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Other Technologies  // Other Technologies like firewalls, VoIP, Skype, Hardware Comparisons and other how tos

03 Feb Posted by in News, Other Technologies | Comments

Microsoft Releases Kinect for Windows

“…We’re thrilled at the sales we’ve seen for Kinect (for XBox – 18 million sold in the past year – and we were honored to receive a Guinness World Record for the fastest selling consumer electronics device ever. Buy one for Windows now From Microsoft or Amazon “…distribution partners in our twelve launch countries are ...

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SOLVED: Juniper nc.window.app.23971 Network Connect Error

Users found this error connecting to a Juniper Mag2600 and binging and googling this error only brought up semi useless items like: check personal firewall install windows patch for loopback ip-address issue (which appears to relate to Windows XP) unmark automatic proxy settings in the Browser I checked the Mag and found all well, the ...

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18 Jan Posted by in News, Other Technologies | Comments

SOLVED: How To Find The 1 Million Free eBooks on Kobo

If you have heard the hype on the Kobo ereader you know there are supposedly 1 million free ebooks for it.  Where are they? They don’t show up in the Kobo Desktop software.  They are online so just follow this simple process to find those freebees Surf to www.kobobooks.com Search on any key word, like mystery ...

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17 Jan Posted by in Other Technologies | Comments

SOLVED: Angry Birds PC Error The ADP Runtime Was Unable to Initialize

When starting Angry Birds on your PC you may see Error: The ADP Runtime Was Unable to Initialize To work around the problem: start Intel AppUp click MY APPS from the menu on the left find Angry Birds, and start it Close Angry Birds (if you want) From this point on, you should be able ...

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16 Jan Posted by in News, Other Technologies | Comments

Phishing 101

There are many dangerous threats lurking in cyberspace today, from software vulnerabilities and exploits, to viruses and botnets. Among these threats are phishing attacks, an electronic communication scam that attempts to secure highly personal information such as credit card info, user names and passwords by assuming the identity of a trustworthy entity. The trustworthy entity ...

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12 Jan Posted by in News, Other Technologies | Comments

Best 7 Apps for the Blackberry Playbook

Speaking as someone who owns a playbook, I can say that this is a good list and nearly all of them are free Groupon Evernote Box E! News – this is for people who need to get a life InstaPhoto Stressless Angry Birds… of course The details are at  http://www.itbusiness.ca/it/client/en/slideshow/Playbook-Apps/ The killer apps that don’t exist ...

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SOLVED: How to Copy .SWF or Animated .GIFs, or any Content From a Web Site

Usually you can save content from a website by RIGHT CLICKING your mouse and selecting SAVE but some content like Flash Files (.SWF) and animated GIF’s just don’t work that way.  When you right click on and .SWF Flash element you will not see the SAVE option and if you right click and save an animated .GIF you will only save one of the slides ...

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SOLVED: How to Watch .WTV Formated Files on Windows 7 Basic or Starter

The answer; convert the files.  Microsoft Windows Television (WTV) format is not supported on Windows Starter or Basic and very few video converters support .WTV format. However, you can go to any of the following to: cnet.com/1770-5_1-0.html?query=mcebuddy&tag=srch . mcebuddy.com videohelp.com/tools/MCEBuddy and download this free tool and convert your .WTV formated files to .MP4 .

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30 Dec Posted by in Other Technologies | Comments

SOLVED: How to Reset The Password on a 3Com Swictch 4200G 3848…

To Factory Reset your switch, which will include setting resetting the password, Short Answer: On older 3Com SuperStack switches (like the SuperStack II 9300 and 3000) use: Login: 3comcso Password: RIP000 On newer 3Com SuperStack switches (like the SuperStack 3 3848 and 4200G) use: Login: recover Password: recover   Long Answer: Get a serial console cable.  ...

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Giant List of DEFAULT PASSWORDS For Everything From 3Com to Cisco to Xerox

Do you need the default username or password for a router, firewall, switch… Below is a list of default passwords I found and cleaned up.  If you know of any other default passwords, please add a comment containing that information at the end of this post   Vendor Model Version Access Type Username Password Privileges ...

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