Archive for July, 2006

The “802 Standards”

A “standard” is like the building inspector’s code. It sets forth the rules that you must follow in order to produce something — a home, for example — that is useful and safe.
In computer networking, the 802 standard (so named because it came into being in February of 1980) sets forth the rules you […]

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TDS’ John Hodgeman explains Net Neutrality

“It’s a little-known fact that President Eisenhower installed an inter-connecting series of tubes in all US homes built before 1957. Go ahead at home, tear up your floorboards, you’ll see what I’m talking about….I can wait here while you do it. So anyway, if the Net Neutrality Act fails, get ready for the excitement of […]

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Emails And Network Security

by Andrew Corner
With the number of small, home-based businesses at present, computers and the internet are fast establishing themselves as essential tools for business management. But the active use of computers in business as means of banking and other financial transactions has attracted unscrupulous individuals. These individuals come up with programs and viruses that are […]

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