Laser printers, thermal printers, inkjet printers and color printers are becoming inexpensive. Sometimes the cost of the ink is about two thirds of the printer. But most offices which issues invoice or receipt relies still on dot matrix printer. It is very common for every point of sale in the market to have invoice printer [...]

Installation of Linux OS is not an everyday task. Preparing a RedHat Enterprise Linux server to run Oracle Database 10g is a recent task at work. Network configuration for a system is critical for networked services especially with Oracle Database 10g server. The result default configuration file entries are based on the data provided on [...]

Surfing the Internet makes you vulnerable to all sorts of malicious program attack. A common scenario I experience is some web pop-up that falsely informs vulnerability to malicious programs and computer virus infection. It’s a consolation to the unsuspecting user to see these web pop-up messages as it offers a solution. Warning, be careful when [...]

The clutter of LAN cable at home are an eye sore. Imagine the UTP cable that crisscross the floor when I connect a netbook, two laptop, and desktop computer. It looks like jungle at home. It’s also inconvenient to move around and settle on a comfortable place with UTP cable dangling. Not really the best [...]

People would be running full speed on the Internet highway with Google’s experimental broad band networks. Google has unveiled its plans that would deliver Internet speeds of about 100 times the ordinary Internet connectivity. It’s a direct competition with big mobile operators, which offer the same services. I could not wait to see super fast [...]

In a perfect world of Database Administrator everything is worry free. Everything could be automated using a software where nothing to think about backup and disaster recovery. Tuning up the database for optimum performance is magically taken cared by the software. That’s my impression of Oracle RAC One Node during the i-Seminar. Database administrator’s life [...]

Communication and sharing of ideas is quiet easy with online collaboration tools on the Internet. Major businesses are leveraging Internet with collaboration tools. Online collaboration software could be used in meetings, training, online events, sales, to as simple as sharing videos. The newly released software Google Buzz in Gmail on a personal use level could [...]

IT training are very important for an IT professional to keep up with the fast changing computer world. I welcome training for it’s an opportunity to go out of the four walls of the office. Reality never allows a leave at work to attend training due to the busy work load. An option for this [...]

Doing business online providing e-commerce service is main source of income for some IT people. Making money online comes from a vast variety of sources. This could include providing IT support services remotely to do computer system maintenance or computer software re-installation. It could also be a web design or web development work, providing web [...]

Global warming alleviation are some of the primary drivers of technology innovation. Trucks and cars are some of the culprits of carbon emission that causes green house effect. Environment friendly energy source are hot topics in news articles. Headlines with alternative fuel catches peoples attention hoping that there’s already a solution to rising cost of [...]