Free Business Software Alternatives to Microsoft Office by Paul W Wilson
The cost of using ‘paid for’ business software has become prohibitive. Both businesses and home users are focusing on new and affordable avenues. The options include free software: • StarOffice: The code base can be accessed at OpenOffice.org. This is the group coordinating the development of... Make a detailed study of your needs, then study all the options in operation, if a related business is using a particular system find out their experience and why they chose the system. ... • OpenOffice.org 1.0: Based on StarOffice 5.2, this is a complete system offering word processor,...

Three Times You Need to Consider "LAMP"--and the One Time That Nothing Else Will Do! by Mark Schumann
The combination of the Linux kernel, Apache web server, MySQL database engine, and a scripting language such as Perl, Python, or PHP--commonly known as LAMP--has well-known advantages over commercial software in terms of cost and flexibility. I give examples of projects for which LAMP is... Linux was chosen for the back-end system that aggregates and consolidates point of sale (POS) data at each KFC store in the Philippines—in part because of its stability and ease of configuration in contrast to proprietary operating systems.

Backup Outlook Express Mails and Address Book by Rupesh Kumar
Email loss causes majority of business loss, to overcome the common problem the backup of Outlook Express mails can be taken regularly and this article is aimed at explaining you how you can backup your Outlook Express mails (Since, Outlook Express lacks a backup option). ... Nucleus Technologies.com offers a complete range of professional data recovery software and utilities for recovering lost, corrupt data and files from Windows, Linux, Unix, Novell Netware, Apple Macintosh operating system and supports various file systems including FAT16, FAT32, NTFS, NTFS5, Ext2, Ext3, ReiserFS, JFS,...

Convert Windows XP to Vista by Sarath A
Now that the windows vista has been launched finally and is being seen more and more in the computer peripherals around you, what should the envious ones whose systems are still in the archive era of 256 MB RAM with no graphics card on board do? Of course make their XP at least look like VISTA,... You must be aware that the utility enhances looks by drawing on the system resources and tweaks your system files to a level that can create system instability. ... Try using a Linux live cd and move as much as possible to other drives from your system drive.

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... In Windows Explorer if you see a file ending in .txt, it is usually a text file, just as .xls is an excel file, .doc is for word etc. ... Examining the bytes in a Truecrypt file with a hex editor will not reveal what the file contains or even identify it as a Truecrypt file.

Do We Really Need Windows Vista? by George Lunt
Microsoft has just released its Vista operating system. There are many other analysts that will tell you that Vista requires new equipment and more memory to run efficiently and that it may have problems using current XP hardware or software. However, in this article I'll look at whether we... The exception is an Apple PC; then the Mac operating system, another proprietary system, is pre-installed. ... Do you really need the operating system telling you that "You have unused icons on your desktop?" To make more money from its XP Operating System, Microsoft introduced activation.

Linux-Speed Up Your Ide Hard Drive by Nick Krotov
Linux systems usually use conservative default IDE driver settings that could be significantly slowing down your system. By default they are set to most safe settings guaranteed to work. However you may reconfigure them to increase the read speed of your hard drive. ... You may edit /etc/rc.d/rc.local file root@cpanel [~]# pico /etc/rc.d/rc.local and add these commands to this file. ... rc.local is run after all other command are already executed when linux server is started up. ... If you are not sure what you are doing and you prefer stability of your system for extra speed do not apply...

Debugging NTP Server Installations by David Evans
Network Time Protocol (NTP) is a standard protocol for the transfer of time across the Internet and computer networks. The NTP protocol source code is ‘open source' and can be freely downloaded from the NTP web site. The NTP primary development platform is LINUX but ports to Windows are also... The details should be in the system log file or the cryptostats statistics file, if configured. ... The ‘remote' address corresponds to the server or peer entries in the NTP server configuration file. ... The utility can be used to inspect NTP Server system variables to verify correct operation.

How To Maintain Accurate Time On Your PC by David Evans
PC's have internal real time clocks designed to maintain system time. The internal clocks rely on relatively low-cost crystal oscillators, which are notoriously inaccurate. In many cases PC system time can drift by several minutes each day. This article describes various methods of maintaining a... LINUX and UNIX systems have the NTP software distribution available from the NTP website, ntp.org. ... The host computer will then periodically contact the NTP Server and synchronise the system time to the specified reference.

New Features of Macromedia Flash MX by Maricon Williams
In the times of yore, videos all over the web are quite disappointing. It is like delivering a mediocre performance to annoyed expectators. But then, a transition from the passé made a dramatic exposure. The release of Macromedia’s Flash MX marked a leap in the development of rich content... Then the file is manipulated, scaled, rotated, skewed, masked and made interactive using scripting. ... Flash works with video by allowing developers to import a video file. ... The SDK comprises reference platforms for Windows CE, Windows 32 and even Linux.