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Saturday, April 29, 2006

Social Engineering: The Biggest Risk to Internet Security

"Every wall has a gate through which people can walk; conventional hacking involves breaking this gate down. Social engineering is getting the gate keepers to wave you past with a smile on their faces."

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Learning the shell.

A good guide for the Linux/Unix newbie and seasoned veteran alike. This teaches you how to effectively use the shell, and give that mouse a rest!

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Tuesday, April 25, 2006

Schools Could Be The First In U.S. To Use WiMax

The Federal Communications Commission has set a 2008 deadline for schools to either use or auction their portions of the spectrum. Some plan to use it for WiMax.A cash-strapped school district seems an unlikely candidate to embrace bleeding-edge technology. But facing a use-it-or-lose-it choice...

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Wednesday, April 12, 2006

Network Monitoring With Zabbix

Zabbix has the capability to monitor just about any event on your network from network traffic to the number of papers left in a printer. Zabbix produces superior graphic reports even your boss will like. ZABBIX is freely available under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL).

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Tuesday, April 11, 2006

Introducing the Dell De-Crapifier

This is an article about a script that was created to remove unwanted software from a Dell PC. It can be run on a new PC to get rid of all the trialware that comes pre-installed. It runs completely unattended!

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Friday, April 07, 2006

Lost original driver diskettes of your computer?

Driver Magician extracts driver files from the hard disk and backs them up to a location of your choice.

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