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“When a computer first boots, it starts up the BIOS (Basic Input-Output System), a sort of rudimentary operating system designed to work (hopefully) without user intervention. Its purpose is to find and activate the bare minimum hardware needed to allow the discovery and activation of an operating system that is actually designed to interact with […]

Here’s the latest Google Maps mash-up: gCensus, and a bit about the guy who created it.
Why Did You Create This?
I recently completed my Masters of Science in Computer Science at The University of Mississippi. One of the classes I took during my last semester was a course concerned with processing large quantities of data. Specifically, […]

“06 Apr 2005 | WhatIs.com
They may seem like no-brainers to you, but some of your IT tricks and workarounds look magical to your peers. We’ve collected our favorite IT cheat sheets on topics ranging from AS/400 to HTML and Outlook so that everyone can look like a whiz. If you have a favorite (original please) […]

“About This Website
This website is about Linux, a version of Unix that runs on ordinary personal computers. It’s for people who want to learn the basics of using Linux (and thereby Unix) without getting bogged down in too much detail or technobabble.
To be sure, there are a lot of Linux websites, but you’ll find this […]

Via URLwire:
Consumers Union, publisher of Consumer Reports
magazine, has launched a public education campaign and
free Web site that will help consumers
save money on medicines. The reports compare a variety of
prescription drugs on price, effectiveness and safety to
help consumers and their doctors identify the most
effective and affordable medicines.
Prescription drugs can be expensive, even if you have
insurance […]

Picture a classroom of students, led by an enthusiastic
teacher, actively exploring how bird beak structures affect diets or
replicating Galileo’s gravity experiments, assisted by video clips
from award-winning science documentaries and interactive online
activities.
Teachers’ Domain Professional Development, a series of online courses for K-12
educators, provides teachers with exciting multimedia resources for
their classrooms, enhances their knowledge of science concepts, […]

You’re surfing a new site you just heard about (or you’ve opened an email) when you receive a pop-up saying “Your computer may be infected with spyware”. Not thinking, you click the “Scan Now” buttion. You start getting deluged with popups trying to goad you into buying a “cleaner” to get rid of all the […]

“Introduction:
This article reflects countless hours of experience removing spyware, trojans and viruses. If you can take the time to do all of these steps, there’s a good chance your problem will be solved by following this article. While all of these steps are not required for each case, they should be beneficial to all. In […]

“CoolWebSearch is a particularly malevolent form of ad-ware. It’s characterized by the presence of a stubborn BHO (Browser Helper Object).
The BHO it installs changes your Internet Explorer home page and breeds innumerable popup ads. (BHO’s are found at location 19.)
If you use Silent Runners, you’ll notice a BHO with a strange file name […]

“These examples are from my class on Protecting Your Computer. On the theory that a picture is worth a thousand words, the following are some examples of “bad” email messages. It’s a dangerous email world on the Internet.
Topics below:
Virus Cat and Mouse
Phishing
Classic Scam
Spam […]

“When I first started providing support for users of Internet Explorer and Outlook Express back in 1999 I spent all of my time helping with system crashes caused by video drivers and other instabilities inherent to Windows and Internet Explorer/Outlook Express. Thankfully, Windows (and IE and OE) are far more stable than 5 years […]

“Why the Archive is Building an ‘Internet Library’
Libraries exist to preserve society’s cultural artifacts and to provide access to them. If libraries are to continue to foster education and scholarship in this era of digital technology, it’s essential for them to extend those functions into the digital world.
Many early movies were recycled to recover the […]

Free registration is required to read the article. “If there’s one hallmark of working in an SMB, it’s that full-time IT focus is more of a luxury than a typical practice. Often those tasked with taking care of systems must learn while doing the very tasks they need to know about. Such folks tend […]

“Contrary to what you may have heard from the RIAA, burning a CD-R or CD-RW is not restricted to music pirates. In many business situations, the burned CD is the best way to distribute information to a target audience. For communications involving PowerPoint presentations, HTML, PDF forms, Flash animations, or a number of other applications, […]

You are supposed to have purchased an eMachines computer to take these courses - but I registered successfully without providing any proof that I own one (just for the record - I just bought one of their new laptops). There are courses on choosing a computer, 64 bit computing, and Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. […]

“Choking on the alphabet soup of industry acronyms? Or, maybe you just need to know more about a particular term? Use this glossary section to understand the latest industry lingo. If you are puzzled by a term not seen here, please drop us an email at editor@searchSmallBizIT.com, and we’ll add the definition to our list.”

“What’s that saying about shutting a door and opening a window? On enterprise desktops, many people are shutting their Windows and opening their doors to a penguin — Tux. Find out how to invite the penguin to your desk in this handy learning guide.” This is a collection of articles on Linux that SearchEnterpriseLinux.com […]

“Firewalls are one of the most basic security measures that you must have in place to protect your systems. We’ve gathered some of the most frequently asked questions regarding firewalls here and invited our expert, David M. Davis, to answer them and provide some additional resources. The FAQ list will be constantly evolving, so […]

“This article contains a list of possible error codes that may be returned by the Microsoft mail clients listed at the beginning of this article. The following list of error codes may be returned when a failure occurs sending and receiving mail.” Nice work on that! Outlook Express 6 has been out for […]

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