It probably comes as no surprise, but it seems most people ignore routine computer maintenance and only think about it when disaster strikes. A survey done of Staples “EasyTechs,” indicated that more than 80 percent of the chain’s customers don’t bother with routine maintenance and most of the problems they call in the techs for could have been prevented. Do you perform any maintenance on you PC?
The problems the techs found included the personal record number of viruses cited above as well as some much, much ickier ones:

Enough …

Mozilla Firefox 3.5 Final is now officially available for download. Other then being the Fastest Firefox Ever, new features include a Private Browsing Mode to hide browser activity, a JavaScript engine known as TraceMonkey, new location services, Open Video, and HTML5 support.
Firefox hands down, best overall browser for everyday use.  I have found that Google’s Chrome is still faster than Firefox 3.5, however Chrome has a whole host of other issues.  Reviewing thier download stats at:
http://downloadstats.mozilla.com/
Show’s millions of downloads so I think the word is out.  Everything works great.  The …

WHAT IS GOOGLE WEB DRIVE? Mac users at MacRumors forums noticed that Google’s recently released Picasa for Mac offers the option to move image collection to Google Web Drive. The company remains silent on the finding while most view this as an indication of imminent launch of the so-called “Gdrive service.”
Gdrive is basically a cloud-based storage that should have two faces: A desktop client that keeps local and online files and folders in two-directional sync via a web interface for accessing your desktop files anywhere and anytime, using any …

Lucky for those seeking to find a great solution to the news delivery, Yahoo BOSS engineer Vik Singh has developed TweetNews. TweetNews combines the results from Yahoo news and compares it with the topics which are hitting Twitter. The service then organizes the Yahoo News based upon what has popularity among individuals using Twitter. This will deliver a search engine that tracks breaking news using Twitter search results. Which will give individuals using Twitter exposure to more detailed information regarding breaking news Tweets.
It is interesting that we are now trying …

It’s been a while since I have used thsi blog to post anyting.  Well that’s about to change.  Start looking for big changes coming and a lot of new content.

As a database programmer and administrator I am always challenged when it comes to building applications. I am not a front end guy and the only dynamic web language I know is ASP, no not ASP.NET, but good old ASP. Since ASP is not used in my company it is not a very good skill set.
Oracle Application Express might just be the answer I have been looking for. I am in the processes of installing it on a test box and I will post more when I get the thing …

Wordpress (the software that runs this site) has been upgraded to the latest version. Let me know if you see any issues.

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I have not posted in quite some time on this blog.  Check back often as I plan on updating this blog frequently.

Some techs seem to get by with just a multitool and a smile, but the rest of us need something more substantial. Here are 10 essential items to carry with you whenever you make a desktop call.When a trip to an end user’s machine is necessary, there’s no time for fumbling for the right tool. But many times, you arrive at the user’s desk and find yourself unprepared to fix the problem.
In an ideal world, you’d have everything needed at your fingertips–a sort of ultimate toolkit. In the real world, …

If you are looking to fight spam coming through your emails system, I recommend Barracuda Networks.  We have been using the Barracuda 600 for about a year and recently went with a Barracuda 400 for some additional domains.  Both of these units have worked well for us and we have been happy with their performance.  The Barracuda 600 has been out performing our previous set up which was a farm of Spamassassin servers.  Go with Barracuda, they are a little pricy, but you get what you pay for.