OK, so Firefox can be a bit slow on page loads. But the benefits (especially in terms of security) far outweigh the extra lag. But, for those of you with broadband connections looking to speed up Firefox there is a simple configuration solution. If your only using a dialup connection, you can probably still get a bit of improvement, but I would suggest using a number like 8 instead under 'maxrequests' so you don't choke your connection.




That's about it. Using my DSL at home in noticed minor improvements. Using a T1 at work, I noted some dramatic improvements.

Everyone needs tools to do their job. My purpose with this article is to give you a good list of valuable applications that every network administrator should have at their disposal. This is the first in a five part series where I will present my list of essential tools for convenient and secure network/system administration.

According to Derek Torres at microsoft.com, there are many reasons for upgrading to Windows Vista; new features, improved security and better overall experience. My thoughts are just make sure that your hardware exceeds the Microsoft's basic requirements or you can expect stalls, black screens, crashes and basic slow operation from the "upgrade" to Vista.

The Linux Kernel is the core of what makes the Linux operating systems. The kernel is what controls how your system interacts with hardware and software. Sometimes you may want or need to tune the kernel for a specific type of Linux setup, so I offer a set of steps to assist in tuning your systems kernel. Enjoy!

I’ve been reading a lot of interesting articles about the dangers and problems free-reign Web surfing can cause employers. While I believe in personal privacy, I definitely see why employers need to protect themselves from the problems that their employees can cause by browsing the Web.

If you have recently started using QuarkXPress, you may find yourself making some of the errors outlined in this article. Take a second to read through our top ten beginner pitfalls and spare yourself a little frustration in getting to grips with your new software.

The best thing about Skype is that it’s super easy to set up and get running, and it’s completely free if you and whoever you want to talk to have it. So if grandma is in Europe and you are in the U.S., all of your calls will be free if you both use Skype. That’s insane!

Recently I needed to setup several machines for a training class and there was a need to reinstall the base software the training was being conducted on and reconfigure the setup for the next day’s class. This became very time consuming to say the least and other options needed to be considered to improve this process. We considered Citrix as a option as well but the cost for servers and licensing just to conduct classes internally to our own employees was not within our budget range.

Those of you who haven't yet taken on the expense and upgraded to Office 2007 and are still using Office 2003, you have not been forgotten. The Microsoft Office division has released Service Pack 3 for Office 2003, and it's available for download through Office Update or directly from Microsoft's web site. Those familiar with the MS business model may find yourselves in as much shock as I am that they even took the effort!

The Office update includes a number of hotfixes that were released after SP2, and some new tweaks. New fixes in MS Excel include major performance improvements for slow loading network files as well as long overdue updates to the error-reporting service. MS Word gets fixes for many formatting and style isues, as well as transposition problems some users experienced while copying and pasting text from web pages. PowerPoint gets a bit of attention for problems with the 'Package for CD' feature. And a mojor update to the Multilingual User Interface with the new Pack.In addition to bug fixes and tweaks, Office 2003 SP3 contains numerous security patches (almost 100+) to close recently-discovered and ignored vulnerability holes.

Foremost is an Open Source tool developed by the U.S. Air Force Office of Special Investigations, in partnership with The Center for Information Systems Security Studies and Research. This Data Acquisition application is a console program to recover files based on their headers, footers, and internal data structures. Leave it to the Government to come up with the data mining tools...