July 4, 2012 · Managed IT & On-Site Support
In a bit of joyous news from Europe, members of the European Parliament rejected the highly controversial Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) on Wednesday by an astounding 478 votes to 39 votes. This result was widely expected internationally and also means that the agreement can’t become law in the European Uni
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June 6, 2012 · Managed IT & On-Site Support
Anonymous strikes again! The infamous hacktivist group has been quiet of late, though it seems that another victim has fallen prey to the group. The latest target? A Euro 2012 website. The Anonymous twitter account tweeted a post about the attack which was initiated to protest mass killings of dogs ahead of the soccer
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April 22, 2012 · Managed IT & On-Site Support
If you are an internet pirate in Sweden, you had better watch out because the European Court of Justice has just issued a new law interpretation that could have some serious impact on the prosecution of discovered and convicted internet pirates in the Northern European country. The European Court of Justice stated that
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April 13, 2012 · Managed IT & On-Site Support
Just two days after Apple promised customers that it would decontaminate Mac computers plagued by the Flashback malware the company has finally delivered. Apple just released its newest Mac OS X Java update yesterday, an update that includes a tool that will, as an Apple advisory states, “remove the most common variant
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March 14, 2012 · Managed IT & On-Site Support
Microsoft announced last week that it would ship six security updates this week to patch seven different vulnerabilities in Windows as well as a pair of for-developers-only programs. Microsoft also added that only one of the security updates was critical. Patch Tuesday for March of this year sees three more updates and
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February 2, 2012 · Managed IT & On-Site Support
Amazon Web Services has just added four new locations that allow enterprises to use its Direct Connect network service in order to communicate with Amazon’s cloud, according to a statement released by the company on Tuesday. The all new Amazon Web Services Direct Connect locations that have been added include the CoreS
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January 18, 2012 · Managed IT & On-Site Support
A problem in McAfee’s Saas Endpoint Protection software that allows computers to serve as open proxies for spam is being investigated by the company according to a recent statement from a McAfee representative. A statement from the rep says, “We are aware of the issues and have both threat analytics and development tea
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December 21, 2011 · Managed IT & On-Site Support
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has just released a new draft computer security publication that provides guidance for vendors, as well as security professionals, while they work on protecting personal computers as they start up. Computer safety is becoming an increasing priority around the wo
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December 1, 2011 · Managed IT & On-Site Support
Cloudcor has just announced that CumuLogic, one of the leading providers of Java Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) offerings, has just been named a Premier partner for UP 2011. UP 2011 is a hybrid format conference on cloud computing that runs from December 5th through December 9th at the Computer History Museum, located in
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Computer Service Now is the proud sponsor of a holiday sweepstakes known as the Christmas Kindle Giveaway. One lucky winner will receive a free Kindle Fire, or may choose between Amazon’s other Kindle eReaders plus an Amazon gift card! All you have to do is follow this link , fill in your name and email
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October 28, 2011 · Computer Repair
Whenever there is a computer problem involved, the average user is about as useful as a snowball in Miami. Computers are complex pieces of machinery and the slightest wrong move could take your troubles from bad to worse in no time. Many PC “repair specialists” use this as a way to jack up prices and install a lot of u
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October 4, 2011 · Managed IT & On-Site Support
Satyam Computer Services Ltd., formerly Mahindra Satyam, has had it rough over the past year and a half, especially considering the fact that the company was dragged through a painful law suit for fraud. And while you would expect some good news to come from the company it just isn’t so as the most senior sales executi
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September 15, 2011 · Managed IT & On-Site Support
Nearly every technological company out there these days is doing its best to make the technologies we use every day more energy efficient. Well, Intel is on the right track as the company only needs a solar cell the size of a postage stamp to power a computer processor. Intel debuted this technology at its
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July 27, 2011 · Managed IT & On-Site Support
A coalition of around 29 universities across America are throwing their weight behind a plan to create ultra-high-speed computer networks in the communities surrounding their campuses. These networks would also have internet service several hundred times faster than what is now available commercially.
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July 12, 2011 · Managed IT & On-Site Support
GCE, otherwise known as Global Computer Enterprises, just recently unveiled a mobile service for accessing and managing financial functions for the Federal Government. The service, which operates on any type of smartphone, tablet or mobile device, allows you to conduct a plethora of time-sensitive activities like appro
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