Soft On Hardware Repair Knowledge? Resources That Can Help by Aldene Fredenburg
Maybe you're a whiz with Microsoft Office, or you can design a spectacular ad campaign with Photoshop, but when it comes to maintaining and repairing your hard drive. you're clueless. Installing more memory sounds like a great idea, but how do you get the tower open? ... The "Dummies" series of books offers Upgrading and Fixing PCs for Dummies (Sixth Edition) by Andy Rathbone, The book covers information on how to add more memory, install a DVD burner, fine-tune your PC to minimize crashes, fix problems caused by viruses, and more.

Educational Benefits of Bluetooth Technology by Richard Jamison
For some individuals, the mobile device is the central hub for all interpersonal communications; phone conversations, email, text messaging, email, etc. All mobile devices share the common communication platform of Bluetooth. Bluetooth technology has already landed in retail stores across the... By reaching out to the mobile device, campuses can restore a sense of community to their student body by bringing them together by their common thread, their use of mobile technology. ... Restored Sense of Student Community It is often said that the heavy use of cell phones is damaging a sense of...

How to Avoid Malware on Your Computer by Alan Dwight Sharpe
Malware is the all encompassing term for any unwanted software that invades your computer and makes unwanted changes. Spyware, adware, and viruses are lumped in this group. There are some great products out there that will help you clean up these infections, but the real trick to running a clean... Most of the time good common sense will keep your computer safer than whatever virus protection you have installed. ... Many computers with infections will send out email to everyone on their address book without the owner ever being aware.

Disaster Recovery- Managing the Risk by Terry Cohen
Helping your business survive in the event of an unforeseen disaster: Most business failures are not from bad business but from bad business practices. Most companies that fail are the ones that have not planned how their business will continue to function in the event of a disaster. ... They require common sense, a little professional help and a place that is risk free where you can store the information vital for your survival. ... Have they gone up in smoke? ... There are a few safeguards that we can put in place so that the business can continue to function in the event of a disaster.

What is ITIL? (And - More Importantly - What It Isn't!) by Robin Yearsley
As a qualified and experienced ITIL Consultant - I'd like to set the record straight on a few points. The IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL) is an excellent set of best practices, carefully organized and edited to provide readers with information and structure for how to plan, implement, maintain... Oftentimes, when people first read one of the core ITIL books; ITIL is always classed as ‘common sense’ particularly by so called practitioners that say to themselves, "yeah, we do that already – so what?" Well guess what.

Overview of HTTP by Chris Inga
If you have been using the internet for a while, you have probably typed into your browser something that starts with "http:" and ends with ".html", hit "Go", watched your modem lights flicker on and off, and a couple of seconds later you are magically looking at page of todays news or a page of... I don't know if this protocol was written down anywhere as a set of specification rules or was just common sense. ... Of course we all know the words computers and common sense don't belong in the same sentence, and that is why there are so many computer specifications and they are generally so...

CompTIA Network+ Certification Exam Tutorial: Virus Attacks And Antivirus Programs by Chris Bryant
Whether you’re preparing to pass the Network+ or Cisco CCNA certification exam or not, you must not underestimate the importance of antivirus programs and virus definition updates. With all the attention we pay to viruses and their prevention, I feel a little silly even saying that. ... A common worm attack involves the worm sending a copy of itself to every single user listed in the infected host's email address book. ... This common configuration also gives you the option to reject incoming email that has an attachment, along with the option of notifying the sender that the email was...

SPI Bus: Theory and Implementation by O G Popa
SPI stands for “Serial to Peripheral Interface”, and it is a hardware and firmware communications protocol developed by Motorola and adopted by everybody. The SPI Bus is used only on the PCB. I am certain that some of you will ask: “Why is the SPI Bus used only on the PCB? ... All ICs of type B# are serialized together, and they require only 4 microcontroller pins to make them work; the Enable line is common to all of them. ... There you are going to discover a good tutorial book about working with hardware, firmware--including the “barrel-shift” type of functions--and software design, in...

Are You Well Protected? by Roxie Hickman
Winter…the official start of the cold and flu season. Though, technically speaking, things got started a little early. Close to a million computers, mostly home PC users, have been infected. For many of us our computers are our business. We keep in contact with customers and clients via email,... Effective prevention software along with plain old common sense, used consistently, can keep you protected. ... By the way, including a fake email address in your address book will not prevent your PC from spreading viruses.

10 Ways To Protect Your Computer While You Use File Sharing Programs by Ken Walker
In these times when we often talk about the security of our national borders, perhaps more thought should be given to something that labors under a more constant threat of assault: your computer. As a computer technician, my opinion of most file sharing programs is pretty low. ... For example, a hacker can easily rename a virus from "harddrivekiller.exe" to something more desirable, something like "PhotoShopInstaller.exe." Don't allow your greed to override your common sense (see #2 and #3). ... If you want to download a copy of the Bible, but it's 15MB in size and it has a .EXE file...