Archive for February, 2010
Not As Easy As ABC – The Real Cost of Using Web Templates
People who consider building their websites using ready made website templates often think it is a cost-effective and time saving option, think again.Most of the ready-made website template stores promise to offer web designers a quick solution with pre-designed templates, without having to pay the high cost that is usually associate with that level of design.Here's the catch. Modifying a website template you purchased or download free from the Internet is not as easy as many people thought it would be. Customizing a web template has many complications and often turns out to be a time consuming and frustrating task, and would cost you much more than you originally expected.For customizing these templates to suit your needs, you would need to edit the text and images, add new pages, tweak headers and footers so that the templates can match your business style, and enable you to pass your message to to your targeted audiences accurately.Therefore, while using website templates can sometimes save you time for a quick start, you can make the most of these templates only when you have some coding knowledge about CS3, HTML, Flash and CSS - just to name a few. You also need to have .. more »
Where Can You Buy Cheap Branded Memory Sticks?
We all understand the need to get the best bang for buck and to stretch budgets as far as they will go and of course everyone wants a bargain but when it comes to buying branded USB memory sticks should you do cheap? Does cheap mean going with the lowest cost provider for the same standard memory stick or does cheap mean going for something that looks like a standard USB memory stick but is in someway "cheap" in all the wrong ways?How can you be sure when comparing quotes from different suppliers that they are all quoting for exactly the same thing? If you're not sure of this then you are of course not comparing "apples with apples". The danger of going with the cheapest price without first qualifying exactly what you are going to get is that you may end up with something that's of very poor quality and with something that reflects badly on your brand and company.When you're shopping around for quotes for branded memory sticks there are some important questions to ask of all the suppliers before you commit yourself to an order and these are: What flash chipset will be supplied? USB flash drives .. more »
Stop Viruses Spread From USB Drive
If the USB port is enabled, anyone can easily plug in his flash device and transfer files from the company network and can also upload files to your network. These files can contain malicious codes like viruses and worms. flash drives and memory devices often do not need any administrative right to access your computer; any user is able to access your computer files right after plugging in his device to your computer even administrators do not have the possibility to allow certain devices while blocking others.Device Block software which is a data leak prevention tool gives administrators the ability to define which USB drive, CD or floppy disk can access their data. They can specify USB devices that are allowed to access their computer while blocking the all other types of storage devices. In this way you can stop viruses and spyware from corrupting your files and other important documents.The need for securing your computer from the viruses and malware that affect your system via USB drive have become quite apparent when it was discovered that a flash drive is being used to gain access to an Operating System and infect it with a virus. In actual fact the .. more »