30th September 2009
TiVo and Blackberry Come together
Today TiVo and Research in Motion announced a new app for Blackberrys that will allow subscribers to program their TiVo from anywhere. The app is free and you can read more at the link below.
29th September 2009
Microsoft confirms free security software ships Tuesday
This has been in the works for quite a while now and it finally looks like Microsoft will jump into the anti-virus software arena. I haven’t tested the software out myself yet, when I do I will give you my opinion on it.
23rd September 2009
Google Adds Push Gmail Support to Sync for iPhone and Windows Mobile
This has been a long time coming and we’re glad Google finally saw the light.
Google Adds Push Gmail Support to Sync for iPhone and Windows Mobile
This has been a long time coming and we’re glad Google finally saw the light.
16th September 2009
Opera Sets The Bar High With New Mobile Browser
Today Opera released the Mini 5 Beta browser and it is a revolutionary way to view the web on your smartphone. I installed it this morning and have been wowed by its features. Stop what your doing right now and go download it. Check out this article from Gizmodo to learn more.
15th September 2009
Facebook adds support for Twitter-like @ symbol
Microsoft Asks Businesses to Scrap Windows XP
When Microsoft unleashed Vista a couple years ago there was not a huge movement of enterprise customers to the new operating system. Microsoft is insisting this go round that businesses upgrade their Windows XP installations to Windows 7. How do we feel about upgrading? It depends on the situation.
Scenario #1 – Your computer is running Windows Vista (Any version) – UPGRADE
Scenario #2 – Your office has 10 computers all running Windows XP – Stick with Windows XP on your current computers, but any new computers that you purchase go ahead and get these with Windows 7. Previously, after the release of Windows Vista, we still had companies purchase new computers with Windows XP using downgrade rights.
Scenario #3 – Your home computer has Windows XP – It’s your choice. If you want to try something new, take the plunge and upgrade to Windows 7. If you like the way things are, you’ll be just fine staying with Windows XP for the time being.
Scenario #4 – You have an office full of Macbooks and iMacs – Move along there is nothing for you to see here
14th September 2009
Use Dropbox for More Than Just File Syncing
We’ve hawking the wonders of dropbox for a while now, but did you ever think about other things you could use it for besides simple file syncing. Lifehacker put together a great list to hip you to some of the other ways it can be used. If you don’t have a dropbox account yet, go here and get one. Like most of the stuff that we post here, its free!
10th September 2009
Google’s Education Apps Now Used By Over 5 Million Students.
Thousands of schools and over 5 million students are now using Google Apps Education edition.
Have you thought about making the switch to Google Apps for your business? See the amazing cost savings and benefits by ditching your current email provider and going Google.
Call us today at 614.278.7780 and see how we can help you
Mozilla patches holes in Firefox 3.5, 3.0
Mozilla has patched a few holes in their Firefox web browser today. You can get the update by going to “help” in the top menu of Firefox and click “check for update.” Most installations will also update automatically and then prompt you to restart to install the update.
If you are not using Firefox yet as your main internet browser, for your computer’s safety, you should make the switch. Firefox is a faster and safer browser then Microsoft’s Internet Explorer. As we’ve seen with other updates, as soon as a vulnerability is identified, the team at Mozilla has a patch in the works. This is unlike our friends over at Microsoft who can take months to patch critical bugs in their products. You can download Firefox at the link below
8th September 2009
WordPress blogs falling prey to worm
A fast moving worm that can post malicious content is attacking WordPress blogs. WordPress is strongly encouraging everyone to upgrade to the newest version. Read more about the worm at CNET
4th September 2009
Geek Squad Charges Couple $1700 for CD Drive Replacement
We don’t like to bad mouth our competitors, but thought this was a story that everyone should see. To keep your wallet and your data safe, we recommend you get a professional IT consultant to take care of your computer.
3rd September 2009
AT&T Launches iPhone MMS September 25
Using Windows XP Mode in Windows 7
This morning I’ve been trying out the new Windows XP Mode in Windows 7. The feature is available only in the Windows 7 Professional and Windows 7 Ultimate editions. When it is installed you have a fully licensed copy of Windows XP which you can run within Windows 7. We’ve spoken here quite a few times about the benefits of virtualization and this new XP mode brings virtualization to a broader audience. The difference here is is that if you were to run another brand virtualization software such as VMware or Virtualbox you would have to buy a license for your copy of XP that you wanted to virtualize. Windows XP mode provides a copy of XP free of charge to you the new Windows 7 user. Windows XP mode runs within Microsoft’s Virtual PC software which uses very little memory and has a nice simple interface. For those of you who are worrying about upgrading to Windows 7 and whether your programs that worked XP will work in Windows 7 this will be a great safety net. Microsoft has designed Windows 7 to be compatible with the overwhelming majority of Windows XP software, but as with anything, there will be a few programs that just won’t install. This is why we like the idea of Windows XP mode. To learn more about XP mode you can click on the link below to go to Microsoft’s site to get an overview of the features.
1st September 2009
Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard Compatibility List
Have you been thinking about upgrading to the latest Mac OS, Snow Leopard? If so, you might want to check out this exhaustive compatibility list before you make the plunge.