Telecommuting – It’s Not Just for City Folks
The first big snowstorm of the season is upon us and you live out in the country. Maybe you’re not completely out in the boonies, but you’d have to face some pretty treacherous conditions to make it into work when a big snow storm hits. Your employer doesn’t want you to risk life and limb […]
Let’s Go Laptop Shopping!
Which PC Laptop Should You Buy?With so much to choose from in the varied world of laptop computers, how do you decide which is best for you or your family? The best place to start is to think about how the new machine is going to be used. Are you simply surfing the web and […]
The INTERNET-OF-THINGS(“IoT”)?
By now I think we all realize how much the INTERNET has become part of our daily lives. It’s become an “expectation”, the “standard” from which we gather information or even run our businesses. But what is the Internet of Things? Control Household Appliances From Your Phone.We use the internet to read, to shop, to […]
Don’t Open That Email!
Did you know that it is estimated that only 20% of ALL emails are legitimate? The worldwide estimate is that there are over 75,000 new malwares and viruses appear on the Internet EVERY DAY and one of the ways these infections get spread the fastest is through your email. The bad guys around the world […]
EMV / PCI and You
EMV (Europay, Mastercard, Visa) is the new standard in credit and debit cards containing the new “one transaction, one key number” microchip. The new “chip” card has been in use in other parts of the world for several years now. Starting October 1st 2015 in the US, all credit and debit card transactions should be […]
Are You Ready For The Arrival Of Hurricane Joaquin This Weekend?
The work week is almost over and you want to relax. Can you really relax when you are worrying about your servers, network, computers and data? A storm of this size has the potential to bring not only wind and rain damage, but it can also bring a wide variety of power problems including outages […]
Windows 10 Makes Its Debut! Is it Too Soon To Upgrade?
Microsoft released the official version of Windows 10 yesterday, and it is a free upgrade for computers running retail versions of Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 with a valid license. For more details on whether or not a computer qualifies for the free upgrade, this article from PCWorld explains it in more detail: http://www.pcworld.com/Windows10-Upgrade We […]
Today is the day! Final Updates For Server 2003 Are Released.
Well, this day has been coming for a while, and today it is official. Microsoft is releasing its final round of security updates and patches for Server 2003 and officially retiring the operating system. We won’t go into too much detail in this post, since we’ve already covered it in previous blogs. As this article […]
End of Life for Windows Server 2003
By now, almost everyone is aware of Microsoft’s Windows XP’s official end-of-life, which took place last year. This year, another popular Windows version is also going to have its support dropped. Windows Server 2003 is the “bigger brother” to Windows XP, and is designed to run on all kinds of servers, ranging from a simple […]
Think you’re safe with your Lenovo ThinkPad? Think again!
You may have heard in the news recently that Lenovo was caught pre-installing software on their notebook computers that was supposed to be helping users with “discovering products similar to what they are viewing”, according to Lenovo’s web site. What that actually means is that they were installing software from a company called Superfish that […]