Tales from the bits

The Gates Notes, is the names of the new web site that Bill Gates launched. Todd Bishop in his blog states that Bill will “be writing about what’s on his mind, posting information from his trips, and sharing excerpts from his exchanges with experts and leaders in areas including science, energy, philanthropy and other global issues.” Communication [...]

Every day I collaborate online with team members that are in another country. There are several online collaboration tools that make online meetings easier. I have selected seven free (7) tools to present. 1. Skype Skype is a great application for free Skype-to-Skype calls. It has also the subscription option that lets you call to landlines and [...]

You are about to make a big step by migratting from Blogger to WordPress. What you must have before making the migration? A domain name, hosting and WordPress software.   So lets begin. Domain Name It is highly recommended that you get your own domain name. You must think well about it to be descriptive [...]

A new adventure is starting. This is the transition from Blogger to a private hosted blog. During the next few days the layout and the appearence of the blog will change. I hope you like the new blog. Please leave your comments or suggestions.

Learning database concepts is sometimes difficult and challenging. Animated Database Courseware (ADbC) is designed to support the teaching of database concepts. It is developed at Kennesaw State University. Areas covered include database design, SQL, transactions and database security. The animations are generic not tailored to any specific product or textbook. In my opinion the tool [...]

Wall Steet Journal: Iraq militants used SkyGrabber a 26$ software to intercepted live video feeds from U.S Predator drones. The U.S. military personnel in Iraq discovered the problem when they found a laptop of a Shiite militant which contained files of intercepted drone video feeds. The capture of the feed was possible because the downlink [...]

I was busy lately and I am behind my postings. I have a list of very interesting subjects. I was creating a new online venture. It is about web hosting and domain name registration. I was searching for long time to find the correct combination and I believe I finally found it! You can take [...]

When a company implements and follows a quality management system it obtains a minimum level of quality. Having a quality management system in place guarantees that the company will make the same mistakes each time it runs its processes. This way the company can spot and correct its processes. ISO 9000 ISO 9001 specifies the [...]

Today, I used for the first time Bing, the new Microsoft search engine. I liked it from the beginning. According to Microsoft, Bing is not just a search engine which simply shows a list of web links. Bing is a decision engine. It provides the tools to organize and categorize the results. Based on that, [...]

The No. 1 reason for data breaches is lost and stolen computer equipment and not computer hacking according to the sixth volume of Microsoft’s Security Intelligence Report. This latest report covers the second half of 2008. Rogue security software takes advantage of users’ desire to keep their computers protected. The rogue software tricks them into [...]