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4 Free Must Have Android Apps for Sysadmins

May 15, 2010

System Administrators/Engineers have a lot of responsibilities. The top priority is uptime. There are a number of tools we rely on that help us stay on top of our networks health but we can’t always have a laptop/netbook strapped to our chest. Now these days we can do a lot of things on our [...]

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Network Lights lets you monitor network activity from your keyboard

December 7, 2009

Network Lights is a Windows program, which blinks keyboard LEDs Light Emitting Diode indicating outgoing and incoming network packets on network interface. Network Lights lets you monitor network activity upload/download from your keyboard ScrollLock and NumLock indicators. Each LED will flicker when network traffic is detected.
“I’d recommend against running Network Lights on a laptop which [...]

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Device Doctor – Free Driver Update Software for Windows

November 28, 2009

Device Doctor is a freeware/donationware Windows application that scans your computer hardware and checks to see if there are new driver updates available for your devices. It also locates drivers for “unidentified devices” in the Windows Device Manager. Device Doctor queries their own manufacturer driver database and immediately fetches the correct driver files for your [...]

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Open source Adobe Reader alternative Sumatra PDF Speeds things up

November 20, 2009

Lee Mathews over at DownloadSquad hit another home run:
“Adobe has done a lot to improve Reader in recent versions. I’m more than happy to run an open source alternative, however. Sumatra PDF is ridiculously small (a 1.2Mb download), lightweight, and handles the PDFs I throw at it without skipping a beat.
Today, Sumatra has finally hit [...]

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10 ‘Black Friday’ Tech Deals to Watch For

November 12, 2009

Chris Morris over at Switched.com blogs:
Traditionalists might balk, but the holiday shopping season is already underway. Skeptical? Head to your local department store and you’ll be inundated with Christmas trees and holiday ornaments. Bargain hunters, though, know that the real deals are over a month away.
Traditionally, Black Friday (the day after Thanksgiving for the uninitiated) [...]

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Free WiFi – A 2009-2010 Holiday Gift from Google

November 10, 2009

When you’re traveling this holiday season, you can enjoy free WiFi at 47 participating airports and on every Virgin America flight. Just bring a WiFi-enabled laptop or mobile device and stay connected to family and friends for free while you travel now through January 15, 2010.
Starting Monday, November 16, 2009, you’ll be able to win [...]

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Priceless! The 25 Funniest Vintage Tech Ads

November 9, 2009

JR Raphael over at ITworld compiled 25 of the funniest vintage tech ads they could find. Some will make you laugh; others will make you cringe. But nearly every one will make you wonder what the hell we all were thinking.

My oh my, how things have changed. These 25 vintage tech ads are guaranteed to [...]

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20+ Useful Cheat Sheets for Sysadmins

November 6, 2009

The great folks over at Packet Life opened up their Library and provided 24 Cheat Sheets that all Sysadmins could appreciate. They kindly break the cheat sheets into categories (and in separate PDFs) that include:

Protocols
Applications
Reference
Syntax
Technologies
Misc.

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Free Video: Virtualization Trends, Tips and Solutions

November 5, 2009

In this session, Dell will introduce you to the basics of Virtualization including how to evaluate if you’re a good candidate, key components involved in the transition, and some of the latest approaches and solutions to making it happen.

via Spiceworks TV.

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