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What if Xbox LIVE Cost $100?
Analyst suggests Microsoft’s premium annually-priced Xbox 360 LIVE service could double in the next few years. More: continued here
BOOKS ON SCIENCE | John Markoff: Rethinking What Leads the Way: Science, or New Technology?
An economist says science and technology move forward together in a kind of co-evolution, and science does not lead. More: continued here
What is identity theft?
See a basic definition of identity theft and links to in-depth information about how to recognize and prevent it. More: continued here
What is a botnet?
Basic definition of botnets, and links to how to recognize and avoid computer infection. Keep your computer from becoming a zombie by installing a firewall, keeping your antivirus, antispyware, and software up-to-date More: continued here
What Ballmer’s Salary Says About Microsoft’s Fortunes
An Associated Press story drifting around the Intertubes today suggests that Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer’s personal earnings from the company fell around 6 percent in fiscal 2009. Even with that dip, the article estimated his total pay package at somewhere in the neighborhood of $1.28 million, so if nothing else Ballmer can cry himself to [...]
What is spam?
Basic definition of spam and how to prevent it, recognize identity theft spams, and avoid phishing. More: continued here
What are Internet filters?
Basic definition of internet filters, and links to where to download Microsoft filtering services and programs. More: continued here
What is the use of .htaccess file
.htaccess files (or “distributed configuration files”) provide a way to make configuration changes on a per-directory basis. A file, containing one or more configuration directives, is placed in a particular document directory, and the directives apply to that directory, and all subdirectories thereof. Note: If you want to call your .htaccess file something else, you [...]
How to Increase Google PageRank
Google PageRank (PR) is a measure from 0 -10 of how important Google thinks a webpage is. In Google’s eyes a web page with a PageRank of 10/10 is very important and a web page with a PageRank of 0/10 is not very important. If you have the Google toolbar installed on your browser then it will [...]
How to access your server via SSH
If you are unfamiliar with SSH this is ok. This is a simple explanation to get you to a command prompt on your new server or existing server. Simply download a program called “putty.exe” if you are using Windows. If you are using MAC you will need to jump in to the shell and follow [...]
Unix time will equal 1234567890
Its 1234567890 Day today! On Friday, February 13 at exactly 3:31:30 PM (PST) Unix time will equal 1234567890. The world is celebrating the milestone with global 1234567890 parties today. So what is Unix time? Unix time, or POSIX time, is a system for describing points in time, defined as the number of seconds elapsed since midnight Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) of January [...]
How to Monitor MySQL’s performance
Here are some ideas, how you can monitor the database performance of your MySQL installation. Monitoring is always an iterative and continuous process. You need to learn what patterns are OK for your database and what are the signs of slight problems or even dangerous situations. Below are the main items you can use to [...]
How to configure Ports and Protocols in IPtables
This allows full access through our firewall to certain trusted sources (host PCs). Now we’ll look at how we can filter against protocols and ports to further refine what incoming packets we allow and what we block. Before we can begin, we need to know what protocol and port number a given service uses. For [...]