“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 the Information SuperTube. Hey! I just got a pneu-mail!”

P.S. “Cats dressed as nuns eating from dishes of gravy…” Hee.

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 threats to network security in hopes of intercepting important files from home computers. The Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT) at Carnegie Mellon University says that there are several ways how internet criminals threaten network security through emails. These methods seem harmless and are virtually undetectable until it is too late.
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by Abigail Franks

There are many ways to get any of the large number of network certifications now available. There’s not only software certification like those offered from Oracle, Java, Microsoft, etc. but there’s also direct network hardware certifications from strong companies like Cisco and then there’s the server administration, hardware repair, security and several sub category type certifications. All are available but the question is if these have any real value in the marketplace.
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