Nashville, TN – Economic and Community Development Commissioner Matt Kisber and Mark Bengel, Chief Information Officer for the State of Tennessee, today introduced Connected Tennessee’s Computers 4 Kids initiative. Computers 4 Kids is an innovative project designed to positively impact the future of disadvantaged children in Tennessee by distributing computers to children and families facing economic challenges, are in the foster care system or that struggle with behavioral disorders and other issues.

“I hope to see every Tennessean realize the benefits of technology, and Computers 4 Kids is a step towards that goal for some of our most important citizens,” said Governor Phil Bredesen. “These are children who might not otherwise have the tools they need to access the abundant educational, informational and research resources available on the Internet today.”

You must have an idea of troubles you can face when your business uses large sized databases. It creates evils if database get slow downs. Inept databases make end-users infuriate as well stretches key business resources.

Thankfully there are a few simple steps that will allow your database to run more efficiently. Increasing the efficiency of your database will help you save both time and money in the long run.

This week I am going to tell you about some more WinXP tweaks and shortcuts. I have mentioned some of these before but since it seems to be a popular subject so I thought I would do another article about it. Hope you get a lot of good use out of these tips. As always, these are only suggestions. If you feel uncomfortable applying these tweaks please don’t attempt them.  Let’s get started.

Create shortcut keys

It can be a serious annoyance to have to constantly resize or minimize windows you are using in order to locate a needed shortcut to a program. While the quicklaunch bar can alleviate this to some degree, it still provides an un-needed distraction from your work.

Fortunately Windows XP allows users to bind certain key combinations with shortcuts, allowing you to open the program you need with a simple keystroke. Once you adjust to this, you will find it makes working with multiple programs much smoother and less distracting.

It is not my intent to scare anyone with my column but some things need to be discussed on a regular basis whether it is scary or not. With the recent publicity of some online crimes, I thought it was time to shed some light on online safety for children. Protecting your children’s privacy is perhaps the most important reason in the world to be familiar with the steps necessary to prevent problems with privacy invasion. Children are not necessarily targets of identity theft they are overwhelmingly susceptible to becoming targets of more insidious crimes which start with the perpetrator learning the identity of your child.

Understanding how chat rooms and email work can help parents teach children to behave safely online. While there are many programs and procedures you can use to track the activity of your children it is most important to educate them about the dangers of chatting online when you don’t know who they are talking to or who is reading what they say. Take similar precautions when your child has a cell phone or text messaging service.