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Study: U.S. Broadband in Middle of Pack

The United States is in the middle of the global pack on broadband infrastructure and is forging a very different upgrade path than the rest of the world… More: continued here

Nokia Tries to Undo Blunders in U.S.

The world’s biggest cellphone maker has seen its share of the U.S. market slide to 7 percent from a peak of 35 percent, but it is now trying to turn around. More: continued here

How to configure the Pop-up Blocker for zones that are considered safe

Because the Trusted sites and Local intranet Web content zones are considered safe, they never have their pop-up windows blocked. To configure the Pop-up Blocker for these zones, follow these steps: Click Start, point to All Programs, and then click Internet Explorer. On the Tools menu, click Internet Options. Click the Security tab, and in [...]

How to Install Windows Server 2003 DNS Service Manually

Before you can configure DNS, you must first install the DNS service on the server. You can install DNS either during the initial installation of Windows Server 2003 or after the initial installation is complete. If you use the Active Directory Installation Wizard, you have the option to install and configure DNS when you configure [...]

How to Use Zone Transfers to Migrate BIND-Based Server Zones to Windows Server 2003-Based DNS Servers

The process to migrate BIND-based server zones to Windows Server 2003 DNS servers requires the following steps: Add secondary zones to Windows Server 2003 DNS for all of the organization’s existing zones that are hosted on BIND-based DNS servers. Initiate zone transfers at the Windows Server 2003-based DNS server to transfer the zones from the [...]

MythTV – A Free and Open Source alternative to Tivo and Windows Media Center

We like to think of MythTV as the ultimate Digital Video Recorder and home media center hub. Think of it as a Free and Open Source alternative to Tivo and Windows Media Center. It started out in 2002 as a way for Isaac Richards to produce a better TV-viewing environment than his cable company’s digital [...]

Database Replication in MySQL – Step by Step Guide

Replication enables data from one MySQL database server (called the master) to be replicated to one or more MySQL database servers (slaves). Replication is asynchronous – your replication slaves do not need to be connected permanently to receive updates from the master, which means that updates can occur over long-distance connections and even temporary solutions [...]

How to configure xinetd package in fedora

 xinetd, the eXtended InterNET Daemon, is an open-source daemon which runs on many Linux and Unix systems and manages Internet-based connectivity. It offers a more secure extension to or version of inetd, the Internet daemon. xinetd performs the same function as inetd: it starts programs that provide Internet services. Instead of having such servers started [...]

How to Secure MySQL Against Attackers

When you connect to a MySQL server, you should use a password. The password is not transmitted in clear text over the connection. Password handling during the client connection sequence was upgraded in MySQL 4.1.1 to be very secure. If you are still using pre-4.1.1-style passwords, the encryption algorithm is not as strong as the [...]

How to run a PHP script on cron

Lots of programmers like PHP for its ability to code and develop web applications fast. Code-debugging is a lot easier than with PERL or C. However, there is one thing a lot of developers are puzzled about, “How to run PHP Scripts with crontab?” Cron is normally available on all Unix and Linux distributions; if [...]

What the sg driver does?

The sg driver permits user applications to send SCSI commands to devices that understand them. SCSI commands are 6, 10, 12 or 16 bytes long [1]. The SCSI disk driver (sd), once device initialization is complete, only sends SCSI READ and WRITE commands. There a several other interesting things one might want to do, for [...]

How to Configure your DNS to protect against DoS attacks and Cache Poisoning

Somewhat similarly to Open Mail Relays, Open DNSs are not a good thing in this modern world. What used to be a friendly and neighbourly action, an Open DNS, may now be – inadvertently – placing yourself and others at risk for three major reasons

What are SDHC Cards?

SDHC (Secure Digital High-Capacity) cards are flash memory cards with a minimum capacity of 4GB (gigabytes). SDHC cards provide removable memory for compatible digital devices including cameras, camcorders, PDAs, MP3 players and more