Recently, I’ve been consulting with a client on network improvements. Following is an email correspondence sent to them in preface to some upgrades – such as migrating to a Novell SUSE Linux network. ============From Email============ As a reminder, security is relative. You have to weigh the cost vs usability vs convenience. If security practices are too complicated, end users will …

I have a client (and friend) who purchased a mobile phone running Windows Mobile. His problem was keeping his phone synced to his Google Calendar, which he runs through Google AFYD. Fortunately, Google released a sync tool called Google Calendar Sync. Running Google Calendar Sync allows Glenn to keep his phone, pc, and online Calendar together. I also did the …

==============From email==============from XOXO to Rex Moncrief date Mon, Oct 6, 2008 at 7:25 AMsubject Is this worth having?mailed-by gmail.comsigned-by gmail.com Is this worth having?http://www.komando.com/downloads/category.aspx?id=5536 ===========My Response=========== Mark Russinovich arguably knows more about the Windows OS than Microsoft does. He has produced some great apps, which is one of the reasons MS finally bought his company. There are only a small …

Well it appears that Google is trying to drastically change the way we use wireless phone networks. As opposed to the carrier lock-in we all face now, Google’s vision is an open network where devices or phones connect to any open available network. Their vision is very similar to how we connect to the internet now. Any computer can connect …

Recently, I’ve been purchasing a lot of things from my local Office Depot. The staff there are friendly and courteous, and their prices are pretty competitive. Plus it’s close to my home/office. Of course, I also love to price/review shop on the Internet prior to making purchases. Upon landing on the home page, they had a nice chair advertised on …

I’ve been working recently with a client on a web project (sales of digital art). As is typical of most of my projects, my expertise in other areas gets tapped – not just web development. After all I am an IT consultant. This client needed an inexpensive VoiP telephone solution for the online small business. She wants customers to be …

Earlier this year, I had the privilege of teaching a basic computer course to 2 classes at a local career training place. The first class was really great as I had a group of students who wanted to learn skills to better themselves and their career choices. The only downside was that the IT guy for the company had unfortunately …

Recently, I had to work on a Dell Dimension desktop. Unfortunately for my customer, the hard drive had the “click of death” even though I tried everything, including tapping the drive with a hammer to free the spindle. Luckily, there was no important data so I simply replaced the drive. I kept noticing something odd that I had first attributed …

For over a year now, I’ve been using Verizon’s Broadband Access which uses the EV-DO technology. It’s been pretty fast, and overall I’m a big fan of the service. It provides me a backup internet access if my cable connection goes down, plus with my business I need a constant connection. Yesterday, I attempted to connect while at a customer’s …

From email:————————-is it possible for use to put a password on our wireless hubs to block out some local hacker that is exceeding our bandwidth?————————- We’ve discussed this before – the issue is NOT a local hacker accessing the wifi. The problem is HughesNet gouging and screwing over their customers. While I’m a definitely an advocate of encrypting WiFi with …