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December 19, 2008  9:44 PM

Tech trivia challenge – scareware



Posted by: Ivy Wigmore
antivirus, browsers, CIO, malware, Microsoft Windows, network administration, operating systems, personal computing, Security, Tech Trivia

Our WhatIs.com Tech Term is scareware Scareware is a type of malware designed to trick victims into purchasing and downloading useless and potentially dangerous software. A scareware program...

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December 17, 2008  1:59 AM

Tech trivia challenge – wide area file services



Posted by: Ivy Wigmore
CIO, Cisco, network administration, Networking, Tech Trivia, transparent addressing, WAFS, WAN optimization

Our WhatIs.com Tech Term is wide area file services. Wide-area file services (WAFS) is a storage technology that makes it possible to access a remote

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December 15, 2008  12:34 PM

Tech quiz of the day – ECOphlex



Posted by: Ivy Wigmore
CIO, cooling, DataCenter, ECOphlex, electronics, green computing, hardware, network administration, phase-change cooling, Storage, supercomputers, Tech Trivia

The WhatIs.com Word of the Day is ECOphlex. Tech Trivia What was the first computer to break the petaflop...

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December 3, 2008  12:07 PM

Tech quiz of the day from WhatIs.com: How much do you know about port interface cards?



Posted by: Ivy Wigmore
CIO, connections, electronics, hardware, network administration, personal computing, Storage, Tech Trivia, USB

The WhatIs.com Word of the Day is port interface card

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November 18, 2008  9:21 PM

Tech quiz of the day from WhatIs.com: How much do you know about Net neutrality?



Posted by: Matt Stansberry
CIO, Net neutrality, network administration, Networking, P2P, Tech Trivia, telecommunications, wireless

The WhatIs.com Word of the Day is Net neutrality.

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November 14, 2008  11:58 AM

Tech quiz of the day from WhatIs.com: How much do you know about fast flux DNS?



Posted by: Ivy Wigmore
hacking, malware, network administration, Security, spyware, Tech Trivia

The WhatIs.com Word of the Day is fast flux DNS. Tech Trivia Enterprising cybercriminals are turning to corporate data theft because ________...

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November 12, 2008  2:15 PM

Tech quiz of the day from WhatIs.com: How much do you know about virtual appliances?



Posted by: Ivy Wigmore
cloud computing, DataCenter, hardware, Linux, network administration, operating systems, server, Tech Trivia, Virtualization

The WhatIs.com Word of the Day is virtual appliance. Tech Trivia What computers, housed in room-sized metal...

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November 3, 2008  3:51 PM

Tech quiz of the day from WhatIs.com: How much do you know about traffic engineering?



Posted by: Matt Stansberry
communications, network administration, Networking, Protocols, Tech Trivia, telecommunications, VoIP

The WhatIs.com Word of the Day is traffic engineering. Tech Trivia What is the unit for traffic density used in...

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October 30, 2008  10:24 PM

Tech quiz of the day from WhatIs.com: How much do you know about zombie armies?



Posted by: Ivy Wigmore
hacking, Halloween, malware, network administration, operating systems, programming, Security, spyware, Tech Trivia

The WhatIs.com Word of the Day is zombie army. Tech Trivia What operating system is Ghostscript associated with?

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October 9, 2008  5:56 PM

Tech Quiz of the Day from WhatIs.com: How much do you know about clickjacking?



Posted by: Matt Stansberry
browsers, CIO, hacking, malware, network administration, Security, spyware, Tech Trivia, Web browsers

The WhatIs.com Word of the Day is clickjacking Tech Trivia In the first six months of 2008, what percentage of...

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