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5 Steps to Building and Operating an Effective Security Operations Center (SOC): Dec 21, 2015; Joseph Muniz, co-author of Security Operations Center: Building, Operating, and Maintaining Your SOC, provides a high-level overview of the steps involved in creating a security operations center to protect your organization's valuable data assets.

5 Things to Try in Office 2013: Sep 12, 2013; Katherine Murray offers up a few of the new features worth trying as you’re considering whether Office 2013 is right for you.

5 Web Technologies You Can't Afford To Ignore: Mar 27, 2014; Some technologies are so important that it pays every web developer to have a basic knowledge of them. Phil Ballard lists five critical web technologies for 2014, the basics of which every web developer should grasp.

50 Years of Tech: From B/W TV and 8-Track Tapes to Netflix and Spotify: May 6, 2015; In 1965, Americans were still recovering from the assassination of President Kennedy, the Beatles were heading the British Invasion, and only 3% of U.S. households had a color television set. A lot has changed since then, especially in technology. Michael Miller, author of The Internet of Things: How Smart TVs, Smart Cars, Smart Homes, and Smart Cities Are Changing the World, details the big changes in technology over the past 50 years, from color television sets and punch-card mainframe computers to today’s high-definition TVs, notebook and tablet computers, and smartphones.

6 Reasons to Migrate Your Oracle Databases Twice as Fast to Release 12.1.0.2: Sep 15, 2015; Oracle Database 11.2.0.4 is the terminal release for Oracle 11g R2, and extended support for that release ends as of December 2015. Yet many Oracle shops haven't accelerated their pace to transition to Oracle Database 12c R1. Oracle ACE Director Jim Czuprynski, author of Oracle Database 12c New Features, Part 1 LiveLessons, explains why Oracle DBAs should redouble their upgrade efforts to take advantage of six key feature sets available in Oracle Database 12.1.0.2.

64-bit Computing is on Track to Become a Practical Reality: Jan 17, 2005; AMD and Intel 64-bit desktop and workstation processors can finally run a beta 64-bit version of Windows.

7 Game Apps to Play with Your Kids: Feb 24, 2016; Jason R. Rich, author of My Digital Entertainment for Seniors, suggests seven free or inexpensive game apps for the iPhone/iPad that adults can play with their kids or grandkids, and potentially be evenly matched.

7 Popular Layer 2 Attacks: Feb 25, 2016; If you're responsible for securing a corporate or private network, you need to be aware of the vulnerabilities that attackers will use. Security expert Sean Wilkins discusses seven common methods that can give attackers access, helping them to control or steal information from your network.

7 Steps to Follow When Someone Delegates Work to You: Dec 15, 2015; Whether your boss hands you a task, a co-worker asks you to share responsibilities, or one of your kids needs assistance with a school project, being available and willing to help is just part of everyday life. Knowing your powers as a delegate can make the process easier. Pat Brans explains how to accept (or refuse) tasks with aplomb. With his seven-step plan for delegate success, you can be sure of finishing any task well and on time.

8 Steps to Successful Randomized Banner Ads: Nov 30, 2001; This article briefly overviews what marketing goals managers see banner adds achieving and then goes on to give a step-by-step tutorial on creating a banner add that can be randomized.

8 Ways to Make the Most of Your Facebook Page Timeline: May 29, 2012; Having a quality Facebook page is a must for businesses, brands, and organizations that want to gain online visibility, generate website traffic, and connect with their target audience. Patrice-Anne Rutledge offers eight tips for making the most of your Facebook page's new timeline.

8x DVD, 4x Media Does it matter what type of 4x media you use in an 8x DVD+R drive?: Jul 1, 2004

A .NET Developer's Guide to Windows Security: Understanding Delegation: Feb 11, 2005; This chapter provides the ins and outs of delegation, the process by which a server impersonating a client attempts to use that client's credentials to access remote resources in Kerberos.

A .NET Developer's Guide to Windows Security: Understanding Impersonation: Feb 18, 2005; Impersonation is one of the most useful mechanisms in Windows security. It's also fragile and easy to misuse. Careful use of impersonation can lead to a secure, easy-to-administer application. Misuse can open gaping security holes. This sample chapter will help you to use impersonation properly and effectively.

A .NET Developer's Guide to Windows Security: Understanding Ownership: Feb 25, 2005; One of the most important components of ACL-based security in Windows is unfortunately also one of the most subtle and overlooked: ownership. Learn about ownership and its importance to security in this sample chapter.

A .NET Developer's Guide to Windows Security: Understanding Protocol Transition: Mar 4, 2005; New to Windows Server 2003, Protocol Transition allows you to establish logon sessions with valid Kerberos credentials for an arbitrary domain user without knowing that user's password. This chapter discusses this new tool and its implications for network security.

A .NET Developer's Guide to Windows Security: Understanding User Profiles: Feb 4, 2005; Understanding just what user profiles are, and how they interact with the Windows registry system is key to keeping a secure system. Making sure that your programs store settings in the user-specific settings trees, rather than the program directory, will help keep passwords and other vital information secure.

A .NET Framework Text and Font Primer: Apr 21, 2006; Almost any application you write has to display text in some form or another. But how do you make it all come together? The .NET Framework makes text display and fonts a snap. Peter Aitken shares the basics.

A 10-Minute Guide to Web Analytics: Aug 18, 2010; In this lesson, you learn what web analytics is—and what it does.

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