The latest technology craze even before it’s unveiling was Apple’s latest hybrid tablet PC. What is known as “iPad” is essentially an oversized iPhone or iPod touch. A mix of features that are from tablet PC and iPhone. I was asking if iPad tablet would be a hit gadget or will it be worth your [...]

Virtual machine are cool to use even for a working desktop. Backup of the whole virtual machine and taking snapshot copies is easy. I have a virtual machine which runs Windows XP SP2. The original system disk size of 10 Gb is a bit limited. Several system updates, installation of MS 2007 Office Suite and [...]

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 [...]

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 be [...]

The previous system administrator left work hurriedly a month ago. Thus, I inherited a Red Hat Linux Enterprise server with little knowledge. There are many others who would be more apt at the task, but they refused the position. Colleagues consider it as something scary, which entails a big responsibility.
They might be right at [...]

The most handy office media for data storage and data backup are the CD’s and DVD’s. I usually grab a Verbatim CD-R or DVD-R supply from our secretary to backup some data or store video presentation files and images for sending to another office. Sometimes, I receive samples of video business presentation from our main [...]

After Apple has launched the iPad tablet computer which runs on iPhone OS 3.2 it has released a new update for the iPhone and iPod touch operating system. The latest versions 3.1.3 of the iPhone operating system (OS) include security patches, bug fix, with several iPhone feature improvement. The security patch would for example protect [...]

Desktop computers are essential equipment for businesses especially those working home office. Businesses are relying on computer to process daily business transaction using financial accounting software, HR software, ERP software to name a few. It would be more so, with the home office setup where a desktop computer, printer and scanner coupled with some regular [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

In a small computer infrastructure of 20 different servers like what we have inter connectivity of the servers are important. An Apache Dedicated Web server could communicate with an Oracle Database Server. A web application could be accessing a database server and trigger mail server action. Web applications could store information of files uploaded on [...]

In a couple of years of using your computer, you tend to accumulate both useful and non useful computer applications. You install and uninstall programs, unknowingly you are creating corrupted data causing your computer to slowdown. Most of the time it is affecting the system’s registry performance. So you need a software to fix computer [...]

Internet social networking is spreading at a very fast rate with Millions of new users every month. Together with the exceptional growth of the social networking website are the increasing report of security breaches. I could remember a news regarding take over of several Facebook group websites by some hackers.
This shows that social networking websites [...]

After installation of iReport 3, I got this Java Virtual Machine Launcher error. It says – “Could not find the main class. Program will exit!”. Possible cause and solution is listed from http://java.com/en/download/help/wjview.xml. This could be caused by some Spyware / Adware program which needs scanning by anti-spy ware or anti-adware software. Another possible reason [...]