As soon as you connect your computer to the Internet, or even when you install new software, you risk being hacked and infected with viruses. But you already know that.

You also know that in order to protect your computer, you need at least three things: a firewall, an antivirus and an antispyware. But did you […]

There is an article on Silicon.com about how companies can manage their passwords. The author offers the following tips for fostering a culture of secure and more effective password management:

Passwords must not be written down. Passwords must be set. When the password is “ChangeMe”, then change it. Require as few passwords as possible. Balance how much password […]

I stumbled upon this really interesting game that uses artificial intelligence to guess the word you are thinking about by just asking you 20 questions. I thought of “cucumber” and it guessed it right! Take a break and play it now.

Did it correctly guess your word?

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I often want to capture some part of my screen to an image file or the clipboard. Sure there are a lot of software that do that, but, today, I found a completely free and a very easy to use screen capture software called ScreenHunter 4.0 Free. I just thought that you might find it […]

Following up on my last post: Oracle SQL Developer Updated, it was finally decided to release SQL Developer to production. So, go ahead and get your fresh copy from OTN.

Oracle Database 10g XE has this:

It would be nice to have a similar one for SQL Developer as well, would it?

Another day, another Oracle SQL Developer release. That brings the current release to:

Early Adopter Release 7, version 1.0.0.14.54 March 8, 2006

To get an idea of the frequency of new SQL Developer EA releases:

I have a password overload. Everywhere I go on the Net, I have to login. That means I have to memorize dozens of user name and password combinations.

I could just use the same user name and password on all sites, but this is not only insecure but also most of the time not possible because […]

Before going into the worst bugs, do you know why computer program errors are called “bugs” and why developers like myself “debug” programs? It all goes back to September, 1945. Here is the story:

Today you need to remember many passwords. You need a password for the Windows network logon, your e-mail account, your homepage’s ftp password, online passwords (like CodeProject member account), etc. etc. etc. The list is endless. Also, you should use different passwords for each account. Because if you use only one password everywhere and someone […]