Microsoft announced recently that is discontinuing SBS Server in 2012. Microsoft will sell Windows Server 2012 Essentials (the next version of Windows SBS Essentials 2011), which does not provide an Exchange server. The will also be selling Windows Server. For small...
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More RIM issues
Call us if you're ready to switch NY Times: In Setback, RIM Delays BlackBerry’s Next Version
Google Brings Free Wi-Fi to Some New York Subway Stations – from the NY Times
An article in the Times lists NYC subway stations that will be getting free wifi until September 7th. Google Brings Free Wi-Fi to Some New York Subway Stations - NYTimes.com.
How to Print From Your Mobile Phone or iPad
This is a pretty cool concept. You can print from any mobile device to any printer that is connected to your computer. Essentially you are sending what you want to print from your mobile device to Google, which then uses Google Chrome (installed on your computer) to...
How To Remote Wipe Your iPhone – Business Insider
Have you upgraded your iphone to iOS 5 yet? Here's a very good reason to do so. You can enable "Find My iphone" under the icloud settings. Then, if your phone is lost or stolen, you can remotely locate or even erase it. Here are instructions, complete with photos, on...
Check out the Windows 8 Consumer Preview Blow By Blow On Our Facebook Page
I'm updating my experience with Windows 8 Consumer Preview on our Facebook Page. Eventually I'll post it on the blog, but if you want the info NOW while it's fresh, please visit (and consider liking) our Facebook page.
Faux Verizon Phishing Scheme
This morning I received an email that looked EXACTLY like the billing email notifications I get from Verizon, except it said my bill was $1800! ALthough I suspected it might be a fake, I returned from a trip to Europe recently so it was feasible that some billing erro...
Why It’s More Productive Not to Work 24/7
Great article in the Harvard Business Review: Is Your Smart Phone Making You Less Productive?
A Craig’s List Troller Flags My Help-Wanted Ad! More on CL’s Flagging Epidemic
A while back I wrote a post about the ongoing rash of arbitrary flagging that is destroying Craig's List. Recently I placed another ad on Craig's List, this time advertising a part-time job as office admin. The ad ran successfully for a few weeks. It was in the proper...
Kaspersky’s Aggressive Renewal Policies and How We can Protect You From Them
We sell Kaspersky Anti-virus and Internet Security products because they are the best products of their kind for the residential/consumer market. However, the company behind Kaspersky pursues renewals and upsells extremely aggressively. This has led to several of our...