February 19, 2010 My husband and I are avid Survivor fans. We have our DVR set so we can watch it after the kids go to bed every Thursday. Because of a weak spot in technology or user error (most likely the latter), the 2nd episode in the 20th season did not record yesterday! We thought Survivor wasn’t on … Continued
Featured Member: Trey Thompson Posted Feb 08 2010, 09:31 AM by Richard Akullian “When I started to look for a new Featured Member I couldn’t help but think of Trey Thompson. I’m not sure if it’s the Clint Eastwood Avatar or how he always seems to be answering questions in the CommunITy that made him stick out … Continued
Recently, we’ve seen a significant increase of infections by programs claiming that a user’s system is infected. These programs have reported themselved to be Internet Security 2010, AntiVirus Live, Personal Security 2010, and many others. These are NOT programs that you want on your system. You should only respond to alerts from AntiVirus programs, or Malware programs that you installed, or … Continued
We’ve been reviewing a product called DropBox for quite a while now. It’s a very small program that installs on your computer and performs several actions. The first thing it does is synchronize your files up to the servers at DropBox. From there, the files can be synchronized down to many other computers, or users. The performance … Continued
I’ve used NewsGator for several years now. After deciding that I want to keep up with certain industries and authors a little better, I decided it was time for a new solution… I decided my needs were: Simple Fast Easy to scan content, pick what I want to read So I checked with my colleague Michael, and … Continued
Ran across an error on a clean install of Symantec Enterprise Protection 11.0.4 MR4. Installation all went fine, accepted defaults where appropriate, but when launching the console application for the first time, I received the error message : “Unable to communication with the reporting component” And the Home, Monitors, and Reports sections of the console … Continued
Many people are asking about Virtualization and why it’s going to be an important part of our technological future. Here are some examples of what we have done to simplify customer’s server and workstation needs with VMware. Customer 1 Host 1 Installed base operating system of Windows Server 2003 as the host Installed VMware’s free … Continued
I made my first PDA / Phone purchase in January of 2006. I bought a Palm Treo 700w on the Verizon network. It’s powered by Windows Mobile, and enabled me to synchronize my calendar, contacts, tasks and email instantly, with no additional server software or setup required. I’ve enjoyed the high quality of Verizon’s … Continued
I’ve recently suggested that someone look at Microsoft’s Office Live for Small Businesses. It appears to be a nice service, competitively priced, and easy to use. The person was able to setup their free account, custom domain, email, and even design a nice, basic website from their huge supply of templates. Take a look, and … Continued
I’ve recently started using multiple monitors when I’m at the office. My laptop screen is my primary screen, and a 19″ Dell widescreen to use as an extended desktop. It’s been pretty nice except that the eternal monitor doesn’t have as nice a resolution as the laptop. 1920 x 1200 vs only 1440 x 900. … Continued
