NTFS Partition Recovery With Linux
Over the years, I have formed the habit of keeping an up-to-date backup copy of all my critical data on a regular basis. Continue reading ‘NTFS Partition Recovery With Linux’ »
Archive for the ‘Technology’ Category.
Thoughts on “Where Are the Software Engineers of Tomorrow?”
I recently ran across two very interesting articles (Computer Science Education: Where Are the Software Engineers of Tomorrow?, Who Killed the Software Engineer? (Hint: It Happened in College)) discussing how the current university education has become inadequate in terms of producing highly qualified software engineers and developers. Continue reading ‘Thoughts on “Where Are the Software Engineers of Tomorrow?”’ »
Recent Email Scam
It seems that the desperate scammers have been really working hard devising different schemes trying to steal people’s identities. Continue reading ‘Recent Email Scam’ »
GRUB Error 17, LILO Rules
Ubuntu and OpenSUSE have been my top choices of Linux distros over the years. Continue reading ‘GRUB Error 17, LILO Rules’ »
On Microsoft Windows Home Server
I am not quite sure why would any one purchase a computer that serves solely as a home server or put $190 to get a copy of Windows Home Server. Continue reading ‘On Microsoft Windows Home Server’ »
First Take: Windows Server 2008 Beta 3
Windows Server 2008 Beta 3 (build 6001) has been out for a week, and during the weekend I downloaded the bits and gave it a spin. Continue reading ‘First Take: Windows Server 2008 Beta 3’ »
A Physical to VM Backup Strategy for Ubuntu Server
One benefit of using a Linux environment is that the whole system back up is extremely easy. Continue reading ‘A Physical to VM Backup Strategy for Ubuntu Server’ »
On OfficeLive Beta
After reading Mary Jo Foley’s article on ZDNet, I thought that I would give OfficeLive a try. Of course, my first experience was not all that impressive. Continue reading ‘On OfficeLive Beta’ »
VS 2005 Large File Handling Issue
Nowadays software is becoming more and more complex. Continue reading ‘VS 2005 Large File Handling Issue’ »
My Take on Intel Core 2 Errata
A few days ago, a post by Theo de Raadt analyzed the newly publicized Intel Core 2 bugs. And in just a couple of days quite a few different opinions (see http://blogs.zdnet.com/Ou/?p=559, and http://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article&sid=20070630105416) emerged. In this post, I will try to analyze from my point of view. Continue reading ‘My Take on Intel Core 2 Errata’ »
Thoughts on Wireless Network Security
Here is a snap shot of my Wireless Network Connection Window at home: Continue reading ‘Thoughts on Wireless Network Security’ »
Hyper-Threading and Dual Core Performance Comparison for Computational Intensive Applications – Update
In a post (Hyper-Threading and Dual Core Performance Comparison for Computational Intensive Applications) I wrote at the end of last year, I compared multi-threaded scientific application performance of a Pentium 4 processor with hyper-threading enabled and a Pentium D processor, and concluded that for multi-threaded scientific applications, hyper-threaded processor helped little in terms of application performance. Continue reading ‘Hyper-Threading and Dual Core Performance Comparison for Computational Intensive Applications – Update’ »