An iPad is a tablet PC that Apple produced, which bundles the features of other Apple products such as the iPod Touch, Macbook, and iPhone. The iPad is capable of connecting to the Internet via several different methods, accessing applications from the Apple App Store and other sources, and even connecting to other devices. The iPad is based on touch screen technology, is extremely portable, and provides more processing capabilities than either a Macbook or iPhone.   What is Flash? Adobe Flash (Flash) is an Adobe product that allows users Read More

15 80070057 is an error message that will appear when your system is having difficulty playing movies. This error can occur for quite a few reasons and there are therefore several known fixes for it. Use Windows Update to upgrade to the lastest patches from Microsoft Upgrade to the latest version of Windows Media Player Upgrade to the latest release of DirectX Run DXDIAG to lower the settings for sound acceleration on your system

Over the past decade, children have been getting online at a much younger age. In many cases some kids are using tablet computers to access the Internet at ages as young as two years old. Many school systems have followed suit and are providing electronic versions of textbooks in place of traditional books for students to use further encouraging children to increase the amount of time spent on the computer. Unfortunately, for all of the good that can come out of the Internet and other electronic media, the number of Read More

Understanding Outlook 2003 Security Enhancements Outlook 2003 includes enhanced secured messaging through: S/MIME version 3 support Smart card support Digital signatures Email encryption. With Outlook 2003, support for S/MIME version 3 provides a number of security features: The public key of the sender can be used to encrypt email messages. The private key of the recipient is needed to open and decrypt the email message. The Active Directory Group Policy feature can be used to implement S/MIME within an organization. The X.509v3 standard, which requires third-party encryption keys, is also Read More

LAN Segmentation Overview Network segmentation is the terminology used to describe the process of dividing single Ethernet segments into multiple segments. Network segmentation has the following main advantages: Network performance of the LAN is improved. Network congestion issues can be resolved. Available bandwidth is maximized. A few technologies which you can use to perform network segmentation are listed here: The network can be physically segmented with bridges and routers. This type of segmentation directly decreases the number of workstations on the same physical segment. You can use a network switching Read More

A Wii, which is a Nintendo production, is a game console that allows users to play video games with a wireless remote that an accelerometer enables. A Wii is capable of detecting changes in motion and includes a wide variety of games that are specifically designed to work in conjunction with the user’s movements. For example, Wii includes an entire sports games category that includes games such as tennis, boxing, and golf. Recently, Wii has also started including a variety of war games that allow users to use a wireless Read More

An ultrasonic fogger is a device that uses ultrasonic sound waves to break water into millions of individual water droplets that are then sprayed into the air as a thick fog. Ultrasonic foggers are most often used for Halloween decorations as a dry ice replacement. The fog that an ultrasonic fogger produces is not created through a boiling process and does not involve heat of any kind. Because of this, the fog is cold and slightly wet but poses no threat to the user. How does an Ultrasonic Fogger Work? Read More

SaaS (Software as a Service) is an application hosted on a remote server and accessed through the Internet. Simple examples of SaaS are the “free” email (also called web-based email) systems offered on the Internet such as Microsoft Hotmail, G-mail, and Yahoo Mail. Each program meets the basic criteria of an SaaS application: a vendor (Microsoft, Google, or Yahoo) hosts all of the programs, logic, and data in a central location and gives users access to this data and software via the worldwide web. This “simple” application architecture can be Read More

The ability to zip a file allows for a file that might be large in size to be shrunk down into a size that saves close to 80% of the space that it would have used without being zipped. When it is this size, sending the file over email becomes considerably easier because it fits within the size parameters. Finally, a level of security can be added–encryption to be exact–to the zipped file so that people cannot access it unless you want them to. Creating a Zip File on Windows Read More

The following are default usernames and passwords for many systems: AS/400 qsecofr qsecofr /* master security officer */ qsysopr qsysopr /* system operator */ qpgmr also qpgmr /* default programmer */ ibm password ibm 2222 ibm service qsecofr 1111111 qsecofr 2222222 qserv qserv qsvr qsvr secofr secofr qsrv ibmce1 DECserver ACCESS SYSTEM Dynix (The library software, not the UnixOS) setup <no password> library <no password> circ <Social Security Number> (Type ‘later’ to exit to the login prompt)   Hewlett Packard MPE-XL HELLO MANAGER.SYS HELLO MGR.SYS HELLO FIELD.SUPPORT HPUNSUP or SUPPORT Read More