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How to Get a Blog on the Internet

Of all people in the world I was easily one of the most pessimistic about computers, the Internet and now that I even know they exist-blogs. I think blogs are pretty cool but I never thought I could have one. I thought the processes of getting a site; domain name and the actual building of the blog would just be out of my league. I’m a complete novice when it comes to technology, but I do like . . .

A Beginner's Guide to Avoiding Viruses

“Aaaaaahhhhhh! I’ve been invaded by a virus!” Getting a virus means getting sick and no one in their right mind wants to be ill. Well, now that computers have become our close friends, it’s a shock to learn that foreign bodies too can invade them with malicious intent. No, your computer doesn’t get a runny nose or diarrhea. This is a sickness that stops your friend from functioning properly, si. . .

4 Easy Steps to Better Online Customer Support

Customer support is very important when you're running a business, whether your business is on or off the net. If your customer support is hopeless, you'll soon find your customers running away from you and worse, telling others to stay away too. If you're like many of us out there, the last thing you want to do is to spend the whole day replying to customer support emails. Here are 4 easy step. . .

Internet Chat Rooms: Are We Missign the Point?

In my short life, after years of talking too much, I’ve come to realize that if one is always speaking, one never listens. If you never listen to others, well, you’re limiting your access to a lot of knowledge and information. Recently, after much deliberation I thought I’d check out what the world of Chat Rooms is like. People talk to each other by text, voice, and web cam. This is a really bi. . .

Crystal Reports for Microsoft Navision - overview for Pro...

Microsoft Business Solutions Navision serves both European and American megamarkets. It was originally written by Denmark-based Navision Software in its own proprietary language C/SIDE (Client/Server Integrated Development Environment). The legendary strength of C/SIDE (Navision native) database however places some restrictions on the general industrial reporting tools, such as Crystal Report. . .

The Shakuhachi: What is it?

When most people used to hear a new word the most obvious reaction was to go straight to a dictionary and find out what it meant or what the object was. These days you could go to on-line dictionaries, but even that is often unnecessary. Just type the word into your Web search engine (E.g., Google) and see what comes up. How hard is that?Well, fortunately I know what a shakuhachi is but I don’t. . .

Why Java RDBMS?

It is a well known fact that Java as a programming language set off a new paradigm in the software industry. Suddenly, every software programmer worth his salt was amidst software jargons like 'Platform-Independence', 'Cross-Platform-Deployment' and ‘The Java Virtual Machine’. In fact, it did not take long for Java to usurp the ‘most sought after status’ from many software languages, and become. . .

Navision Customization and Reporting – tips for Programme...

Founded in 1984, Navision Software is a leading developer of innovative enterprise business management solutions. Now a part of the Microsoft business solutions family it’s a growing force in the mid market space. Unlike other mid-market systems, Navision supplies the same database and business logic to the 2 user installation as the 200 user. This allows your company to grow with the product . . .

Adware - Are Downloads Safe

Adware, Should I be Afraid?Developers offering downloads are paying the price for the malformed truths that have been put forth regarding downloads. While not a political campaign the smears are ever present in the adware arena. Years ago developers saw they could monetize freeware that was becoming expensive to host. Developers began working with Ad Networks such as the former Aureate and Cond. . .

Microsoft Great Plains - typical problems and fixes – ove...

If you have Microsoft Great Plains and support it for your company then you need to know typical set of problems you have in Great Plains and their fixes to have Great Plains run smoothly in your company. We'll describe techniques applicable to Microsoft SQL Server as well as to legacy platforms: Pervasive SQL.2000 (btrieve) and ctree. The last Ctree/Pervasive version is 7.5. New Microsoft G. . .

ICANN-Registrar: kr-domains for anybody

The kr-domains belong to the popular domains in Asia. ICANN accredited Registar Secura announces today, that the company can register now kr-domains for anybody. Secura can register a co.kr-domain or or.kr-domain at once, if the domain name is available. It is not possible to register directly at .kr. Korean domains can officially only be registered by Korean inhabitants or companies. But we. . .

The House Of Print.Com

Publishing has always been a difficult business to promote successfully, which titles by which authors to promote, which genre, will it be fiction or non-fiction? Will they sell? Will they make money, both for the publisher and for the author? So many questions which there is no definitive answer and so the publisher takes a chance with his money and his time and resources and decides on which . . .

Microsoft Navision Customization Upgrade – tips for Progr...

When Microsoft bought Navision it had the plan to take over European market of Business Applications. Now Navision has multiple installations in US and it is very good fit for mid-size manufacturing companies. Currently Microsoft Business Solutions is on the way of creating so-called suites: Microsoft Financials, Microsoft Distributions, Microsoft HR, Microsoft Manufacturing. It is very diff. . .

Microsoft Great Plains Dynamics on Pervasive SQL.2000 dat...

Up to the version 7.5 Microsoft Great Plains, and if you are looking to version 7.0, 6.0, 5.5, 5.0 or 4.0 - then it was Great Plains Dynamics were available on Pervasive SQL.2000 or Btrieve. I am confident that majority of database administrators know how to do data repair via Transact SQL query if you are on Microsoft SQL Server 2000/7.0, but I would like to help these ones, who have to suppo. . .

Writing Good Blogs

There are a lot of blogs out there on the Web, most of which don’t entice one to go back regularly to read updates. What is missing from these on-line journals that would essentially make them ‘good’ blogs? Well, the answers in life usually come down to simplicities. So let’s look at the problem like we were children. Children don’t complicate life with miscellaneous information, and when they . . .

Blogs are an Art Form that Takes Practice to do Well

Writing…Blogs…Blogs are on-line journals where people express themselves through writing. Writing…Writing is the process where one puts down words of a language on a format that others can read. This process has not been around very long, to use one of my writing teacher’s favorite sayings, “Writing has only existed for one day in the one year that humanity has existed.” Speaking and thinking c. . .

The Problems with Blogs

What in the world is up with the world of blogs? Blogs are meant to be this great new technology where people can share their ideas and interests with others around the globe. As far as I’m concerned the state of blogs is one of chaos, confusion, and anti-interactivity. The other day I decided to do some research on the Web and try to connect to some blog writers out there that interested me. L. . .

Could there be a new way of hearing the news stories we f...

Mainstream media has become a single-minded authority on how we should perceive life. Theirs is a negative perspective. Could there be a new way of hearing the stories we feel are relevant in our lives?If you’re anything like me you are really getting tired of the mainstream media’s one-voice-to-many analysis of life on Earth. First of all, it’s just too negative! I read a survey recently that . . .

Blogs Are About Getting to Know Yourself Better

I still consider myself to be a blog writing novice but as I’ve got a few entries under my belt I can tell you about an unexpected bonus of this journaling process. A lot of people think that blog writers are just people who are tooting their own horns blabbering on self-righteously about what they believe to be true in life. On the contrary, for me writing a blog has helped me to reflect on my. . .

Broadband Features

Internet service providers are becoming more and more present as the internet makes its way into more and more homes in America. This is making it harder to decide which ISP to subscribe to. In fact, most of them have a list of benefits to entice customers into subscribing from their ISP. Here is some information on the basic features that should come with a good ISP.First, is of coarse securit. . .

Cisco CCNP Certification: BGP Attribute Category Tutorial

You have to master the details on BGP to pass the BSCI exam and to earn your CCNP, but BGP is an entirely new world from the protocols you studied to earn your CCNA. BGP paths contain attributes, while no protocol you studied for the CCNA carried. BGP Attributes are used to choose the best path when multiple loop-free paths exist, as well as give you other specific information about the paths. . . .

Cisco CCNA Certification: How And Why Switches Trunk

Your CCNA studies are going to include quite a bit of information about switches, and for good reason. if you don't understand basic switching theory, you can't configure and troubleshoot Cisco switches, either on the CCNA exam or in the real world. That goes double for trunking!Trunking is simply enabling two or more switches to communicate and send frames to each other for transmission to rem. . .

Cisco CCNA / CCNP Home Lab: How To Configure Reverse Telnet

Occasionally, during your CCNA and CCNP studies, you'll run into a term that just doesn't quite make sense to you. (Okay, more than occasionally!) One such term is "reverse telnet". As a Cisco certification candidate, you know that telnet is simply a protocol that allows you to remotely connect to a networking device such as a router or switch. But what is "reverse telnet", and why is it so. . .

Undervalued Marketing Opportunities

Marketing online has become fiercely competitive. Marketers are attempting to unravel and decipher online marketing to succeed. Some argue that there should not be a distinction between traditional (off-line) marketing and online marketing. Others feel that concepts applied to mail order work well on the web, while still others argue that online marketing is a breed of its own and what works in. . .

Cisco CCNA / CCNP Certification: Introduction To BGP Att...

BGP is one of the most complex topics you'll study when pursuing your CCNP, if not the most complex. I know from personal experience that when I was earning my CCNP, BGP is the topic that gave me the most trouble at first. One thing I keep reminding today's CCNP candidates about, though, is that no Cisco technology is impossible to understand if you just break it down and understand the basics . . .

Discover Why You Should Make The Switch to VOIP

We have heard of VoIP. We know what it is. But why should we switch from our Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) to VoIP? Why should we join the many major corporations clamouring to transform their business needs to VoIP? Why should we jump on the bandwagon of the many households who are confidently switching to VoIP?The answers all come down to the many benefits that VoIP offers. The adv. . .

Scalability Testing - 7 Tips For Improvement

Systems that work well during development, deployed on a small scale, can fail to meet performance goals when the deployment is scaled up to support real levels of use. An apposite example of this comes from a major blue chip company that recently outsourced the development of an innovative high technology platform. Though development was behind schedule this was deemed acceptable. The syste. . .

Backup Software- Don’t Buy It!

Computer Backup- Forget About It!Backup Software is for the birds! Computer Backup is too hard, too much trouble and a pain in the butt. Let’s just forget about it.Backup Software is touted as the savior of your computer’s critical business and personal files. They claim that all computer hard drives (where our files are stored) eventually will have a 100% failure rate. They try to tell us th. . .

Don't Get Caught by a Phishing Scheme

You receive an email from your bank warning you that your account information needs to be updated urgently or else it will be suspended. In a panic, you click on the link in the email and are brought to your bank's web site. Without giving it a second thought, you enter your user name and password to access your account online. In that moment, you have just handed an unknown criminal the key. . .

Using VoIP With Your Cell Phone

Before many of us came to rely on cell phones to make long distance phone calls, our only option was to commit to a long distance phone company. Long distance carriers charged what were at times exorbitant by-the-minute fees to make calls to friends and loved ones often living only a few hours away. When cell phones came into prominence, they brought with them service plans that gave us such lu. . .

Bulk SMS – The Advantage

Bulk SMS translates the mobile SMS into a profit-making tool for your organization. Today, text messaging has moved beyond a 'teenage fad' to become an essential business tool. The first step taken into the mobile office arena, text messaging enables people to conveniently and cost-effectively manage the mobile workforce and replicate the office on the move. The entire domain of bulk SMS is div. . .

Software for Cable TV Operators – A News

In India, the Cable TV Network today comprises more than 30,000 small and medium sized Cable Operators and caters to fifty million homes in the county. It is one of the classic cases of the enterprise building talent of Indian entrepreneurs revolutionizing the Indian Entertainment Sector. This phenomenal growth just in one decade out steps the track record of the Telecom Industry, which in almo. . .

Nigeriam Scams - Beware!

More and more people are falling victim to Nigerian internet scams. There seems to be a never ending supply of inventive scams being hatched in African internet cafes. I personally discard all correspondence I may receive from them. Below is just a few examples of such scams.1) There is no such thing as winning the lottery through your email address. If you receive an email saying you were sele. . .

Websites - Why Many May Be Better Than One

Why Just One Website?Not too long ago, the common wisdom was that every organization or business should have one website. This site would serve the needs of all users and visitors. There were many reasons for this prevailing predilection. One obvious reason was cost. Websites, at least professional websites with functions beyond displaying text, were very expensive to program and maintain. Ano. . .

Get Paid to Play Games: Become a Video Game Tester Today!

Hi, My name is Alex Lum. I have been a video game tester for various Game Developers for 4 Years now.Did you know that the average pay rate for game testers is from $9-$80 an Hour and that you don't need any formal education. The only requirement for being a game tester is that you are 15 or over.Video Game Testing is my job and I make $150,000+ per year doing it.Did you Know?You do not need an. . .

Today's Advanced Laptop vs. the Desktop PC

The performance, capabilities and performance of laptop computers have for many years been lagging behind the desktop, but all that is changing.Today's advanced laptop computers are noted as having equal capabilities as modern desktop PCs, although there is often a noticeable time delay for the top models. Over the past decade, the difference in processing power and performance between laptop c. . .

Cisco CCNP Certifcation: Using The "Update-Source" Comman...

When you start preparing for your CCNP exam, particularly the BSCI exam, you're introduced to Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) configurations. BGP is unlike any protocol you learned during your CCNA studies, and even the similarities are a little bit different!BGP forms neighbor relationships, much like EIGRP and OSPF do. The interesting thing with BGP is that potential neighbors, or "peers", do n. . .

Talking Rugged Notebook

A rugged notebook offers mobile professionals the ability to work in any environment and in any location. Versatile and powerful, rugged notebook computers are designed specifically for both in-plant and outdoor industrial (and military) applications. Built to handle the toughest environments, fully ruggedized notebooks should have IP54 environmental protection, meet MIL-STD 810F and have heavy. . .

The Gift Idea Of Bling

Jewelry is a favorite gift idea to give or receive. Whether the jewelry is costume or the finest gold and diamonds, everyone loves a little bling-bling. This is a gift that almost any woman and many, many men can enjoy.Gifts of jewelry can range in price from a few dollars into the hundreds of thousands of dollars or even more. Those who are fortunate enough to be able to purchase anything they. . .

Converting Cursors to a Set Based Solution - Part I

The biggest hurdle a developer has to overcome when moving from traditional 3rd generation languages to T_SQL is moving the mindset from CURSOR based solutions to SET based solutions.Don't get me wrong, I believe CURSOR based solutions have their place, and when working with small datasets you won't notice much of a difference in speed. It is only when working with the lart datasets (100,000+ r. . .

Small Business Server Business Tips

Top 3 Ways to Maximize Your Small Business Server Consulting ProfitsOver the past 7 years, Microsoft Small Business Server (SBS) has gained traction as a widely-respected Small Business Server networking suite.As a result, many small business computer consultants, systems integrators, and value-added resellers have jumped on-board the Microsoft Small Business Server bandwagon. However, before y. . .

Home Audio Recording For Everyone

I'm not really sure how old I was when I got the gift for Christmas, but I remember thinking it was a pretty impressive piece of electronic hardware. It was really cool looking (technologically speaking), and I was awfully proud to own it. It certainly made for lots of fun times.What was this high-tech gift, you ask? Why, it was a tape recorder! It was a monographic, reel to reel tape deck that. . .

Why Do Real Estate Agents Need Websites?

There is no question that the advent of the internet as an ecommerce hosting tool has transformed the real estate industry. The internet is a particularly well qualified platform for real estate presentation. Today's large real estate websites will sort available properties by area and then present them with a combination of written information, photos and often video segments. Nationwide firms. . .

Review Toolbar - The Hottest Toolbar on Your Browser!

Toolbars come and go, but some are actually quite useful. Almost everyone has the Google Toolbar and the Yahoo Toolbar installed on their web browsers – and these toolbars are used several times throughout the day. But now, there is a new Toolbar in town! The Review Toolbar isn’t anything like the Google Toolbar or the Yahoo Toolbar, but it is certainly just as useful!The Review Toolbar is bran. . .

How to Review A Site for ReviewToolBar.com

Review Toolbar is the newest thing in toolbars today. This handy little tool will go along way towards making the Internet a much more useful and interesting place for everyone! The websites that have been reviewed by Review Toolbar members are honest opinions of people just like you – which make them the most valuable reviews on the Internet today. No hype, no sales copy, no fake testimonials.. . .

Intranet Implementation: The Advantages Of A Web-Based So...

The traditional approach to implementing an intranet is to purchase a software package, modify it for your needs, and install it on your system.Over the past few years, another option has grown in popularity – the implementation of a web-based solution.As you consider the choice between installed software and a web-based intranet, here are some considerations:1. The most important requirement o. . .

Six Reasons Why You Should Jump Into Article Marketing

If you are working to become a successful online entrepreneur then you have probably already tried to increase traffic and generate sales through search engine positioning and pay per click advertising. Have you also tried article marketing? Article marketing is the strategy of writing articles related to your business and publishing them on other websites and in the ezines of complementary com. . .

Every Website will be Waynes World soon! - The Future of ...

“Technology is a way of organizing the universe so that man doesn't have to experience it.”Imagine sitting at home with your remote control, flicking through the channels, BBC1, ITV, Sky, Discovery, Disney, The Internet. Stop, did you say the internet? When broadband hits the magic 20MB download speed as the norm, the internet will effectively become a TV station. Streaming at 25 Frames per sec. . .

How to Find Great Websites With Review Tool Bar

These days, it is hard to find the really good websites. They are buried in the search engines by what amounts to paid advertising. It seems that no matter what you are searching for, you must wade through a sea of ads to find the sites that really contain valuable information. These are sites that provide content for you, as opposed to content for search engines. They remember what the web is . . .

New Iomega Tera Series: Desktop Hard Drive with 1TB capacity

New Iomega Tera Series: Desktop Hard Drive with 1TB capacityTriple-Interface, External Drive with four high-speed, high capacity SATA drives Geneva – Iomega International S.A. the European Headquarters of Iomega Corporation (NYSE: IOM), a global leader in data storage celebrating 25 years of business, today announced the Iomega® Desktop Hard Drive Tera Series, a compact four-drive enclosure wit. . .