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Can the Mac OS X clipboard hold more than one item?

What if you want to copy several items, and then paste those items later? You can’t do it with the standard clipboard, but thanks to some free programs, you can bring the Mac’s copy-and-paste functionality into the 21st century.

While there are many clipboard enhancement tools available for Mac, I like to use one of two free ones. The first keeps things simple, but adds that extra dimension that makes your clipboard so much more useful. It is called Jumpcut and can be found at Sourceforge.net.

Basically, what Jumpcut does is to give you a clipboard that is several items deep. With it you can access the menu at the top of the screen and choose to paste in previously clipped items. In fact, it keeps a running record of your most recent copies, and you can choose any one.

You can also use a keyboard shortcut, usually Ctrl+Option+V to cycle through your clipboard items and pick the one you want.

The options for Jumpcut are kept simple. You can have it remember more items if you wish, and display more choices if you wish.  One limiting factor of Jumpcut is that it only works with text. If you want to use images, you’ll need something more advanced like ClipMenu, which can be found at clipmenu.com.

In addition to accepting text and images, ClipMenu also has a more complex menu, including breaking the items into groups of 10 or less and Snippets, which are items permanently available through ClipMenu for pasting.

Plus, when you use ClipMenu’s keyboard shortcut, usually Ctrl+Command+V, you get the entire ClipMenu menu right at the point of your cursor.

You’ll also find ClipMenu’s options more detailed than Jumpcut, with fine-tuning like font sizes in the menu, labels to indicate the type of item, and even the ability to integrate with simple scripts to do things like change the case of clipboard text.

The best thing about Jumpcut and ClipMenu is that they can be used together. Simply install both. They will both remember what you copy. For the simplest of needs I use Jumpcut, and then for things like images or the Snippets feature, I use ClipMenu. And since they are both free and stable, there’s really no reason not to try them out. Except that once you have a clipboard with depth, you’ll never be able to go back to the single-item 1980’s style clipboard again.

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Get your external IP address – TEXT ONLY

There are a lot of useful services online where you can quickly and easily get your external IP address, however they are almost all laden with a bunch of other crap, like ads and stuff. For a clean, simple text only view of your external IP address go to

https://secure.internode.on.net/webtools/showmyip?textonly=1

I created a shortened URL. . .

tinyurl.com/externalip

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Disable Windows Users From The Command Line

Whether in an Active Directory domain or standalone in a workgroup you can use this simple command line to disable one or more users.

net user <username> /active:no </domain>

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Microsoft Windows 7 OS Faces Piracy

Microsoft feels strongly about piracy, especially in China, and faces this problem head on. (The Trade)

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Windows 7 Global Launch

Windows 7, Microsoft’s newest operating system goes on sale around the world. (Bloomberg News)

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Attack Of The Droid

Google rides a wave of better than expected results and buzz about its new mobile phone operating system. (Bloomberg News)

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Microsoft Windows 7 OS Takes Off

High hopes for Microsoft’s latest operating system platform, Windows 7. Components communities keep their fingers crossed. (The Trade)

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Microsoft Launches Retail Store

Microsoft takes a new financial risk by getting into retail despite the economy. (The Trade)

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Linux Upgrade Password Hashing Algorithm to SHA-512

The default algorithm for storing password hashes in /etc/shadow is MD5. I was told to use SHA-512 hashing algorithm. How do I set password hashing using the SHA-256 and SHA-512 under CentOS or Redhat Enterprise Linux 5.4?

You need to use authconfig command to setup SHA-256/512 hashing. This command provides a simple method of configuring /etc/sysconfig/network to handle NIS, as well as /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow, the files used for shadow password support. Basic LDAP, Kerberos 5, and SMB (authentication) client configuration is also provided.

Display Current Hashing Algorithm

Type the following command:
# authconfig --test | grep hashing

Sample outputs:

password hashing algorithm is md5

Configure Linux Server To Use The SHA-512

To configure the Linux system to use the SHA-512 algorithm, enter:
# authconfig --passalgo=sha512 --update

Note users need to change their passwords in order to generate hashes using SHA-512. You can force users to change their password on next login:
# chage -d 0 userName

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Microsoft SSL Diagnostics

A common problem for administrators of IIS servers is configuring and troubleshooting SSL enabled websites. To assist in administrators efforts, Microsoft has designed a tool – SSL Diagnostics – to aid in quickly identifying configuration problems in the IIS metabase, certificates, or certificate stores.

This tool allows users to review configuration information in a easy to read view mode or to run the tool silently with only the creation of a log file. During use, administrators can simulate the SSL handshake to find errors. They can also quickly “hot swap” certificates for testing purposes.

These packages come in two forms: Express and Full. The express will only give the pertinent tools for administrators to use SSL Diagnostics while full install installs the same files with the appropriate documentation. Included in the full install is a SSL Frequently Asked Questions that can assist in the learning of SSL for administrators.

More details & download SSL Diagnostics for x86 or x64.