March 13, 2008 · Microsoft, Windows & Software
Microsoft is already hard at work with a new operating system and is already in the legal phases of production. In compliance with the 2002 antitrust settlement, the next-generation version of windows is facing an antitrust review from a private Technical committee to ensure Microsoft is staying within the agreement. C
Read more →February 21, 2008 · Microsoft, Windows & Software
Microsoft’s latest OS is seeing its first service pack within the next few weeks. The up and coming service pack for Vista is primarily aimed at providing increased Device and Software Compatibility as well as overall system reliability. Microsoft has been under pressure since the release of Vista and they hope allevia
Read more →October 31, 2007 · Microsoft, Windows & Software
Microsoft this week announced that a free 30 day trial of Vista will be available to download from their website. The download will be in a Virtual Hard Disk (VHD) format and will require one of the Microsoft VirtualPC products, also free to download, to take advantage of the Vista trial. The VHD will require
Read more →September 19, 2007 · Microsoft, Windows & Software
With Microsoft raking in billions of dollars from its desktop software franchise, many of their competitors are beginning to produce their own solutions to Microsoft Office. Not only is Microsoft feeling the heat from OpenOffice.org, but IBM has jumped into the fray and released a free office productivity suite called
Read more →September 5, 2007 · Microsoft, Windows & Software
Following in the footsteps of Yaroslav Suris, a man who was sentenced two months incarceration for Criminal Infringement of a Copyright, an international warez group of 18 have joined the ranks of those who face persecution for Copyright Infringement. The Pirates With Attitidue, or PWA, have been an underground warez a
Read more →August 22, 2007 · Microsoft, Windows & Software
With Google recently acquiring a new phone service called GrandCentral to add to its list of companies, there is current debate on whether Google has become too powerful. With current companies under the total control of Google such as youtube, GrandCentral, blogger, feedburner, and Google Earth, has Google gone to far
Read more →August 20, 2007 · Computer Repair
If your computer is acting slow or funny it may not be hardware related. Many times your operating system may become corrupt or damaged due to spyware and viruses. These malware often steal personal information and cause computer systems to slow down tremendously. If your computer is constantly locking up or running sl
Read more →August 3, 2007 · Managed IT & On-Site Support
Ever see those shows on TV where they sell PC’s that have over a thousand dollars worth of free software on them? They make you think that if you buy their system you will get all the software you would ever need. The reality is this sort of software is anything but free or useful.
Read more →April 6, 2007 · Microsoft, Windows & Software
It appears that past complaints by Apple about their ranking on the Greenpeace Guide To Greener Electronics has not helped the PC maker improve their standing. In fact Apple has have moved into last place in the March 2007 guide. Lenovo on the other hand has apparently undergone a surprising transformation. After a las
Read more →March 26, 2007 · Microsoft, Windows & Software
Are you responsible for your Company’s Network? Have branch offices all over and looking for an easier way to support their technical needs? Let me tell you a strory, back in the late 80’s and early 90’s we had branch offices in Columbus and Cleveland, OH and one in Indianapolis. Managing the employees was hard
Read more →March 7, 2007 · Microsoft, Windows & Software
The bad press on Vista continues this time with complaints of confusing and incomplete upgrade paths for existing Windows users. A recent editorial in the April issue of Maximum PC describes on man’s frustration with the upgrade process. Specifically how several logical upgrade paths simply do not exist but instead req
Read more →February 8, 2007 · Managed IT & On-Site Support
The Radicati Group, a market research firm in Palo Alto, California, predicts that by 2007, there will be 50 billion spam messages each day, costing companies almost $200 billion per year. This is simply astounding and unacceptable. It’s time to take control of spam. Enter Barracuda Spam Firewalls. The Barracuda Spam F
Read more →January 18, 2007 · Microsoft, Windows & Software
As reported by theage.com 01/19/07 Microsoft will make its new Vista operating system available for download via the Internet when it debuts at the end of this month, a marketing first for the US software colossus. Microsoft has sold its world-dominating software only on packaged disks since the Redmond, Washington, co
Read more →January 16, 2007 · Managed IT & On-Site Support
Microsoft retail software purchases are perfect for the times when your business simply needs 1 or 2 packages of Microsoft Software. Say for instance you have a small business with 1 secretary who writes all of the business letters, the best solution is a Retail box of the latest version of MS Office. Microsoft Volume
Read more →December 18, 2006 · Microsoft, Windows & Software
Google has released a customized version of Microsoft’s Internet Explorer 7 browser in which Google, not Windows Live Search, is the default search engine. In addition to using Google as the default search engine, Google’s IE 7 also provides users with the Google Toolbar and a Google home page they can personalize.
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