Author: James Eglin

The recent economic turmoil has put a great deal of pressure on companies to examine ways to reduce costs throughout all areas of their business-and Information Technology (IT) is no exception. Although most organizations have implemented some level of technology to improve IT staff productivity, the cost of maintaining and supporting computers and networks as well as ensuring continual end-user satisfaction can be challenging and continues to increase.

Fortunately, the IT support marketplace has responded and there are now a number of attractive and cost-effective alternatives for small and mid-size businesses to dramatically reduce their IT budgets while at the same time improve the uptime, effectiveness and satisfaction of their investments in information technology and infrastructure. (more…)

Have you ever thought about how hard is it to choose a good password or how important it is? Most people believe that choosing a good password is easy. After all, how is somebody going to guess my wife’s maiden name?

In reality, people usually choose poor passwords. In 2004 [Klein 2004], an attempt to crack a large password database revealed over three hundred passwords in the first fifteen minutes! One fifth of all passwords were obtained in the first week and approximately one quarter was cracked by the end of the search. More than half of the cracked passwords were six characters or less and some accounts didn’t even have a password. (more…)

Author: Titus Hoskins

“Back To School” is perhaps the most dreaded three word phrase in the English language for the majority of young people enjoying the last few days of summer. But for merchants and companies which cater to the student market, those three magic words are worth their weight in gold.

However, for many parents those words can produce mixed feelings, some look forward with guilty relief to having all that free time when they don’t have to worry about their children; while other parents are worried about outfitting and supplying their little geniuses with the necessary tools to make sure they’re not disadvantaged when it comes to learning. (more…)

Author: Karen Jurgensen

We’ve all been there. You go to use your laptop and realize that your keyboard is filthy and the keys are sticky. You may have walked away for 5 minutes only to realize that your toddler has pulled your F5 key off or there is mysterious pink goo smeared all over. When accidents happen, how do you fix laptop keyboards?

First things first, when trying any of the methods below, make certain to TURN OFF THE POWER TO YOUR LAPTOP AND UNPLUG IT. You do not want to electrocute yourself while performing maintenance! (more…)

We do a ton of typing, (or at least our processors do). So when I came across this list of keyboard shortcuts I automatically thought it would be a great thing to share with you. These have saved me a ton of time. At first I hesitated to use them, but I started with one, then another, then another. Enjoy! (more…)