Will Adobe Manage to Replace Industry Work Horse Quark XPress by Giving Adobe InDesign for Free? by Galina Arlov
And kill the best layout software in the process of gaining market share? *** Heard about the Quark “killer”? Adobe InDesign CS2. Will it really “kill” Quark? Adobe has been saying “it will” for the last six years or so, but it hasn’t happened. Adobe Pagemaker didn’t kill Quark, either, but was... And don’t even think about installing it on your laptop and run several applications at the same time, or you will be waiting for a very long time to do anything. ... And if someone tries to say otherwise, try to run Photoshop, Illustrator and Indesign plus Adobe Bridge at the same time in your...

Will Adobe Manage to Replace Industry Work Horse Quark Express by Giving Adobe InDesign for Free? by S Steele
Heard about the Quark “killer”? Adobe InDesign CS2. Will it really “kill” Quark? Adobe has been saying “it will” for the last six years or so, but it hasn’t happened. Adobe Pagemaker didn’t kill Quark, either, but was instead replaced by InDesign. And InDesign is also at a distant second place... And don’t even think about installing it on your laptop and run several applications at the same time, or you will be waiting for a very long time to do anything. ... And if someone tries to say otherwise, try to run Photoshop, Illustrator and Indesign plus Adobe Bridge at the same time in your...

War of the Disks: A Close-in Analysis of the Hard Disk Drive vs. the Solid State Disk by Joanne De Peralta
Much has been written about solid state disks (SSDs) becoming the next big thing1 in the IT industry(1). But as to whether or not we have enough knowledge of how it will revolutionize the industry is a different question. How much do we really know about SSDs? ... The difference is that the storage medium is not magnetic (like a hard disk) or optical (like a CD) but solid state semiconductor such as battery backed RAM, EPROM or other electrically erasable RAM-like chip. ... SSD Defined Here are several ways the SSD is defined: "A solid state disk (SSD) is electrically, mechanically and...

Do You Have Something To Hide? Here's How by David Bolton
In these post 9/11 days, intrusion and lack of privacy are often justified by the glib phrase "If you have nothing to hide why worry?" Yet all of us at some time or other have something to hide without being a criminal. What if you’re planning a surprise party, buying presents or arranging a... The overall size obviously depends on what you want to hold in it but as a general rule, keep it as small as you can- certainly don't make it very big "just in case". ... Even if you trust your firewall, anti- spy ware, etc, what if your pc or laptop was stolen?

The History of Video Surveillance – from VCRs to Eyes in the Sky by Lucy P. Roberts
Mention video surveillance and most people think of video cameras mounted in the corners of train stations and banks or private detectives video taping an erring spouse for a messy divorce case. The truth is that the history of video surveillance is much more complex and goes back much farther... Rather than changing tapes daily, the user could reliably record a month’s worth of surveillance on hard drive because of compression capability and low cost. ... With satellites bouncing signals around the globe, you can now watch anyone anywhere from your laptop.

Eight Reasons to Increase Backup Spending When the Economy Slows by Bud Stoddard
Eight Reasons to Increase Backup Spending When the Economy Slows   by Bud Stoddard, President & CEO, AmeriVault Corp.   To say we have seen a significant downturn in the economy in the past twelve months would be hyperbole at its best.   As business and technology executives and...       You defer buying new tape drives and tapes and the equipment fails resulting in incomplete backups so that in the case of an outage or data loss, you have no backup to retrieve it from. ...   Whether your company is three years old or 103 years old, many talented people, you included, have...

How to secure your small business with a PIX firewall by Ron Jones
One of the more popular firewall products for the small business market is the Cisco PIX 501. Out of the box it requires just a few configuration entries and you are up and running. In this guide, we will walk through the steps for configuring your brand new pix at the network edge. ... Insert the serial jack into one of the serial ports on the back of the PC or laptop you will be using to configure the PIX. ... Insert the power cable and you will be greeted with the startup monologue (it’s not a dialog in this case; it’s just informing you of what is occurring).

Security Risks and Ways to Decrease Vulnerabilities in a 802.11b Wireless Environment by Richard Johnson
Introduction This document explains topics relating to wireless networks. The main topics discussed include, what type of vulnerabilities exist today in 802.11 networks and ways that you can help prevent these vulnerabilities from happening. Wireless networks have not been around for many years. ... Security Issues of WLANs War-driving War-driving is a process in which an individual uses a wireless device such as a laptop or PDA to drive around looking for wireless networks. ... Both are vulnerable, however, because the initialization vector is only 24-bits long in each case.

Screenshots Vista Windows by Adam Fletcher
Features Additionally, Vista will include many other new features. Aero Vista will include a completely re-designed user interface, code-named Aero. The new interface is intended to be cleaner and more aesthetically pleasing than previous Windows interfaces. ... A new level of file encryption support from that available in Windows XP, which will make it easier and more automatic to prevent unauthorized viewing of files on stolen laptops/hard drives. ... Fallback mode in case the hardware requirements for Aero aren't met.