Unmanned Aerial Vehicles are rapidly making human fighter pilots obsolete. Might be better to use a UAV and to that have it flown by a 16-year old video game player, which will in turn be used to program the next generation of Artificial Intelligent robotic tactical UAVs. How can this be happening s...

It`s wise to remember how easily email -- this wonderful technology -- can be misused and misdirected, sometimes unintentionally, with serious consequences. Unless you are using encryption, the privacy of your message cannot be guaranteed nor the authenticity of your correspondent. Consider the case...

Cell phones run on various kinds of batteries depending on the manufacturer, phone size or shape and features. There are basically four types of cell phone batteries: Lithium Polymer, Lithium Ion, Nickel Metal Hydride and Nickel Cadmium. Lithium Polymer is the most recent type and applies the latest...

Should one use Windows Update? This topic has good and valid arguments on both sides. Some would say keeping your windows up to date is essential in keeping it free of the newest, worst viruses and the like. Others would say that updating your windows is overemphasized, unneeded and a waste of time....

You probably don?t even think about it but do you know that your cell phone battery is the most important part of your wireless phone. Without the cellular phone battery, the cell phone does not work. We have put together a list care and information tips for our cell phone clients. Cellular Batter...

The war in Spam is over seas and the insurgents are coming from outside our borders. The Federal Trade Commission says it is impotent in reducing Viagra Ads in your inbox and in the War in Spam, because it has no jurisdiction there. The information highway is littered with roadside bombs and the wea...

As you study for your CCNA and CCNP exams, particularly if you`re getting hands-on practice in your home lab or rack rental service, you`re going to be sending a lot of pings. As a CCNA or CCNP candidate, you know that five exclamation points (!!!!!) as a ping return indicates that you have IP con...

?Like the tan? I got tons of sun on that Caribbean cruise. First class tickets to Florida and back! Nope, not an airline upgrade. 5-star service all the way, baby! Hotels, restaurants, theme parks?you name it! Look?I took pics with my new cell phone! Hey, let me know when you?re free to take a spin...

Just imagine: you are walking, say, towards your car, and all of a sudden somebody comes up to you and begins? polishing your shoes. Or even better example--a guy you`ve never met before opens the hood of your car, says the engine is broken and tries to persuade you to add some gadget your car despe...

Recently the Department of Justice?s Federal Trade Commission?s Consumer Portection Division has put forth a bogus report to Congress on their role in the CAN SPAM Act and stated in writing that SPAM has been reduced? Man in the online E-Commerce Industry believe this to be a complete fabrication, m...

Refurbished laptop computers are a bargain compared to new laptops since they allow buyers to save up to 60% off the retail price and still get the same quality. Refurbished laptop computers are generally used with the manufacturers original standards. Mobile computing has been made a lot easier a...

Broadband or Internet phones function like real phones but convert voice into digital signals that are then conveyed over the Internet. The technology used is termed as, VoIP, Voice over Internet Protocol. Less expensive than regular phone services broadband phone services offer caller ID, call wait...

There?s been a big push in the consumer electronics industry lately. It?s been the movement towards satellite radio, but one of the biggest questions being asked is how does this technology work? How do you get all of these fantastic stations tuned into one satellite radio receiver? There?s a lot mo...

The intentions of this short tutorial are not to teach you how to use Open Office, but rather to show you a quick and dirty way to create presentations and tutorials that can be exported as a Macromedai Flash file. What is Open Office? It is a free, open source, cross platform office suite that has ...

Remote access: The ability to log onto a network from a distant location. Generally, this implies a computer, a modem, and some remote access software to connect to the network. We live in and increasingly mobile society. We travel more for work, personal pleasure and in some cases we even have jobs...

A Lot of people tend to just go cheap when buying a printer, but in the long run it can end up costing you more. Even though Ink jet printers might be inexpensive up front the cost of replacement ink can drive up the overall cost over the time of ownership. You know what I am talking about, some t...

It is vital that companies have efficient management. While it is common for companies to hire from within, meaning that they promote current employees to executive positions, it is not always possible. There are times when companies must search outside their own ranks in order to find the most qua...

There is nothing wrong with taking less than adequate measures to prevent a bigger damage to anything you treasure if you have financial or other constraints, as long as this is done temporarily over a short time. Similar reasoning applies when it comes to computer security threats. Unfortunately s...

· MAC (Mandatory Access Control)
· DAC (Discretionary Access Control)
· RBAC (Role Based Access Control) To understand MAC, DAC and RBAC you must first understand Access Control. Access Control is the control of user and process control access to network and operating system resources. For...

Can an onboard Thermal Recognition System assist UAVs Unmanned Aerial Vehicles with extended range and flight times? Can such a system save fuel and assist in the operational mission requirements? Who would use such a system? Would the use of such technology and additional sensors significantly incr...

Help desk support software is a must-have for any new or existing online business. Even if the majority of your business is off-line, many people prefer online product and service support. Customers want their questions answered quickly and personnel need a way to effectively manage their work. Help...

The reason for the apparently absurd question in the title is the remarkable research conducted at the University of Sheffield by neurology professor the late Dr. John Lorber. When Sheffield?s campus doctor was treating one of the mathematics students for a minor ailment, he noticed that the student...

Former Great Plains Software Dynamics/eEnterprise and currently Microsoft Business Solutions Great Plains serves midsize and corporate clients as ERP system in the following countries and regions: USA, Canada, Mexico and Latin America, Brazil (where MBS actually promotes Navision and has GP for mult...

Introduction and Brief History of Satellites A satellite is any object that orbits another object (which is known as its primary). All masses that are part of the solar system, including the Earth, are satellites either of the Sun, or satellites of those objects, such as the Moon. It is not always a...

FileSystem is a class which will enable you to quickly, easily and efficiently get the content of a given directory. A file system class is an essential part of any code library. Every application does some sort of file interaction, and if you create a nice class to handle interaction between your a...

Expansion Cards Part 2: AGP The first in this series of Tech Tips on expansion cards took a look at the PCI slot, and the variety of devices that may find their home in one. Graphics cards are one of the many items that may be used in a PCI slot, but the demands of fast-paced video games require mor...

I got a virus the other day, Thursday I believe and since then I have been making FRANTIC efforts to save all my info. The most important thing for me to save are my Outlook Express emails and my Roboform passwords. That way I can at least access all the places I need, to download and re-install all...

It is not rocket science, we all know that we should have a disaster recovery plan in place for our business regardless of its size. When disaster strikes, it seldom discriminates on the size of the company. Every business is vulnerable. Whether the disaster is a hurricane, tornado or the latest ...

The term software is generally used for computer software that is an essential part of the computer system. It stores and process all encoded information or computer instructions on PC. Computer software has very vast scope in computer world. According to computer science and software engineering co...

With the Internet entering our lives in such an explosive manner, it was inevitable that Internet security issues would follow as well. While credit card frauds are an offline security problem that has been carried over to the Internet as well, spamming and phishing are uniquely Internet security ha...

Shareware has been fighting the stigma of being misunderstood for decades. While corporate software giants can no longer ignore the marketing potential of a trial version, small software startups are struggling with new listings and bandwidth costs. Businesses and individual consumers need to take a...

I was on a tech support call with a client in Australia for over forty-five minutes. Guess how much that cost me. If I told you less than a dollar, would you believe it? Well it is true indeed. I called my friend in England just the other day. We talked for about half an hour and it didn`t cost eith...

Robots are quickly replacing manufacturing workers in modern factories. They do not go on strike, call in sick or sue for breaking fingernails. No Unions to deal with, no negotiation and all of these things mean greater profits for the company and quicker return on investment in capital outlays and ...