A Drink of Technology for the Thirsty Mind
Most cell phones and all tablets support Wi-Fi connection. So it makes sense to explore useful apps that can be used for the home network. Apps that go beyond something cool to have, but also provide great features and usability. I’ll explore fourteen Android apps that I feel you need for your home network. Note that all the apps are […]
Read moreFrom the “use this for good, not evil” files comes a fascinating instructional video on how to pick a lock with a “bump key“—a key modified to fit and open any lock. Like the instructor in the video says, thieves have been using this technique for a long time now—so it’s interesting (in the “knowledge is power” kind of way) […]
Read moreI read LifeHacker pretty often, I came across this article that was interesting. I tried it and verified it worked so I wanted to post this on my site as well 🙂 Thanks LifeHacker.com You already know that if you want to lock down your Wi-Fi network, you should opt for WPA encryption because WEP is easy to crack. But […]
Read moreVirtual Private Networks (VPN) are often used within organizations to allow you to communicate private information securely over a public network. You may need to configure VPN, for example, to access your work email on an iOS device. VPN works over both Wi-Fi and cellular data network connections. iOS devices work with VPN servers that support these protocols and authentication […]
Read moreUser Groups and Organizational Units are two great ways of keeping your Active Directory organized and controlled. Why would we want to do that? Well, let’s say for example that we have this one shared folder on our network that we want only our Sales Department to have access to. Without groups in your Active Directory, you would have to […]
Read moreTell me if this sounds familiar. You come into work one day and your boss calls you into his office and says he got a new laptop. You arrive at his office door and realize your boss bought a Mac. He wants to be able to access all the company files stored on your Windows domain from his new Mac. […]
Read moreAll great websites have a great server behind them. In this tutorial, I’ll show you how to set up a dedicated web server (with Apache, MySQL, and PHP) using that old computer you have lying around the house and some free software. 1. A Quick Overview In this tutorial, we are aiming to accomplish several things: We’re going to install […]
Read moreDisable Windows Update restart nag Windows installed another round of updates and now it’s asking you to restart. Again. One simple command line entry can disable this obnoxious reminder. To stop this service, open [Command Prompt] (Start>Run>cmd>Enter) and type the following command sc stop wuauserv. This will not prevent Automatic Updates from starting at the next boot. So don’t worry, […]
Read moreYou’re here because your computer is infected with the DNSChanger worm. Back in late 2011, the FBI took over operation of malicious servers used by DNSChanger that are providing you with a critical Internet service called DNS. The FBI will be shutting down these servers on July 9, 2012, at which point your Internet will no longer work. To ensure […]
Read moreMore than a year ago, some bad guys on the Internet wrote a piece of malware inartfully dubbed DNSChanger. About a year ago, law enforcement tracked down the bad guys behind the malware, arrested them, and took over the servers they were using to cause Internet mayhem. The FBI has continued to run the former malware servers for the last […]
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