{lang: ‘ar’}International Standard Book Number (ISBN) is a unique 13 digit identifier for either print or e-books published. In the United States Bowker is the official ISBN Agency. The cost of a single ISBN is USD 125 and for a block of 10 ISBNs, the cost is USD 250 and for a block of 100, [...]
Create Password Reset Disk Windows 7
April 23, 2011 By 1 Comment
{lang: ‘ar’}Introduction Good security policy dictates that the user be forced to change passwords every 90 days. Additionally, security rules necessitates that the passwords be of a certain length, contains alphanumeric characters, and previously used passwords (within a certain time frame) cannot be reused. These are applicable at work and it is a good practice [...]
Registered Education Savings Plans (RESP)
February 5, 2011 By 1 Comment
{lang: ‘ar’}Registered Education Savings Plans (RESP) is a plan offered by the Government of Canada to help you set aside money to meet the post secondary education expenses of your children. The Federal Government matches contributions made into the RESP by way of Canada Education Savings Grant (CESG). The following are some of the features of RESP [...]
Setting Brother MFC – 490CW Wireless Printer
January 15, 2011 By 3 Comments
{lang: ‘ar’}Brother MFC – 490CW is a multi-function printer with fax, print, photocopy, and scan features. It can be connected either in wired or wireless. Only one mode can be used at a time. This article outlines the steps to setup in wireless mode that enables more than one PC to utilize the services. Image: Used from [...]
Peaksaver Energy Efficiency Program
August 10, 2008 By Leave a Comment
{lang: ‘ar’}Peaksaver is an innovative program offered in several cities in Ontario, Canada designed to reduce the strain on the energy grid during periods of high demand. Residential customers and small businesses who have a central air conditioning system may choose to partipate in the peak saver program.
Comparing Text Files
January 29, 2008 By Leave a Comment
{lang: ‘ar’}Comparing data in two text files manually to see the changes can be a very demanding task and takes time if there are several lines to be compared. The reasons why one would like to compare text files include: to compare source code, merge code or text, compare program output, test results, folders and [...]
Spyware
January 8, 2008 By Leave a Comment
{lang: ‘ar’}Spyware is a program that gets installed without the computer user’s knowledge or explicit consent. Spyware programs are used for activities such as monitoring the user’s surfing habits, harnessing personal information of the user for monetary benefit, serving popup advertisements, redirecting the user to third party applications, and for other unethical activities.
Landed Immigrant to Canada – First Steps
December 27, 2007 By Leave a Comment
{lang: ‘ar’}New to Canada as an Immigrant? Here are a few things to get started: Open a Bank Account – There are several banks that may suit your needs and offer various checking account plans. Basically, there is a fee to operate a checking account and is waived if you maintain a minimum balance. Some [...]
Niagara Falls
December 25, 2007 By Leave a Comment
{lang: ‘ar’}The word Niagara comes from the Native American word that means ‘Split in Flat Land’ . Niagara Falls can be viewed both from the American side as well as the Canadian side. The view from the Canadian side resembles a Horse-shoe and it is popularly called the Horseshoe falls. The American falls is higher [...]
HTTPS Protocol
December 25, 2007 By Leave a Comment
{lang: ‘ar’}HTTPS protocol transmits information in an encrypted format between a client Browser and a receiving Server. When a web page is HTTPS it means that Secure Socket Layer (SSL) has been enabled. SSL, a protocol developed by Netscape Communications is generally invoked for web pages that involves buying goods or services online or for [...]
