John'z PC Hut

Computer Hardware Support: An Endangered Species?

John — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 10:32:09 +0000

No matter how many laptops, tablets or smartphones they make, PC Technicians will always be needed to troubleshoot those devices when take break...

What is Computer Virtualization?

John — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 23:00:55 +0000

It seems that these days everyone is talking about virtualization. You would talk about it too, but you don't understand what it is. If you're feeling like everyone else in the world understands and can define virtualization but you --- "Fear Not" this blog post should help solve your problem and make you an expert in no time. Well maybe not an expert, but at least you'll be able to listen in on those techy coversations going forward...

How to Become a Tech Guru in One Year

John — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 12:02:19 +0000

Years ago if you wanted to start a company to unleash a multi-million dollar idea, if you didn't know how to program and didn't have time to learn, you had to hire someone behind the scenes. Thanks to two young men, that has changed...

CompTIA Network+ Certification Gets an Upgrade

John — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 12:21:38 +0000

Effective Dec 1, 2011, the CompTIA Network+ certification has been revamped to address new technologies... Network+ exam is a vendor neutral, nationally recognized certification. It tests your knowledge in a broad range of networking technology and best practices.

IBM Predicts the End of the Digital Divide Soon

John — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 11:18:53 +0000

The Digital Divide refers to any inequalities between groups, in terms of access to, use of, or knowledge of information and communication technologies. The best example is the perceived digital divide right here in the United States of America...

Become a Mentor to someone new to Information Technology!

John — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 19:30:34 +0000

The IT-Ready Apprentice Program, a program of CompTIA's is looking for seasoned CompTIA member IT professionals to guide apprentices...

Symantec Finally Admits that it was Directly Hacked Back in 2006

John — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 20:24:04 +0000

The world's biggest maker of security software had previously said that hackers stole the code from a third party, but corrected that statement Tuesday after an investigation found that Symantec's networks had been infiltrated...

Hardware vs. Software

John — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 12:22:15 +0000

This may sound stupid to most techies, but if you are not a geek or are new to computers it is a very good question. This article discusses the difference between hardware and software and why you need to know this before you can begin to fully understand computers.

What are Device Drivers

John — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 10:54:25 +0000

Not many people know about device drivers until they need to find one, be it for a printer or most commonly a modem driver. Finding one can be very difficult, and you always to seem to need one at the worst of times.

Back Up Important Data

John — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 11:47:04 +0000

For those of you who think that you have an impenetrable and indestructible system, a memory storage device such as a hard-drive, camera memory card, RAID systems, even CD's, DVD's and other memory storage media -- think again.