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AVG has released version 9 of their popular anti-virus software. AVG has been on my favorite anti-virus software list for a long time. It uses very little computer resources, and the free to private home users is a good marketing program. Some of the improvements include up to 50% faster scans, and new additions including…
Google Apps is going to the spotlight as the Los Angeles, CA city commission has decided to move their email system to the cloud-based collaboration software. Microsoft and Google were battling to provide services to the 30,000 city employees. You can read more. I have compared both services and chosen Google for many users. I…
Today October 22, 2009 is being called Windows 7 day as Microsoft releases their latest version of their venerable operating system to the public. The tech and to some extent mainstream press have covered the subject to death, so I will offer just a couple of comments. I have been testing the OS and even…
Google has released version 3.5 of their image editing software Picasa. For many years I have been a frequent user of Adobe Photoshop, but as Picasa develops more tools I find it filling my needs. Essentially when processing family photo’s and such I just need to crop, rotate, and maybe adjust the lighting or coloring….
I like to point out local tech companies that makes news. One this past week is Molo Rewards of Sanford, FL. They debuted at DEMOfall09 which is an opportunity for new tech iniatives to present before the press. This can give them a marketing push as well exposure to financing opportunities. Molo Rewards is offering…
Windows includes a copy of Microsoft’s venerable utility to consolidated fragmented files on a hard drive. The problems are that it is slow and it has very few options. A better option is Defraggler by Piriform. The same group that brought us Ccleaner. The best part is that Defraggler is free for personal and business…
In this business climate it is important that your employees are as productive as possible. It is also no secret that a limited number of employees might spend a lot of time surfing the web. Many businesses are not in a position to setup a web monitoring system, and most do not want to become an electronic…
I like the Firefox browser from Mozilla. It is fairly fast but still feature rich, but my favorite trick is the extensions. I thought that I would make a list of my must-have extensions. Must-Have: They must be installed on a computer that I use more than once. IE Tab – Once in a while…
Microsoft has released their list of security patches for July 2009. Fortunately the list is far smaller than June’s record-setting list. Windows 2000 and Windows XP are the most affected with three critical problems. Two of those are subject to exploits that are in the wild on the Internet. These would need to be patched…
We have all read or heard company announcements about how a particular merger is going to create synergy between the companies. A fancy way of saying that we can let a lot of people go, and maybe continue to offer some modicum of customer service. All right enough from the soapbox – onto our story……
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