IT Notes for Reference

I've been using Mozy Online Backup for the last year so far and have been satisfied with it's easy to use and configure interface. I'm currently using the 2GB free service they offer and have had only one minor issue so far. I recently had to do an online restore for files I had backed up and ran into one problem. Mozy encrypts your data for security when it is saved on their backup servers. Any data you retrieve for restoration, is still in it's encrypted format. There is a Decryption utility that needs to be used before decrypting any data for use. I noticed that their decrypting utility was a dead link on their site, so I had to email support to retrieve it. The link for the decryption utility is: http://www.mozypro.com/downloads/mozyprocryptoutil.exe Apparently the link is broken on the "free" Mozy side of the web site........hopefully this will be fixed shortly. Other than this minor issue, Mozy seems to be good choice for free Online backup.

I recently Read a good article by Jack Wallen on Techrepulic.com in regards to why Linux could be a better choice than Windows when using a netbook. Most netbook users would use a netbook for basic internet browsing along with email and basic productivity. All of this can be done with most Linux Distrobutions....and for free :o) http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/10things/?p=945&tag=nl.e102

This was an interesting endevor I read about, in which diamond dust was mixed with thermal grease to create a diamond based thermal compound. Most thermal grease compounds contain silver suspended in silicone. This idea takes the use of diamonds which has a higher thermal conductivity compared to silver. The exprienenet apparently resulted in almost doubled effectiveness in keeping temparatures down. http://inventgeek.com/Projects/DiamondGrease/Page1.aspx