We all learned many valuable lessons after having the privilege of seeing A Lesson Before Dying the play at The Warehouse Theater based on the novel by Ernest J. Gaines. The powerful and moving production left my family slightly numb as we headed for our traditional pizza after every Warehouse Play. The silence was broken after John’s question at the …
Secure IT Alert: Microsoft Patch Tuesday is Coming – Strap In! Lots of Updates!
Homeland Secure IT Alert for Monday, April 11th, 2011 You’ve waited a whole month for this, and Microsoft has not let you down. Updates galore are ‘a comin’ tomorrow, April 12th, 2011. The Microsoft Security Bulletin Advance Notification states that this Patch Tuesday will be a big one. A total of 17 fixes, addressing 64 security vulnerabilities are there for …
The Commodore 64 is about to be available (all over again)
I’ve held off on posting about this for a few days since the first mainstream announcements came too close to April Fool’s to suit me… Yes, it is true, or so we are told, that the Commodore 64 will ride again. You can find out more about the Commodore 64x direct from Commodore USA. Back in the day, I loved …
Microsoft Office 2010 Click-To-Run Got You Down?
A recurring issue we find is that people are having difficulty in using their Microsoft Office 2010 product to its fullest. A common complain is that the software needs to download components over and over and that gets annoying. This is due to the fact that you purchased Office 2010 online, or installed it as a trial, then purchased. To …
Bogus Intuit QuickBooks Online Warnings Via Email Lead to Infection
Watch out for emails from Intuit and other software and service providers that appear to be legitimate and make sense on the surface… I was told by one of our friends/clients today that they had become infected after receiving an email from “software@quickbooks.com” which read something like this: Subject: QuickBooks Update: Urgent <Official Intuit QuickBooks Online logo here> You will …
What does the Epsilon security breach mean for you?
We’ve been hearing about Epsilon’s security breach for several days now. Some thought it was an April Fool’s joke due to how vague the initial press release release was, but obviously it was no joke at all. Epsilon has since updated their press release to indicate that this breach affects only 2% of total clients, but what exactly does that mean? …
Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2010 Up-to-Date Promotion Valid Through May 31, 2011
Don’t forget about the Microsoft “Up-to-Date” promotion if you are considering upgrading your business to Microsoft Office 2010! SMB (Small / Medium Business Organizations can receive a savings of 50 percent on the first annual payment on Office Professional Plus 2010 licenses! To be eligible for this promotion, you must sign a new commercial Open Value Subscription agreement or …
Don’t forget, TODAY is Internet Cleaning Day – Make sure you are prepared! PSE RT
It’s that time of year again when ISPs (Internet Service Providers) all around the world perform their yearly maintenance, call it “Spring Cleaning” if you will.If you have been living under a rock and missed the stories on the news and the countless emails flying around for the last week or so, then this may come as a total surprise …
Do manufacturers load too much junk on new computers?
If you own a smartphone, you know what your cellular provider does to the phone before you get it. With Android based phones, each phone is subjected to a custom install of carrier specific “tools” laid on top of the beautiful Android OS. Verizon thought you didn’t need the Google browser by default, so they sent you to Bing, and …
Dell executive claims iPad is unlikely to dominate the enterprise market… Your thoughts?
Dell’s Global Head of Marketing was interviewed by CIO recently and one statement made global headlines, “Apple iPad will fail in the enterprise: Dell“. He claims that the iPad is too expensive to win in the enterprise market and that other devices may very well beat it out… Of course Dell would like to think that their own will be …