Archive for the ‘Technology’ Category

10 reasons why your kids should be using Linux

Tuesday, August 10th, 2010

Date: July 29th, 2010 Author: Jack Wallen Providing tech support for your children can be even more challenging than your IT day job. Jack Wallen explains why he thinks Linux is better suited for those young users. Here on TechRepublic (and many IT-related forums), we speak mostly of the professional ...

The Start of the Internet

Wednesday, December 9th, 2009

Early sketch of ARPANET's first four nodes Page found at http://www.scientificamerican.com/gallery_directory.cfm?photo_id=5B11E498-A639-3996-6D74347AFB957CAA Forty years ago—on December 5, 1969—the U.S. Department of Defense's Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) connected four computer network nodes at the University of California, Los Angeles, (U.C.L.A.), the Stanford Research Institute (S.R.I.) in Menlo Park, Calif., U.C. ...

13 Skills Every IT Pro Should Know

Saturday, December 5th, 2009

Found at http://www.globalknowledge.com/articles/generic.asp?pageid=2475&country=United+States Linda Leung August 2009 No matter which IT field you're working in, there are several skills that are useful for every IT professional to know. Here, seven experienced IT professionals working in the networking, programming, project management, and security fields share what they believe are the most important skills that ...