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My New Eee PC

By Shane Par-Due • Dec 12th, 2008 • Category: Lead Story, Uncategorized

It’s been awhile since I’ve posted on here, but Jim and I thought it’d be a good idea to write about my recent purchase of an Asus Eee PC. This laptop, or should I say Netbook, is revolutionizing how I use a computer.
In the past, I’ve been very adamant about having a panel on the [...]



Full Disk Encryption

By Shane Par-Due • Feb 28th, 2008 • Category: OS, Software

I decided to encrypt all of my personal information on my desktop at home and began to research my options. First, I used Truecrypt which is able to encrypt entire partitions or create individual files that can be mounted as filesystems. As these are both neat options, neither of them encrypt or hide what’s called [...]



Spiceworks Update!

By Shane Par-Due • Feb 21st, 2008 • Category: IT Management, Software

New Features in 2.1
Microsoft Event Log interactive charts and event filtering.
Monitors and Alerts work with Microsoft Events.
Spice Meter. Learn how to fully use Spiceworks. Get your meter to 100%!
Product ratings and reviews for your hardware and software.
Graphics and charts for key network data.
Performance improvements in user interface and network scanning.
Troubleshooting added to the HelpDesk via [...]



Free, Secure Online Storage

By Shane Par-Due • Feb 11th, 2008 • Category: Software, Software Pick of the week

I had this great idea just last week that people could share their idle resources and some extra hard drive storage in return for online storage.



Google Spam counter

By Shane Par-Due • Feb 8th, 2008 • Category: Tid bytes

I hate having a counter next to my spam folder in gmail and someone thought of an easy fix for me (since customizegoogle can’t figure it out with the new gmail)…
Simply create a new filter, with the phrase is:spam then mark as read. Done!