I have a WMware Server 2.0 virtualization software installed on Windows 7 Professional. I’ve been using it for testing out different flavor of Linux OS and legacy Windows OS. It perfectly fits the purpose as VMware allows me to create and run multiple virtual machines. I usually work with live media ISO format image to [...]

Apple iPhone and iPad are the latest craze in mobile gadgets. People are lining up to get hold of the tech gizmo. A war of smartphones evolved when iPhone was released. Later the tablet war followed when iPad hit market. There are many contenders that come up with features far better than iPhone or iPad, [...]

Internet browsers are main software tool to run cloud computing web 2.0 software applications. A recent web application development requirement in PHP requires some file transfer and browser cache management and cookies. I was thinking of using cURL might be able to help achieve the task. Initial concern is on how to check whether the [...]

Virtualization technology is a popular solution these days in increasing flexibility, manageability, and security in IT environments. Virtualization technology is useful in moving old physical servers into a virtual server. It’s easy to change and increase the hardware resource allocated to a guest operating system. Adding more hard disk space or increasing RAM is no [...]

I planned to dispose an old Acer Travelmate laptop computer, but would like to retain its data, software application, and operating system. It’s running on a Windows XP Service Pack 3 operating system. A disk clone should be done with Windows XP system images be prepared for deployment to another computer or a virtual machine. [...]

Online gaming on social networking sites is a major hit. You will discover that there’s a documented study in CNN which notes the impact social networks. The report mentions nearly 60 Million users are found to engage in social media online games. It would appear that online social networks have grown to be a whole [...]

Offshore IT outsourcing occurs when a business hires external contractors to complete work for them. The popularity of IT outsourcing is growing mainly because of cost savings. Another key factor of increasing IT service outsourcing trend is the chance to free up internal resources and focus on core activities. The need for large IT outsourcing [...]

Mobile Internet devices such as PDA’s and smart phones are gaining popularity around the world. I see more than a dozen variety of portable Internet gadget on a walk around shopping malls. Smart phones has become a portable PC alternative for many active people. A smartphone device could be used for usual business productivity such [...]

Installing virus and malware detection software is a must do for computer users. A computer connected to the Internet is open to various attacks to an unknowing user. As the number of computer systems installing antivirus software or internet security software; it’s becoming difficult to have vulnerability exploits. Thus, social engineering exploits are becoming more [...]

Internet emails are a fast way of communication. I receive lots of emails everyday and some of which have some office documents attached. I am not fond of the POP3 email client program such as MS Outlook, Mozilla Thunderbird, and many others. I stick with the old web based email interface using the Firefox internet [...]