ITworld How-to

How to prepare for the CISSP

Sandra Henry-Stocker — Sun, 06 Oct 2013 20:12:04 +0000

The CISSP is a valuable certification, but it takes a lot more than just your many years of experience to prepare for it. You will likely have to learn about a lot of technology and processes that you’ve never worked with, some of it not especially current and all of it a lot less vendor-specific than you’ve ever imagined.

6 must-have free downloads for your network

Preston Gralla — Fri, 04 Oct 2013 18:51:08 +0000

If you've got a small or medium-sized network and you need to manage it yourself, you're not alone. I've rounded up size great free network tools that make it much easier to handle and troubleshoot your network.

Top 10 productivity tips for iOS 7

Preston Gralla — Wed, 02 Oct 2013 18:16:57 +0000

Want to get more out of iOS 7? I've got ten tips to make you more productive on it immediately.

Apps to power up and cash in on your personal brand

Preston Gralla — Mon, 30 Sep 2013 18:00:04 +0000

Whether you work in a company or by yourself, you're a brand, not just a person, and that brand has value. Here are apps and Web sites you can use to increase its value and cash in on it.

Unix: When pipes get names

Sandra Henry-Stocker — Sun, 29 Sep 2013 19:09:23 +0000

Oh, Danny Boy, the pipes, the pipes are calling. But if you want to call them back, you need to give them names.

How to use Touch ID on the iPhone 5s (and when it won't work)

IDGNS staff — Wed, 25 Sep 2013 17:32:19 +0000

If you picked up a new iPhone 5s this weekend or are awaiting one in the mail, you're probably aware of Apple's new Touch ID feature, which is built into the iPhone 5s's Home button. In case you haven't yet set it up, however, here's a primer on how to do so (and when you'll have to fall back to your passcode).

10 tips to prepare for a video job interview

IDGNS staff — Tue, 24 Sep 2013 19:26:28 +0000

Video interviews, while not new, are becoming an increasingly mainstream option in IT as companies look for ways to shorten the hiring cycle and lower costs.

Who needs Microsoft Office? 7 great free office suites for PCs, Macs, iOS and Android

Preston Gralla — Mon, 23 Sep 2013 18:17:55 +0000

Microsoft is being coy about when and if it will release Office for the iPad and Android tablets. Why wait? Here are seven free office suites for the a PC, Mac, iPad or Android device you can use right now.

How to parse URLs, hash tags, and more from a tweet

mombrea — Wed, 18 Sep 2013 04:00:00 +0000

Tweets come with all kinds of actionable elements inside them these days. Shortened URL’s, #hashtags, @replies, and the actual message body. When you’re consuming a list of tweets, it’s important to be able to parse out these elements from the plain text so that they can be made into hyperlinks and directed at the proper location.

Unix: Tracking disk space usage

Sandra Henry-Stocker — Mon, 16 Sep 2013 20:43:27 +0000

No matter how much disk space you add to a system, sooner or later you're going to run short. But watching disk space get slowly used up is a lot like watching grass grow. How do you avoid a disk space crisis and avoid being lulled into a data stupor?

How to hide apps you never use on an Android phone

kevinpurdy — Fri, 13 Sep 2013 21:31:40 +0000

Not everything on your phone gets used, but you have to scroll past everything. Here's how to hide the stuff you don't need.

How to protect your Wi-Fi network from snoopers...including Google

Preston Gralla — Wed, 11 Sep 2013 18:16:14 +0000

A lawsuit against Google for snooping on Wi-Fi networks is moving forward, and it should raise this question for you: Just how safe is your own network against snoopers? If you've got a small wireless network you use for business or home, here's how you can protect yourself against break-ins and snoopers.

Use your cell phone as a WiFi VOIP phone

mombrea — Wed, 11 Sep 2013 04:00:00 +0000

Does your home or office use a VOIP based phone system? Wouldn’t it be great if you could use your cell phone as a VOIP phone instead of running back and forth to your desk whenever the phone rings? It turns out that this can be a reality quite easily, provided you can wrangle the proper details from your IT folks.

Unix: Avoiding repetitious work with sed

Sandra Henry-Stocker — Mon, 09 Sep 2013 21:49:39 +0000

The only thing wrong with sed is that most of us barely grasp how powerful it is. We use it in pipes to change "this" to "that", but we rarely consider it for the big editing jobs where it could save us considerable time and effort -- especially when it comes to boring repetitious work.

Unix: Flexibly moving files with lftp

Sandra Henry-Stocker — Sun, 01 Sep 2013 23:09:35 +0000

Moving files between Linux (and other) servers is a lot smarter and more versatile when you discover lftp.