LAN(s) or Local Area Networks are the small-sized sets of connections to which various users of home and office computers primarily connect. LAN networks facilitate the sharing of printers, drives and files at the same time regulating interchange to and from the internet. Despite the fact that “Wi-Fi” connections are […]
9 Questions to Ask When Updating Your Website
Most service professionals consider a web site as a necessary part of doing business these days. A 3-7 page brochure type web site provides straight forward information to potential clients looking for information. A brochure type site usually includes pages such as “Services”, “About”, and “Media Room” in addition to […]
Free Virus Scan Online – Scanning Your Computer For Threats When the Antivirus Failed
There are times when you cannot use your antivirus because the virus or whatever the threat has disabled it. How do you scan your computer if this is the case? You cannot use your protection software and therefore, you cannot remove the threats. Luckily, most of the antivirus companies have […]
8 Critical Steps to Establish a Customer Service Culture
“Every company’s greatest assets are its customers, because without customers there is no company,”–Erwin Frand During our recent weakened economy, many businesses have seen declining revenues and declining budgets. Declining budgets often lead to reduced staff levels and diminished services. To me, this does not make sense. I believe that […]
Google Panda, in a Nutshell
Google Panda, launched in February 2011, is a relatively new development by the company to improve search results ranking algorithm. It is named after the engineer, Navneet Panda. Its aim is to show higher-quality websites on top of search results and keep ‘thin sites’ or low-quality websites on lower ranking. […]
Laptop Overheating Issues – How to Cool Down a Hot Laptop
“Laptop” – The very nature of the word indicates a product that is portable and can be used on your lap. While this is true for the most part, we all know that laptops can only be used for a limited time on our laps simply because of overheating and […]
Future Job: Ethical Technology Advocate
Ethical Technology Advocates are going to be mankind ‘s go betweens with a wave of robots and artificial intelligence programs which will be helping to operate our complex and connected community by 2025. Certainly one of their crucial tasks is to negotiate the delicate relationship of ours with the robots […]
T Is for Technology in Triathlon Training
The original triathletes were amazing. Dave Scott and Mark Allen accomplished amazing feats in triathlon long before technology took over the sport. They didn’t have metrics like we have today and they certainly didn’t have all of the information gathering abilities we have. Yet, they set records and competed valiantly. […]
Manually Updating a Local WordPress Installation Using Windows XP
Introduction Just recently, I updated WordPress from 2.8 to 3.0. Most tutorials including WordPress’s Codex, tell you how to update for a live blog, which is stored at your web host’s server. I could not find any information regarding manually updating an installation on a local computer (such as a […]
3 Companies With Huge IT Departments
Information technology is a necessity in today’s market place, and not only large companies benefit from using an IT department, but smaller businesses often do as well. Anytime computers and networking is used, there is going to be a need for personnel that is capable of managing all the information […]