PuppyLinux: Tiny but Powerful

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This is my favorite distro linux tiny but powerful: PuppyLinux. Today is on 8th on distrowatch.  You can do almost anything in PuppyLinux. Puppy Linux enables you to save money while doing more work, even allowing you to do magic by recovering data from destroyed PCs or by removing malware from Windows. 

Resize Partition under Linux

While netbooks with pre-install OS (win OS) first turned on, immediately place the OS installation process. We can not directly determine the extent of partition systems and data, let alone determine the number of hard disk partition (usually 50% of the system partition, 50% of data.

SiSoftware Sandra Lite: Free Computer Benchmarking

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Price engine invaluable?
Why? The Price engine enhances the user's experience by providing product pictures and additional specifications - as well as the the latest price. It enables the calculation of important metrics like Performance vs. Price and Capacity vs. Price (for storage media) which are extremely useful when making comparisons. All this is done automatically rather than manually searching for pricing in stores.

Photorec Data Recovery for Win

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PhotoRec is file data recovery software designed to recover lost files including video, documents and archives from hard disks, CD-ROMs, and lost pictures (thus the Photo Recovery name) from digital camera memory.

How to Fix 6 Things That Block Your Wi-Fi

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Does your wireless network seem slow? A recent study by Epitiro, a UK-based broadband-analysis firm, shows that consumers lose an average of 30 percent of the data speed their broadband connection supplies when they use Wi-Fi connections in the home.

Lose an Average of 30% of Download Speed Using Home Wifi

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Epitiro research reveals that consumers lose an average of 30% of download speed and face an increase in latency of 10-20% when using Wi-Fi connections in the home. Consumers may find on-line game play, VoIP telephony and video streaming unsatisfactory when using Wi-Fi while downloading large files such as MP3s, videos and programs will take longer.

Zentyal : Network Administration

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Zentyal (formerly eBox Platform) is a unified network server that offers easy and efficient computer network administration for small and medium-size businesses. It can act as a gateway, an infrastructure manager, a unified threat manager, an office server, a unified communication server or a combination of them.

Ten Tips for Public Wi-Fi Hotspot Security

1.   Pick Securest Network
Althouh many hotspots have no security set, some do. If you have a choice, select those that use some form of encryption. You can tell which networks are secured in Windows 7 by left-clicking on the wireless network connections icon, pictured here. Hovering the mouse over each SSID will display the security type. 

Rooting Your Android

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WARNING: Rooting--adding superuser capabilities to your phone by altering its system permissions---is an advanced technique that the inexperienced or faint of heart should 

MIFI: Before You Spend Out A Lot Of Money

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MiFi is a line of compact wireless routers produced by Novatel Wireless that act as mobile Wi-Fi hotspots. The MiFi can be connected to a mobile phone (cellular) carrier and provide internet access for up to 5 devices.

How to Hard Reset TP-LINK Products to Factory Default Settings (Wireless Router)

Suitable for: 300Mbps Wireless N Router,150Mbps Wireless N Router, 54Mbps Wireless G Router

Note: A hard reset will remove all your settings, and your device will be restored to factory default settings. Do not perform a hard reset unless you have backed up your settings or you can do the configuration again.

Restoring Firmware WRT54GL from TomatoRAF

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to new look

For some reason, WRT54GL's TomatoRaf, I returned to the original firmware. Its web interface of new firmware have a little different from when its first look two years ago. 

Firmware upgrade (I said "downgrade"), is very easy, but be careful not to interrupt the router or do not "close the browser". You can see simplified step by step here:

Recover Deleted Files with PhotoRec

You can try PartedMagic LiveCD to recover the files (doc, docx, xls, xlsx, ppt, pptx, jpg, jpeg, etc.) that have been accidentally deleted or on-delete in the media hard drive / external,  usb flash disk (UFD), cdrw, dvdrw, MMC, SD Card,  etc. Despite displays text only, but his ability is very powerful.

Recover Lost Partitions With TestDisk

First always use Partition Magic under Windows XP, but now I used to manage hard drive using GParted (in PartedMagic or PuppyLinux - Thanks so much for Barry Kauler: "I have not found any other linux distro very mini, very useful, up to date , and directly barking, besides PuppyLinux ") to partition the new hard drive, resize partition that is narrow, and backup/copy partitions. 

Hard Drive SATA Setting Jumperless

If you buy a new hard drive desktop (SATA-III, 6GB/s) or notebook/netbook SATA-II (3GB/s) (eg 320 GB) and has put it into computer, the default setting is SATA-I or SATA-II. You can change SATA setting to apropriate setting depending your computer spesifications,  with Feature-Tools (F-Tool) from Hitachi.

Harddisk Notebook/Netbook Cloning

If the hard drive notebook/netbook you're already full of data, and want to replace the hard drive is more relieved without the help of others and without reinstalling the operating system (eg Windows XP) and all drivers, read the following tips:
1. Check the type of hard drive by going into bios (press F2, F10 or del), IDE or SATA and buy the appropriate (for now quite economical SATA hard drive if I buy a 320GB-500GB)

Lightning Arrester: Save Your Networking Devices

Today, my friend took 3 pieces networking devices: 2 pcs TP-Link modem router ADSL, 1 pcs Dlink switch. He said that networking devices burnt, got lightning.

LCD Monitor

If you have bought LCD/LED monitor, please running at least 1-2 days nonstop. If any trouble with the monitor please send it to dealer immediately, within warranty period. Some troubles are flicker, dead pixel, unusual color, and etc.

TP LINK TL WR841ND AP+ROUTER

This is access point + router TP-Link TL WR841ND . There is power ON/OFF button in back side. 1 WAN port, 4 LAN port. Web interface so simple. Default IP setting 192.168.1.1, with username and password: admin.

TP-Link TL-WN350GD WLAN PCI Adapter on Ubuntu 10.04

Here it is, wlan adapters that can be directly detected  by Ubuntu 10.04.

The first  in order for students to recognize other types of WLAN adapters we decided to buy TL-WN350GD three units.

Cheap less around $10/pcs. About durabilty: just wait ...

WLAN Adapter PCI DLink DWA 525 on Ubuntu 10.04

Last few months ago we purchased this adapter DLink DWA 525, 7 pieces with a higher price than TP Link, to test students' competence. We hope that with a higher price, it can be high quality and easily to be installed but unfortunately an adapter can not be directly detected properly by Ubuntu 10.04 (LTS). Finally it could be installed properly after visiting the ubuntu forums.