One of the biggest problems in data security is authentication of data and its source. How can Alice be certain that the executable in her inbox is from the venerable Bob, and not from the not-so-venerable Oscar? Clearly Alice wants to know because if this file is actually sent to her by Oscar, the file might not be a game, but a trojan that can do anything on her computer such as sift through her email and passwords, upload her honeymoon pictures, or even turn on microphones and webcams. Thi...
Microsoft ASP.NET is a free technology that allows programmers to create dynamic web applications. ASP.NET can be used to create anything from small, personal websites through to large, enterprise-class web applications. All you need to get started with ASP.NET is the free .NET Framework and the free Visual Web Developer. In this introductory video Diego Vega will show you how to use the Entity Data Source in an ASP.NET Application.
In this clip, you'll learn how to add a new data source when using the Mail Merge tool within MS Word 2007. Whether you're new to Microsoft's popular word processing application or a seasoned professional merely looking to pick up a few new tips and tricks, you're sure to benefit from this video tutorial. For complete instructions, and to get started creating new data sources yourself, take a look.
MapForce supports XML, databases, flat files, EDI and web services as the source and target of any mapping. In this tutorial, you'll take a look at how to use the different data sources available in MapForce.
New to Microsoft Excel? Looking for a tip? How about a tip so mind-blowingly useful as to qualify as a magic trick? You're in luck. In this MS Excel tutorial from ExcelIsFun, the 556th installment in their series of digital spreadsheet magic tricks, you'll learn how to change the source data for a pivot table (PivotTable).
Microsoft ASP.NET is a free technology that allows programmers to create dynamic web applications. ASP.NET can be used to create anything from small, personal websites through to large, enterprise-class web applications. All you need to get started with ASP.NET is the free .NET Framework and the free Visual Web Developer.this video tutorial will demonstrate the new ListView control in Visual Studio 2008. Because the ListView is data-driven, you will need a data source. You can use any data so...
Microsoft ASP.NET is a free technology that allows programmers to create dynamic web applications. ASP.NET can be used to create anything from small, personal websites through to large, enterprise-class web applications. All you need to get started with ASP.NET is the free .NET Framework and the free Visual Web Developer. By creating a new website, this video tutorial will demonstrate the new ListView control in Visual Studio 2008. Because the ListView is data driven, you will need a data sou...
Whether you're interested in learning Microsoft Excel from the bottom up or just looking to pick up a few tips and tricks, you're in the right place. In this tutorial from everyone's favorite digital spreadsheet guru, ExcelIsFun, the 23rd installment in his "Highline Excel Class" series of free video Excel lessons, you'll learn how to import data into Excel from text files, web sites, Excel files and Microsoft Office Access files. Also see how to import currency rates and major indicies from ...
This video shows you how to idiot-proof a data set in Excel pretty much. It demonstrates how to enable data validation in a cell, so that when you type something in it must be in a predetermined list or will not work. Start by typing in your data table in a second tab. His example is a date, then information about certain employees based on that day. To enter the data validation menu, click the cell you want to use and then hit ALT+D+L to bring it up. Go to settings, then under the Allow menu...
MapForce supports flat files as the source and/or target of any mapping involving XML, database, EDI, web services or other flat file data. In this how-to, you'll find instructions for mapping data from arbitrary text files (such as log files, CSV, fixed-width, and other legacy data sources) to databases and XML files.
If you've already jailbroken your iPhone, but noticed that you are missing your cellular data network tab, check out this video. You will need Cydia, Winterboard, and be jailbroken on 3.0 of course.
In today's time of rampant IT crimes, including identity theft, security is more important to the average computer user than ever. This tutorial, which was recorded and encoded for the Internet usingly only open source tools, demonstrates how you can use GnuPG to secure and verify data on your GNU/Linux box. Secure your Linux computer with this how-to.
In this software video tutorial you will learn how to create drop down menus in Excel using Data Validation. This example will show you how to display a list of parts in a drop down menu. Create the list of parts somewhere in your worksheet. Then in the cell underneath the one where you want to display the parts, go to the data validation window and enter the data. For this select the cell and then press 'Alt + D + L' to bring up the data validation box. Here you click on 'settings' and selec...
In today's time of rampant information crimes, including identity theft, security is more important to the average computer user than ever. This tutorial from Linux Journal Online shows how you can use GnuPG to secure and verify data on your Linux box. (This video was created using only free and open source software tools: TightVNC, pyvnc2swf, ardour2, audacity, jackd, LAME, kolourpaint, cinelerra-cv, mjpegtools, and ffmpeg.)
Welcome back, my neophyte hackers! Digital forensics is one of the fields often overlooked by aspiring hackers. In a rush to exploit every and any system they can, they often ignore learning digital forensics—the field that may lead to them being traced.
To start off the process of publishing your access database online we first look at a sample MS ACCESS database with typical formats and a online searchable application where users can search by library name or city and get details of the library. There are 3 steps to publish the database. The first step is importing data which can be done through clicking on the file menu and then click on import data through a Microsoft Access Database. Now select the file you want to import through the bro...
Get a crash course on HScript Expressions, Variables, and Attributes in Houdini 10. If you don't even know what this means, then you probably need to check this video tutorial series out. Understanding how to massage data in Houdini is key to giving yourself the creative edge and allowing you to unleash mind-blowing visual effects. This 18-part video series covers a variety of simple yet essential weapons in your arsenal including Global, Standard and Custom Variables to Math and String Modif...
In excel a left click is made on box A1 and the X title is typed in as year. In A2 the year 2001 is typed and in A3 the year 2002. Both A2 and 3 boxes are highlighted and the bottom right hand corner is used to drag the work into a copied sequence down to A12. In B1 "population in billions" is typed. From the web site the data is copied and typed in as it appeared and the numbers are rounded off. A click is made on the "insert" tab and line is selected from the menu which appears. The upper l...
Want to add location data to posts on a self-hosted WordPress blog or website? This clip will show you the way. Every version of WordPress brings with it new features, new functions and new ways of doing things. Fortunately, the very same technology that allows an open-source blog publishing application like WordPress to exist in the first place also makes it easy for its users to share information about the abovesaid things through videos like this one. Take a look.
TrueCrypt is a free open-source program for encrypting data and it's excellent for securing hard drives, but it also has the ability to hide a secret operating system inside another operating system. CNET shows you how this "insider secret" operating system is created. This operating system will be impossible to prove to people like the Feds.
It's not easy staying fit and healthy these days with addicting phones, oversized portions, and long workdays, to name just a few things. To succeed, it takes work, commitment, and an understanding of your mind and body — and your iPhone can help you with some of that. While Apple pushed its Screen Time tool to help curb unhealthy smartphone habits, its "Health" app can help with everything else.
Though you can use the Social Engineering Toolkit to clone websites, this way is much more customisable.
In this video tutorial, viewers learn how to create drop down menus in Microsoft Excel. This task is very easy, fast and easy to do. Begin by highlighting a desired cell. Then click on the Data tab and click on Data Validation under Data Tools. When the Data Validates window opens, click on the Error tab and deselect "Show error alert after invalid data is entered". Then click on OK. Now simply type in the data into the selected cell. This video will benefit those viewers who use Microsoft Ex...
Whether you're interested in learning Microsoft Excel from the bottom up or just looking to pick up a few tips and tricks, you're in the right place. In this tutorial from everyone's favorite digital spreadsheet guru, ExcelIsFun, the 19th installment in his "Highline Excel Class" series of free video Excel lessons, you'll learn about using Advanced Filter to extract data from an Excel List/Table/Database. See these 7 Advanced Filter examples:
So much information exists online that it's easy to get lost in data while researching. Understanding the bigger picture can take a lot of time and energy, but narrowing the question to one that's easy to answer is the first step of any investigation. That's why analysts use open-source intelligence (OSINT) tools like Maltego — to help refine raw data into a complete understanding of a situation.
Your Galaxy S5 is jammed to the brim with all sorts of electronic sensors. These are capable of reading humidity levels, ambient temperature, air pressure, and much more. Yet, while this data is constantly being collected by your phone, there aren't any built-in apps that are capable of displaying much of it.
While we're usually responsible for leaking our own private information through mediums like Facebook, there are other times when we mistakenly and unwillingly allow certain applications to scour through our personal data. Some apps may have enabled permissions for internet access, thus allowing it to share said data with its external servers.
Data for mapping and other applications is the lifeblood of machine-driven cars, and so far, Tesla has taken a definitive lead in information it has gathered ahead of other driverless players, including Waymo.
Open-source data scraping is an essential reconnaissance tool for government agencies and hackers alike, with big data turning our digital fingerprints into giant neon signs. The problem is no longer whether the right data exists, it's filtering it down to the exact answer you want. TheHarvester is a Python email scraper which does just that by searching open-source data for target email addresses.
This five-part series on C# programming covers many things. First, you learn how to save to the Microsoft SQL Server. Then, you'll learn how to retrieve that data. You'll also learn how to navigate the DataSet, edit SQL data, and delete data. If you have Microsoft Visual Studio and SQL Server, give this lesson a try.
1. Select the cell for which the dropdown menu is to be applied. 2. once the cell is selected goto DATA menu select VALIDATION.Data validation dialog box will be displayed.
Core Data is a powerful data-management framework introduced with Mac OS X v10.4 Tiger. When you take advantage of Core Data, it slashes the amount of custom code you need to write in order to manage application data. Opening, saving and undo management can all be handled by Core Data, freeing you to concentrate on creating unique features for your application. This video tutorial, which presents a general introduction to using Core Data, will walk you through the process of building a simple...
Even Halo: Reach on the Xbox 360 has hidden collectable items! All in the convenient (for the people hiding them) size of a small data pad! Earlier you got access to the first 9 data pads that you can get on any difficulty. Next, you will get a look on the next 9 data pads that you can only acquire while being on Legendary difficulty!
If you use Microsoft Excel on a regular basis, odds are you work with numbers. Put those numbers to work. Statistical analysis allows you to find patterns, trends and probabilities within your data. In this MS Excel tutorial from everyone's favorite Excel guru, YouTube's ExcelsFun, the 32nd installment in his "Excel Statistics" series of free video lessons, you'll learn how to group when the quantitative data are whole numbers, integers or discrete data and how to group when the quantitative ...
New to Microsoft Excel? Looking for a tip? How about a tip so mind-blowingly useful as to qualify as a magic trick? You're in luck. In this MS Excel tutorial from ExcelIsFun, the 255th installment in their series of digital spreadsheet magic tricks, you'll learn how to create a two-variable data table in Excel for what-if analysis. See the PMT function and learn about the formula equivalent to a data table.
This video shows how to make a quick pivot table data filtering by using Excel 2010's ‘Slicer’ functionality. ‘Slicer’ delivers enhanced visual filtering method to allow you to get the data you need more quickly. When selecting a cell in the pivot table you will find ‘Slicer’ in the filter group of the ‘Insert’ tab. Click on ‘Slicer’ and an 'Insert Slicer' dialogue shows up where you can pick particular data fields from the slider list. Once you click on ‘OK’, the ‘Slicer’ objects with filter...
Data thieves don't have to be programming wizards to get their hands on your personal information. They often find hard drives that contain financial and other sensitive data at flea markets, charity shops, the city dump—even on eBay. In this video tutorial, PC World explains how to completely erase sensitive data from old drives before recycling or discarding them. Wipe your old hard drives with this how-to.
If you use Microsoft Excel on a regular basis, odds are you work with numbers. Put those numbers to work. Statistical analysis allows you to find patterns, trends and probabilities within your data. In this MS Excel tutorial from everyone's favorite Excel guru, YouTube's ExcelsFun, the 24th installment in his "Excel Statistics" series of free video lessons, you'll learn how to create quantitative data frequency distributions with pivot tables. See how to create the correct unambiguous labels ...
If you use Microsoft Excel on a regular basis, odds are you work with numbers. Put those numbers to work. Statistical analysis allows you to find patterns, trends and probabilities within your data. In this MS Excel tutorial from everyone's favorite Excel guru, YouTube's ExcelsFun, the 12th installment in his "Excel Statistics" series of free video lessons, you'll learn how to use Advanced Filter 'Unique Records Only" to extract a list of unique items from a data base, and then use the COUNTI...
Check out this informative video tutorial from Apple on how to format data values with the format bar in Numbers '09.
