Tech Tips

September 2008

What is Social Media?

by Barbara J. Feldman September 28, 2008

Are you confused about what social media is, or why it’s being hailed as the next big thing? For starters, try Social Media in Plain English ( http://www.commoncraft.com/socialmedia ) a video from Common Craft that explains social media by telling a simple story about Scoopville, a town that is famous for ice cream. For another [...]

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Read Only Files Copied from a CD

by Barbara J. Feldman September 24, 2008

When copying files from CD to your hard drive, it’s important to realize that the Windows “Read Only” property will be copied with the file. To enable writing to the file on your local computer, you will need to highlight the file name in Explorer, and right-click to open Properties. Make sure the Read-Only attribute [...]

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The Purpose of Easter Eggs

by Barbara J. Feldman September 15, 2008

If someone were to ask you what the purpose of an Easter egg was, you’d probably reply that it is something you decorate and hide or fill with goodies during Easter, then hide so children can find them. However, in the software industry, an Easter egg takes on an entirely different meaning. When it comes [...]

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How Have Easter Eggs Evolved?

by Barbara J. Feldman September 14, 2008

Easter eggs are not always about brightly dyed and then hidden eggs during the Easter season — in software programs, an Easter egg is a hidden program or application that the programmer or developer puts into a movie DVD, software program, music CD, or any other application that requires programming. Easter eggs, which derive their [...]

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How to Stop Security Breaches

by Barbara J. Feldman September 14, 2008

According to an Information Week survey of 4500 computer security professionals, 22% of security breaches were done with “guessed passwords.” This means that the number one thing you can do to improve your security is to use passwords that can not be guessed. For starters, never use any word that appears in your account data, [...]

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How Can I Tell If My Software Has An Easter Egg?

by Barbara J. Feldman September 13, 2008

Easter eggs aren’t always the ones that you associate with decorating or hiding candy in. In software, movies, video games, and music CDs, an Easter egg is a hidden feature or animation that is hidden within the software. It could be something as simple as the programmer’s name spelled somewhere in the software, or it [...]

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