Check this out

http://sbinfotech.weebly.com

Weebly is a site that helps you easily design a free website/blog/store in minutes. Simple click and drag features enable even the least able person to create a website in minutes. Check it out.

Windows Steady State

I came across Windows Steady State in my search for a free alternative for Faronic’s Deep Freeze. Though it is not quite as effective as deep freeze, it covers the basic task of keeping users from making changes to your computer’s setup. It does this by creating an compressed image of the hard drive and reverting back to it when it is in, for lack of a better term, the frozen state.

Here, ‘frozen’ means exactly what it sounds like – nothing changes. Ok, so that’s not exactly right. While in the frozen state, the computer allows the user to do anything he or she wants, but when it is restarted it reverts the computer and all of its settings back to the image it created when the program was installed (or the last time it was ‘thawed’ whichever is more recent).

The hardest part to this program is setting it up. Where Deep Freeze is a fairly quick and simple setup, Steady State takes 20+ minutes to setup and requires the user to check lots of boxes. Steady state runs on Windows XP & Vista, where Deep Freeze has versions out for other past Windows operating systems as well as for Mac computers.

Though Steady State is not for the average user, it does provide a fairly simple FREE way to keep users (especially useful for children) from messing up your computer. The only drawback to these programs is you have to make sure to save anything you want (unless you specify in the setup) to an external source or a separate partition on your computer.

If you have any questions reguarding this post or either of the programs mentioned, email technologysolutions4@gmail.com.

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Internet shortcuts you never knew

On modern browsers, such as IE7 and Firefox, hitting Ctrl + Enter will automatically fill in the www. and the .com part of the URL. I bet every is familiar with that but do you know this.

• Shift + Enter – Auto-complete *.net address
• Ctrl + Shift + Enter – Auto-complete *.org address

If you add Alt to any of those key combinations, it will auto-complete and open the new address in a new tab as well. Alt+Ctrl+Enter will auto-complete a *.com address in a new tab, for instance.

Well try it now!

Source: http://thetechies.wordpress.com

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iTunes Multiple Libraries 1.0

This is a program I wrote to solve a common problem: multiple iTunes users on a single computer. It is a compilation of iTunes & Libra.
All it really does is opens Libra, allowing the user to select an iTunes library, then opens iTunes.
Full credit is given to the authors of the software contained in this program. All I did was simplify the process of using the two.

If you download this software, please leave a comment about it it feedback or suggestions below.

Download iTunes Multiple Libraries 1.0

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DTV Transition Delayed

The Senate unanimously voted to delay the DTV Transition from February 17, 2009 to June12,2009 due to the number of people who are still not ready for the transition. The converter box coupon program has run out of money to issue $40 coupons with and is now only issuing coupons as older, unused coupons expire freeing up more money. There are currently 2.6 million coupon requests on a waiting list for the $40 coupons, issued by the federal government.

“Gene Kimmelman, vice president for federal policy at Consumers Union, argues that millions of Americans, particularly low-income and elderly viewers, will pay the price because “the government has failed to deliver the converter boxes these people deserve just to keep watching free, over-the-air broadcast signals.”

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Download Music from iPod touch

Older ways of downloading music off of iPods doesn’t work with the new iPod touch or iPhone, but a free (free to use) program that makes copying music from your iPod is now available: Music Rescue

Here is a great video on how to use this program:

30 Days until the DTV Transition

…are you ready for the switch?

DTV Questions | How to Install Converter Boxes | Order Converter Box Coupons | DTVtransition.org

Installation Diagram (PDF)

Circuit City Closing

Circuit City announced January 16th, 2009 that they will be closing all stores nationwide to avoid bankruptcy. Inventory at all of the stores will be marked down to liquidation prices starting Saturday, January 17th, 2009 and each store will close as soon as all inventory is sold. Stores in Canada will not be affected by the liquidation and will continue business as normal.

“The process was extremely difficult and we were left with no other choice but to liquidate.  Circuit City had a proud heritage of serving the public for 60 years and we deeply regret the impact this decision will have on our associates, our customers and the communities where we have operated stores and other facilities.
We had hoped to be able to emerge from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection as a stronger, more competitive company and we made significant progress during the reorganization to improve our business.  Unfortunately, the economic climate is so poor that we have no choice other than liquidation.”

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ISR News: Terrorists Aim for Online 9/11

NEW YORK – Cyber attacks pose the greatest threat to the United States after nuclear war and weapons of mass destruction — and they are increasingly hard to prevent, FBI experts said Tuesday.

Shawn Henry, assistant director of the FBI’s cyber division, told a conference in New York that computer attacks pose the biggest risk “from a national security perspective, other than a weapon of mass destruction or a bomb in one of our major cities.”

“Other than a nuclear device or some other type of destructive weapon, the threat to our infrastructure, the threat to our intelligence, the threat to our computer network is the most critical threat we face,” he added.

US experts warn of “cybergeddon,” in which an advanced economy — where almost everything of importance is linked to or controlled by computers — falls prey to hackers, with catastrophic results.

Michael Balboni, deputy secretary for public safety in New York state, described “a huge threat out there” against everything from banking institutions to municipal water systems and dams.

Henry said terrorist groups aim for an online 9/11, “inflicting the same kind of damage on our country, on all our countries, on all our networks, as they did in 2001 by flying planes into buildings.”

Source: http://information-security-resources.com

EasyCounter

EasyCounter is a very simple to use piece of code (HTML) that you simply post on the bottom of your web page (or the SIDE of your blog) and it shows the amount of views your page has had. When you log in to your account at easycounter.com, you gain access to stats about the users who view your site. Stats include: OS, Browser and Country. Also included is a yearly, monthly and past month stats. These are updated immediately after someone views your page.

easycounter.com

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