Protect your data – by destroying it! Boy that sounds interesting doesn’t it? But what does that mean? As computers age and are replaced, they might find their way to a dumpster, or given to a non-profit organization who refurbishes them and resells them, or they may be given to a computer recycler who is supposed to dispose of the computer …
Microsoft Office 2011 for Mac to be Released in October
Microsoft’s latest version of Office 2011 is due out in October of 2011. It features many improvements over previous versions and comes in the following flavors: Microsoft Office for Mac Home and Student 2011 includes Word for Mac, PowerPoint for Mac, Excel for Mac and Messenger for Mac. It will retail for $119 for a single install and $149 for the …
SECURE IT ALERT: Top Infection Method – video by Trend Micro CTO Raimund Genes
Raimund Genes, Trend Micro’s CTO explains how a computer becomes infected. It might not be what you expected.
SECURE IT ALERT: Malicious Documents and Images Threaten OS X
Secure IT Alert #2 for Thursday, August 26 2010 More bad news for Mac owners. PLEASE update your systems. We are seeing the number of Mac and *nix exploits ramp up at an alarming rate. Many people have found rootkits were installed on their systems for no telling how long before they were discovered. The following information was provided courtesy …
SECURE IT ALERT: Adobe Shockwave vulnerable on Mac and Windows – Update today!
Homeland Secure IT Alert for Thursday, August 26th 2010 I know it seems like it never ends… Adobe Reader, Adobe Acrobat, Adobe Flash, Adobe Air, Java, Windows, Mac, one update and patch after another following these security announcements…. The vulnerability de jour is brought to you by Adobe, and it affects Shockwave player on Macintosh OSX and Windows platforms. The …
Greenville computer service, repair, support and more – Way more… #greenville
This morning I was having a discussion with a potential client and we were talking about the “Homeland Secure IT” name, the individual mentioned that they understood the play on words, however they were simply not sure how to take “IT”, because they thought of “IT” only in the terms of “Information Technology”… I explained that the “IT” in our …
SECURE IT ALERT: Adobe to release Reader & Acrobat patches for Windows, Mac & UNIX
Homeland Secure IT Alert for August 18, 2010 Adobe has announced that August 19th will bring out-of-cycle updates to Adobe Reader 9.3.3 across the Microsoft Windows, Apple Mac and UNIX platforms, as well as Acrobat 8.2.3 on Apple Macintosh to address critical vulnerabilities. An update to Adobe Flash player is also anticipated. More info can be found here but the …
Oh my, another #greenville computer user lost their data – Wish they had used our online backup service…
Just saw where another computer user in Greenville could have avoided a nightmare. They posted their computer was toast. Bad hard drive according to some geeky type people that looked at it. The computer is back to running, but their data is GONE. Homeland Secure IT offers many backup solutions that can protect you from this scenario, but our favorite …
Microsoft Windows 7 Professional for only $29.99?? No way… YES WAY! If you are a student…
Yes, the subject is correct! Microsoft is offering students the deal of a lifetime… Windows 7 Professional for only $29.99! Follow this link to get the whole scoop… In short you must have an email address ending with .edu, or be enrolled at a college listed as eligible on that site. There is also a link at the bottom …
Free Trial of Microsoft Business Productivity Online Suite #cloudcomputing #bpos
Are you tired of dealing with POP3 or IMAP mail from your ISP? Tired of SLOW email? Do you want to share calendars between coworkers? Do you want to see the same contacts, calendar entries and emails on your phone as you do in your Outlook on your desktop and also via a web interface? Do you want your mobile …