The Hot Buttered IT Tech Show - #4 May 25, 2008

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Podcast Bunker
ShoreTel
HP ProLiant DL320 Generation 5
Adobe Reader File Association - Video
Installing Linux with Windows
VMware Player
VMPlanet
IZarc
GNOME
KDE
XFCE
Excel 2007 Training Videos
Fujitsu LifeBook U810
Call Graph
Jump Box

Music
Featured: John Lee Hooker Boogie Chillen
Intro: David Henderson The Real Deal

Outro voices provided by AT&T Natural Voices Text-To-Speech software featuring computer generated voices with “Rich”, “Mike”, “Anjali”, “Claire”, and “Lauren”

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Run Virtual Linux Machines On Windows

As Linux continues to offer a strong alternative to Windows, more and more people are curious about installing and using Linux. For a “newbie” or those new to Linux, one option is to use a Linux Live CD which allows you to start and use Linux from a CD. The advantage to this approach is that there is no installation required and you get to test drive a specific Linux distribution. A major disadvantage to using a Live CD is that it’s very slow due to the input/output speeds occurring from your CD-ROM. Also, if you only have 1 computer, booting from a Linux Live CD ties-up your Windows operating system, making it non-useable while you use Linux. [Read more →]

The Hot Buttered IT Tech Show - #3 May 11, 2008

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Palm Centro
AT&T Tilt 
Motorola Good Technology Group 
Nokia N800
Nokia N810 
TrueCrypt
TrueCrypt Video - How to Encrypt Data Using TrueCrypt 
Speed Up Your USB Drive 
SyncBack 
SyncBack Video - Backup Data to FTP Server 
Bluehost
OpenDNS
Hot Buttered IT Video Tutorials

Music
Featured: Lance Lopez El Paso Sugar
Intro: David Henderson The Real Deal

Outro voices provided by AT&T Natural Voices Text-To-Speech software featuring computer generated voices with “Rich”, “Mike”, “Anjali”, “Claire”, and “Lauren”

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Using SyncBack to Backup Data to a FTP Server

SyncBack is a terrific backup and file synchronization software created by 2BrightSparks. I use the freeware version of SyncBack to backup data on various computers. Not only can you schedule backups, you can also synchronize two folders, ensuring the contents of each are identical including replacing an older file with a file having a newer date and/or time. [Read more →]

How to Encrypt Data Using TrueCrypt

TrueCrypt is a free and open source encryption software. With minimal effort, you can quickly configure TrueCrypt to encrypt your data. Why should you configure your data? Well, if there is data residing on your laptop, computer, external drives, internal drives, or USB device which is of a sensitive nature, it’s likely a good idea to have some form of encryption. USB drives are easy to lose, and stolen computer hardware is not an uncommon occurrence. Just think what data resides on your home computer: chances are you have your electronic tax returns with your social security number. [Read more →]