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21st August Comments

Linux System and Network Administration Bootcamp W/Free Laptop!

Posted on August 21st, 2010 at 6:50 am

LinuxCertified,Inc. a leading provider of Linux training, will offer Linux system administration bootcamp on September 1 – 2, 2010 near San Francisco (South Bay). This workshop is designed for busy information technology professionals and is designed to cover the most important Linux administration areas. All attendees get a free Linux laptop. Here ya go [...]

Posted in Linux, Networking

14th August Comments

10 Things You Can Do To Make Your Linux Hosted Website More Secure

Posted on August 14th, 2010 at 8:08 am

10 Things You Can Do To Make Your Linux Hosted Website More Secure By Corey W. 10. Get cooperation from your Linux host. Make sure your host is updating their software at the server and network levels. This includes any available kernel updates, as well as updates for packages such as Apache and PHP. [...]

Posted in Linux, Networking, Security

5th August Comments

Not Having Linux Skills is IT Malpractice

Posted on August 5th, 2010 at 5:56 am

Some things seem so obvious I feel silly even saying them. And this is one of them: any IT staffer who only knows one operating system is not worth hiring. We see the silly Microsoft vs. Linux vs. Apple stories every day, with Ten Reasons Why This One is Better, and 7 Reasons Why [...]

Posted in Linux, Networking

31st July Comments

Use your Android Phone as a Wireless Hotspot (Rooted Phones Only)

Posted on July 31st, 2010 at 7:35 am

We have recently covered how to use your Android phone to access the internet on your computer. This process is known as tethering. By connecting your phone, via a USB cable, to your computer you are able to use the phone’s data connection to browse the web on your computer. In places where there [...]

Posted in Networking, Wireless

2nd May Comments

Cisco Destroys Linksys RV082 with Upgrade

Posted on May 2nd, 2010 at 7:07 am

Linksys used to be a great company before Cisco bought it. I have a Linksys RV082. A couple of months ago Cisco released a firmware “upgrade” that has made the router barely usable. Version 2.0.0.19tm is poison. If you are running an earlier version – DON’T UPGRADE. Once you upgrade you can’t go back [...]

Posted in Hardware, Networking

14th April Comments

IT Strangled by Overspecialization

Posted on April 14th, 2010 at 5:48 am

What happened to the old “sysadmin” of just a few years ago? We’ve split what used to be the sysadmin into application teams, server teams, storage teams, and network teams. Now look at what we’ve done — knowledge is so decentralized we must invent new roles to act as liaisons between all the IT [...]

Posted in Networking, Personal

13th April Comments

Google May Engage Android to Flatten the iPad

Posted on April 13th, 2010 at 6:23 am

Apple’s newly launched iPad may be taking up the majority of consumer mindshare in the tablet category following its launch earlier this month, but Google is furtively working on a device of its own that will be powered exclusively by Android. That’s according to reports of comments made by Google CEO Eric Schmidt at [...]

Posted in Linux, Networking, News

23rd January Comments

YouTube, Vimeo Ditching Flash for HTML5

Posted on January 23rd, 2010 at 6:45 am

YouTube and Vimeo is kicking Adobe’s Flash to the curb in favor of the sharp new HTML5. Both YouTube and Vimeo have announced that they are launching HTML5-based players on their video streaming sites, thus booting out the long-standing champ of multimedia delivery, Adobe Flash. With recent security issues plaguing Adobe products, it’s no [...]

Posted in Graphics, Networking

12th December Comments

I have email

Posted on December 12th, 2009 at 7:52 am

Darn after days of no email Mediacom has repaired the email fiasco and once again I am in touch with the world again, Thanks for all the work you did Mediacom. After I bragged them up so much I hated to dig at a bad spot but they have it running again.

Posted in Networking, Personal

4th December Comments

Follow in Twitter

Posted on December 4th, 2009 at 9:15 am

Okay it has happened I am joining the 21st century if you want to read my tweets, and they are not many I plan to tweet more on my up and coming roadtrip,but if you really want to know here is the addy My twitter feed so there ya go folks.

Posted in Networking, News, Personal

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