The .NET framework created by Microsoft is a software development platform that focuses on rapid application development, platform independence and network transparency. .NET is Microsoft's strategic initiative for server and desktop development for the next decade. According to Microsoft, .NET includes many technologies that are designed to facilitate rapid development of Internet and Intranet applications. .NET-connected solutions aim to enable businesses integrate their systems more rapidly and in a more agile manner and help them realize the promise of information anytime, anywhere, on any device. Programs written for the .NET Read More

Zyxel is a manufacturer of firewalls, switches, routers, and other devices that are used in wireless networking. Specifically, Zyxel routers can be found in both residential and commercial environments, causing it to be the most popular device that Zyxel sells. Zyxel routers are often equipped with dual antennas, WPA encryption, and up to four Ethernet ports. Zyxel Default Password Like other routers, Zyxel devices include a control panel that allows users to change device settings, setup wireless security, and configure the router to work with other devices. The Zyxel control Read More

Microsoft NetMeeting was a VoIP (Voice-Over-Internet-Protocol) instant messaging software that was included in the Windows Operating System before Windows Vista was released. Microsoft NetMeeting allowed users to do virtually everything that modern instant messaging software is capable of, including group conversations, file transfers, audio calls, and video calls. However, other instant messaging programs began to offer more functionality and higher quality than NetMeeting and Windows Messenger and Windows Live Messenger eventually replaced it.   Windows Live Messenger Windows Live Messenger, another Microsoft product, was the official replacement to NetMeeting and Read More

A robot is a mechanical or virtual artificial agent that software, hardware, or firmware programming controls/guides. Most robots today are programmed to complete tasks on their own or via human direction. No longer a product of science fiction, there are a number of industries today that use of various types of robots. These include the medical, military, transportation, manufacturing, and space exploration fields. What Are Robots Used for Today? Robots are used for a variety of purposes in today’s society. Industrial robots have played critical roles in manufacturing plants since Read More

On October 23, 2003, Mark Zuckerberg invented Facemash which would lead to Facebook the following year. On the 23rd of October, Zuckerberg got dumped by a girl and he was upset. To get his mind off of it, he decided that he would create a web site where people could decide which was hotter: a farm animal or a person. While the farm animals never got onto the site, he did create a site that compared photos of two people. To get the photos, Zuckerberg hacked into Harvard’s computer network Read More

A kindle is a portable electronic device that Amazon developed. It allows users to store and access e-books from anywhere. Kindles are capable of storing thousands of books at once and include functions that aid the user to organize his/her e-books as well as search through them for specific content. Though Kindles are still relatively expensive, their price has decreased significantly since their introduction to the market in 2007. Amazon Kindle Bookstore Amazon provides the most popular source of e-books for the Amazon Kindle in a market known as the Read More

“Physical access to a computer or router usually gives a sophisticated user complete control over the device. Software security measures can often be circumvented when access to the hardware is not controlled.” — Cisco Systems, Inc. Recovering the passwords for most Cisco devices via the console port is very simple. However, Cisco has purchased so many other manufacturers and put the Cisco label on their devices that the procedures for password recovery vary greatly from one Cisco device to another. In addition, the Cisco password recovery procedures have also changed Read More

Adware is a close relative of spyware. Adware is software that is installed on your computer to show you advertisements. Adware can slow your PC by using RAM and CPU cycles. Adware can also slow your Internet connection by using bandwidth to retrieve advertisements. In addition, adware can increase the instability of your system because many adware applications are not programmed well. In addition, adware can annoy you and waste huge amounts of your time by popping unwanted ads onto your screen, which require you to close them before you Read More

This method works on sorted lists by progressively making better guesses to find the location of a search key. Illustration Consider the following array: 3 10 15 20 35 40 60 Suppose we want to search the element "15" We take beg = 0, end = 6 and compute the location of the middle element as We then compare the search key with mid i.e. a[mid]=a[3] is not equal to 15. Since beg<end, we start the next iteration. As a[mid]=20>15, therefore, we take end = mid-1 = 3-1 = 2 Read More

Email spoofing occurs when an email is sent from one person or program that makes it appear as though it is legitimately from another. For example, user1@youremail.com creates an email, but when it is sent the “From” field has another person/organization’s email address such as fake@somecompany.com. When the person who receives the email clicks the “reply” button their email client will queue a response to the fake email address. Although email spoofing has been around for a long time, spammers commonly use it in phishing attacks to trick users into Read More