April 28, 2011 · Managed IT & On-Site Support
NASA has just awarded HP, one of the largest computer companies in the world, an enormous $2.5 billion contract for desktop computers, devices and services according to a report from HP today.
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A computer hacker recently posted online screenshots as well as data to a hacking mailing list stating that he was able to and had hacked into a wind turbine facility in New Mexico. However, one day after this was reported, the company that is in charge of the turbines has reported that they have seen
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April 14, 2011 · Managed IT & On-Site Support
A company out of Las Vegas, Nevada, has just bought the trademarks and service contracts for Unix, a computer operating system that is used by large corporations. Unix has also been the center of a large legal battle for the past few years.
Read more →April 5, 2011 · Microsoft, Windows & Software
So, it would seem that Google has become so powerful that it merely needs to think about something and it becomes a reality within a matter of days. Well, that’s how it seems considering the fact that the Institute for Creative Technologies decided to go right ahead and make the company’s April Fool’s prank, Gmail moti
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March 30, 2011 · Cybersecurity & Malware
So, when we think of NASA, we usually think of how smart people are that work there and how advanced they are technologically. However, the network that NASA uses to control the International Space Station and the Hubble Telescope has some unpatched vulnerabilities which could be exploited via the internet according to
Read more →March 22, 2011 · Managed IT & On-Site Support
Google has recently reported that there have been some email disruptions over in China stating that people are having trouble accessing Google’s Gmail program. Sporadic access to the email system has been experienced by users in China for weeks. Access has been reported as sporadic for some but completely blocked for o
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March 16, 2011 · Managed IT & On-Site Support
Windows 7 debuted back in 2009 and it is starting to show its age, if only just a little. One sign of this is the fact that Microsoft has released the first Service Pack for the operating system. If you don’t already know, a service pack is a collection of updates, bug fixes and enhancements
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March 8, 2011 · Computer Repair
The Adam’s County Sheriff’s Office out of Adam’s County, Mississippi, is more than ready tho throw out a newly purchased $109,000 computer system due to the fact that it doesn’t work, according to ACSO Major Billy Neely. Neely addressed the Adams County Board of Supervisors at their most recent meeting about the faulty
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March 4, 2011 · Cybersecurity & Malware
A computer virus attacked 40 computers in Seoul, South Korea today which included the presidential Blue House, the Foreign Ministry, the country’s biggest bank, the two largest search engines, a major online auction house and some military sites for both Korea and America. The source of the attack was not immediately c
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February 22, 2011 · Managed IT & On-Site Support
No company likes to miss the mark when it comes to earnings and that is exactly what happened with computer giant Hewlett-Packard. HP recently reported that for the first quarter of 2011 they brought in a revenue of $32.3 billion. Sounds good right? Well, even though it is an increase of 4% from last year, it
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February 17, 2011 · Managed IT & On-Site Support
If you have been following up on recent computer service news, then you have most likely heard about Satyam Computer Services and their fraud scandal. Well, we recently reported on Satyam setting a date for getting back on track and news has just come in about the company making a settlement to end the U.S. law suit fi
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February 7, 2011 · Computer Repair
There was a lot of news buzzing recently over reports that the computers belonging to the company that owns the Nasdaq Stock Market got hacked. Well, those rumors have been confirmed as the company has stated that they definitely got hacked. The company that owns the Nasdaq Stock Market has confirmed over the weekend t
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February 3, 2011 · Microsoft, Windows & Software
Apparently Google, the search engine giant, has accused Microsoft’s Bing of copying its search results, though Microsoft is refuting the claim. Amit Singhal, the man who oversees Google’s search ranking algorithm, talked about how SEO companies and their services are impacting the SERPs. Full fledged investigations beg
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January 24, 2011 · Computer Repair
Next year we all get to experience the magic and the spectacle we saw in Beijing not three years ago when the Olympics will take their athletes to the great country of London for the 2012 Olympics. Now aside from the intercontinental tensions and rivalries among athletes, there really isn’t a lot that goes on during th
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January 21, 2011 · Computer Repair
If you do not think that computer viruses can be serious, then think again. Like a virus that would infect the human body, a computer virus must be dealt with as quickly and as thoroughly as possible. The only problem is that sometimes the people you think are there to help are really there to simply
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