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Firewall
Feb 15th
A firewall is a software/hardware tool that is used to protect a computing device from malware/other malicious software or Trojan horses’ intrusion. These external threatening agents often attack a computing device when it is connected to another external computing device that may be affected with a malware. This connection may be via a network etc.
Firewall prevents unauthorized access to a computing device by checking every message transfer to and from the computing device. It restricts any message transfer that does not comply with the defined security standards embedded in it. Firewalls protect a computing device throughout its connection to the internet by continuously monitoring all its activity.
What is a Database?
Feb 12th
via search.ebscohost.com
A Database is a physical organization of files that collectively form a data bank. This data-bank has the provision of being able to be accessed by software instances for information retrieval and storage. An instance of a database however, is a virtual structure that is a copy of the entire database environment. This includes the tables within a database, the RDBMS environment and other functions associated with it. Each instance is a separate environment that manages the respective data associated with it for the database users. Every database is associated with one or more databases instances. This helps in easy and timely modification of data and does not involve accessing and running through all the data organized within a database.
Data Modeling In Database Administration And Management
Feb 9th
via en.wikipedia.org
Data Modeling is the arena that is responsible for handling the management of data within an organization. In the simplest of terminologies, data modeling refers to the way in which data is maintained within a database. Data, as mentioned by Teorey and Lightstone in their book ‘Database Modeling & Design: Logical Design’ (2005) “is the smallest named unit of data that has meaning in the real world”. With respect to each corporate arena all data that has meaning for it is integral to it. The better managed the data of an organization is, the better is its overall performance and operation.
Twitter and Vine
Jan 25th
via tech.co
Twitter, the popular metroblogging arena on social networking paradigm just got a new platform for sharing videos on mobile domains. Currently available only on iPhone and iPod the service offers the facility to record 6 seconds or less long looping videos. This can be compared with instagram as the app is not mainly a video app and acts for like a gif based application.
Survey Showing Internet Explorer User IQ to Be Lower Than Average is a Hoax!
Aug 4th
Last week, tech news sites and blogs were blazing over a survey released by an entity calling itself Aptiquant that surveyed “100,000 Internet users,” and revealed that those who prefer Internet Explorer are more likely to have a lower measured intelligence. Those working in computer and software technical support services might overwhelmingly support these alleged findings through their anecdotes on computer-user buffoonery, but it turns out the survey was a hoax. Major news sources such as the BBC, CNN, NPR, and even CNET covered the story before BBC readership began to doubt the validity of the survey. But when BBC journalists probed into the matter, they not only discovered the survey was false, they learned that the organization that apparently conducted it, Aptiquant, was equally fictitious.
Google Chrome bring Angry Birds nearer to you
May 20th
After capturing many hearts and minds on iPhone, being downloaded 1 million times in just 1 day on Android, and spreading further excitement by unveiling the plans of landing over Facebook, PC and Window Phone 7, Rovio’s hottest game Angry Birds is now reachable at Chrome web store.
5 things to know about the Amazon Cloud Player
Mar 29th
Amazon has announced its entry into the cloud based music world by unveiling the cool looking Amazon Cloud Player. List of things that you need to know about the music streaming service awaits you after the break.
A stroll down memory lane with Internet Explorer
Mar 27th
Want to go down the memory lane and see how Internet Explorer evolved to where it stands today? Well we have a video courtesy Andrew Tait who walks us through every single Internet Explorer version that Microsoft released. Video awaits you after the jump.
The exciting features of Firefox 4
Mar 24th
Mozilla not so long ago rolled out Firefox 4, which was received very well by the web surfers as the download count for the browser hit the 5 million mark in no time and currently stands at 15 million. There is a reason behind this amazing response and it is due to new and sensational features that Firefox 4 brings. We have handpicked the features that we believe are the game changers and we discuss them in the next few paragraphs.
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IE10 is touch optimized, will go live with Windows 8
Mar 21st
When Microsoft rolled out the final version of Internet Explorer 9, some of us wondered when will we see the next version of Internet Explorer, Internet Explorer 10? Win7China has provided us with the answer. Microsoft will be integrating IE10 into Windows 8.
