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Anti-Virus Software: History, Successes and Failures

Many types of antivirus software  are developed by different companies with various features and levels of efficiency as to protect the needs and the possible threats being faced by the PC user. These kinds of software come in upgraded versions in order to cope up with the increasing demands of PC users to fight against the stealth viruses that may invade their system.

McAfee AV The prime focuses of this antivirus software are Email and Web Security, Data Protection, Security-as-a-Service (SaaS), Mobile Security, Network Security, Risk and Compliance, System Security and Virtualization Security. It is designed...

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NTFS Security

New Technology File System includes the standard file system of Windows NT. New Technology File System possesses many improvements over High Performance File System (HPFS) and FAT (File Allocation Table) like improved metadata support, the usage of advanced information structures to improve reliability, performance, and disk space utilization. In addition, there are extensions like security ACL (access control lists) and file system journalizing. New Technology File System was made to meet numerous goals. A few of these benefits include:

  • Access Control and Security: A huge weakness of a FAT file system would be...

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Drupal is a Content  Management System

Drupal is a Content Management System that allows anyone to publish, organize, and manage a wide variety contents on websites. Thousands of people use Drupal to power their wide variety of websites. Although the web hosting provider offers tools like cPanel and scripts like Fantastico to set up your Drupal site easily, many a times an installation of Drupal is required on the local computer for the testing purpose.

The Drupal test site can be used as a sand box where all the developmental...

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Memoirs of Internet Explorer

Web browsers allow us to display and locate web pages from the World Wide Web. Web browsers such as Internet Explorer, also known as IE, have been a relatively part of our daily lives since its introduction. From the day of its birth, IE has changed the early approach in global communications. IE’s significance has been particularly obvious. IE, standing on about a decade and a half seems to be irrevocable from its position as one of the most popular web browsers.

IE on the move

Internet Explorer is the...

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DHCP

Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) is a communications protocol which allows network administrators to centrally automate, as well as manage the task of assigning IP addresses in a local network. Through the help of an Internet Protocol (IP), each computer system that is connected to the Internet must contain a unique IP address assigned to it while establishing a connection. In the absence of DHCP, the IP address must be configured manually for each computer system and each time the system connects to the Internet, a new IP address must be entered. DHCP enables a network administrator to monitor and allot IP addresses...

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Differences between DNS in AD 2003 and Ad 2008

Active Directory (AD) is the nice addition to technology and it is the most talked about thing in Windows Literature. But to get full advantage of Active Directory, it needs a directory of servers and various workstations, which are commonly known as DNS. Active Directory cannot work properly with DNS.

DNS stands for domain name system, which is mainly used to translate the domain names to IP addresses. Basically it is structured in a hierarchical order, so that the users get easy access to the source. For...

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Optimizing your PC Experience with Windows XP Tips

During the course of a PC’s lifetime, some errors sneakily accumulate and not only hamper its speed but can also shorten its lifespan. Like any vehicle, PCs need proper maintenance to prevent it from failing and to make it function efficiently.

Taking good care of your PC can significantly extend its lifetime and also optimize its utility. Here are 10 tips for Windows XP users so that you can peak the performance of your PC. These tips can be utilized even by average users as these are simple...

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What’s Opex & Capex

Opex & capex are two major terms of asset or resource management system. Opex denote the operating expenditure & capex means capital expenditure. Both helps to measure and record the cost, amount of deprecation, transfer & many other financial criteria of assets. The correct & appropriate use of identification & classification helps to reduce the cost and proper use of capital or resources.

In general cost on computer equipment is relative costs including software, desktop or laptop or both type computer, and server type computer equipment together with...

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Outlook Express vs Microsoft Outlook

Outlook Express vs Outlook Express is Microsoft’s e-mail client similar to present Windows Live Mail, comes along with Internet Explorer and compatible with almost every version of Windows. Outlook is also an e-mail client but not similar to Outlook Express. It is act as like as a personal information manager. It is powerful and not along with Internet Explorer. It is a premier messaging & collaboration client presented by Microsoft’s. It works as a stand-alone client that can be incorporated to Microsoft Office & Exchange Server.

    Outlook has versions such as 2003, & 2007, most recent 2010 and some previous version. Outlook comes along with Microsoft Office thus it is an Office...

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Applications for iPad, iPod and iPhone on Apple App Store

There are several applications available for Apple iPad in terms of entertainment and office applications. These thousands of applications are available at Apple Store and can be downloaded easily for your iPad and other Apple products. Applications are added daily and old applications are updated with their latest available versions. Applications on App store are easy to find for they are categorized in the following: social networking, games, lifestyle, education, music, and many more. These applications are also easy to use especially on the iPad because the device has...

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