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Computer Virus Celebrates its 26th Year

13 Feb

Computer virus, one of the most infamous aspects of both the web and personal computing, celebrated its 26th year this week.

Happy birthday computer virus!!!

It was 1983 when the first official virus was born giving a fundamental change in computer security. Fred Cohen, a graduate student from University of Southern California, demonstrated a computer virus during a security seminar at Lehign University in Pennsylvania. Cohen made a self-replicating program likened to a virus by his adviser, Len Adleman, coining the term virus.

Cohen’s malware was not the first of its kind. Other computer scientists had also theorized self-replicating programs that could spread from computer to computer. Rich Skrenta – a 15-year old programmer from Pennsylvania who beat Cohen, wrote the Elk Cloner program. It is a self-replicating boot-sector virus infecting Apple II computers through a floppy disk.

In 1986, two Pakistani brothers wrote the “Brain” virus only intended… Read More

 
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Comcast Cable – the Highest Quality Provider for Tv, High-speed Internet Connection and Telephone!

13 Feb

The TV is now an essential feature of our modern lives, and it is not going anywhere. Cable television has been welcomed into living rooms across the country, and its rapid technological advancement (HDTV) shows no signs of slowing down. Most commonly associated with Cable TV is perhaps Comcast and together they have been providing outstanding service for a long period of time. Comcast maintains its legendary reliability while updating itself with the latest technologies and applying them for the benefit of the customers. However, Comcast has not limited itself to digital cable only. Besides counting on Comcast for the best quality in Cable TV, they can also provide phone and Internet connections with the speed and digital quality you’ve come to expect.

Cable television alone is not sufficient to enjoy the entertainment choices offered today. Internet service is now also a requirement. When you enjoy the high-speed internet… Read More

 
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Career As A Network Engineer

13 Feb

Network engineering is a process in which an independent contractor or company will determine the internetworking requirements for switched networks and then develop and implement the hardware or software in order to meet the needs of the system’s users. Network engineers are the spines of the computer infrastructure for any business. The larger businesses have the ability to employ several network engineers whereas other smaller businesses often hire a consultant who is summoned only when the network has problems or needs an update.

In order to join the team of network engineers, you must have the necessary skills as well as a love of computers. As with any other career, you also need to follow certain steps in order to accomplish your goal. These are the top five requirements needed to become a network engineer.

1. While you’re in college, take another computer related field. Although it’s called network… Read More

 
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Inbox Repair Tool Fails with Unknown Error to Access the PST

13 Feb

PST files are used for storing Outlook data. If Outlook fails to open or results errors when you try to access mail folders, chances are that you Outlook data file (.pst file) is corrupted. The Inbox Repair Tool is a built-in utility provided by Microsoft that can deal with some of these corruption problems. It can repair the PST file, if it has been corrupted by Outlook itself or some hard disk issues have rendered the file unusable. To deal with other Outlook PST Repair tasks, third-party applications can work. However, it is recommended to apply the backup, provided is available and valid.

Consider you use Microsoft Outlook and .pst file corrupts for some reason. As the prime solution, when you run Inbox Repair Tool to try fixing the corruption issues with the file, you receive the similar error as below:

“ An unknown error prevented access to the… Read More

 
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