, and phishers could not be denied. As social networking gains more popularity cases of email scam, Internet fraud, identity theft and a lot more are getting prevalent. I got even a surprising email this morning from a friend who asked a huge [...]

A computer that’s connected to the Internet risk of being attacked by computer virus, trojans, malware, spyware, and other malicious programs. Keeping computer in top shape requires it to be free of computer virus infection. In Windows XP operating systems there’s a dedicated Windows Security Center that helps manage the essential security required for the [...]

In Linux ifconfig is a basic command used to check the IP address. Recently, I did a fresh install of Redhat Linux on a virtual machine. Logged in as local user, I checked the IP address using of ifconfig command. I got a command not found error.
I tried to verify if ifconfig is really missing. [...]

The Internet has become a source of thousands of free tv shows and movies. Video streams of HD full-length movies and tv shows could be watched anytime. Different tv programs could now be watched for free on the Internet. I search usually on the Internet for major sporting events that I would like to watch. [...]

Windows Messenger is an Instant Messenger Software that comes along bundles with Windows XP and other Windows operating system. It is by default comes installed with the system and runs on the background during start up.
If you are using Windows Messenger then it’s a good thing that you have it automatically started to save some [...]

Mobile device goes hand in hand with a personal computer. Personal mobile device usually have small digital media for data storage. The convenience of storing and moving mp3 player music files for example on a micro Secure Digital (SD) card and a computer is tremendous. Similarly, photos and video from digital camera SD card can [...]

We have several Linux servers which communicate with each other. Date and time synchronization is important on those servers. I tried to use ntpdate to update the date and time from an NTP server, but have encountered an error.
The ntpdate update error is “Operation not permitted”. Aside from that another error showed “No server suitable [...]

IT professionals are highly in demand as the economy is recovering from a slump. I could see a growing number of IT works like Network Engineer, Information Security Officer, System Administrator, Software Engineer, and a lot more. Companies and businesses are also keen in looking for top caliber workforce that have good credentials with computer [...]

It’s a big trouble when dominant Internet search engine goes down like Google. That’s what I got this morning. It reminds me of Die Hard 4 movie where hackers got the whole IT infrastructure was breached and all the financial information and government top secret data are targeted.
Did someone hack Google’s server? I got this [...]

Businesses are enjoying amazing power of technology with the latest gadgets in presentation. Gone are the days when lcd projector rentals or carrying a bulky 3 kg LCD projector are required for business presentation.
Today’s, LCD projectors are very affordable and portable. A decent basic presentation LCD and DLP projector would cost like 400$ – 500$. [...]

The annual International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) would for sure draw lots of visitors. This 2010 show will start from 7 January up to 10 January on various locations in Las Vegas.
2010 International Consumer Electronics Show exhibition venues:

Las Vegas Convention Center
The Venetian
Las Vegas Hilton
Renaissance Hotel

Nobody could deny that more and more people are concerned [...]