College Tech Central

My first year at the United States Air Force Academy had some traditions, including communal meals where all four thousand cadets eat together for breakfast, lunch, and some dinners.  One lunch I remember distinctly when another freshman climbed to the announcement tower and hollered aloud to all that it had been “fighting five hours since [...]

 

 CTC Episode 19 - 12 May 2008 - Data Security and Encryption [7:14m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (563)

Last week we talked about how to keep your computer from being taken but this week we looked at ways to protect your data from thieves if they do take your machine. We harped on the built in Windows service, encrypted file system and Vista’s bitlocker but my real recommendation remains with Truecrypt. [...]

Rebecca Corliss, a friend of mine that I met through Twitter, pointed me to follow @tdefren - principle with SHIFT Communications. It just so happened that the first message I got from him was a link to his blog article about personal branding and social media [see the source here]. He states that [...]

ATTENTION ALL STUDENTS
If you are a student or just an alum that still has a “.edu” email account somewhere, you’re in luck.  I just picked up a link to Microsoft’s Ultimate Steal campaign.  They are offering Microsoft Office Ultimate for $60.
This package includes everything you could possibly want for your office productivity needs: Outlook 2007 [...]

I got off the plane from Paris, France an hour ago.  I am tired and soaking wet from the storm outside but there I sit loading my photos onto the internet at Flickr and Facebook.  At the same time, I am brewing up the recap blog entry for the long weekend that will be posted [...]