Whenever Microsoft announces that they have a new operating system in the works, we greet the tidings with some fear and trepidation. Don’t get us wrong. We love computers, and we love technology. While we enjoy most of the operating system upgrades, we were somewhat happy to have skipped a few like the Millennium Edition...
Google Chromebook – Introducing Advanced Technology
Advancements in technology have changed personal computing immensely since the 1980s. In the early days, computers could only be controlled via the keyboard. Now we can interact with a computer with a mouse, graphics pad, touch screen monitor, and even with voice recognition technology. For example, I have been writing this article by speaking into...
OS X Lion’s Release of the “Golden Master”
July 2011 deployment to GM1 or Golden Master developers of Apple’s operating system OS X Lion (technically, OS X 10.7). Apple’s Lion release, critically hailed as the “Windows 7, plus, plus” of security. Three main factors for Lion’s upgraded security are: (1) its advanced ASLR (address space layout randomization); (2) its updated secure sandboxing; and...
Advantages And Disadvantages Of Microsoft 365
Microsoft 365 is software that gives users online versions of popular Microsoft products such as Microsoft Office, Lync Exchange (which combines Live Meeting and Office Communicator), and SharePoint. Lync is an instant messaging program that allows users to send/receive messages, video/audio, and VOIP. Lync used to be known as Communications Server. Lync Exchange offers new...
Affordable Break Fix IT Support Services
Computer and network infrastructures play an increasingly vital role in contemporary businesses. This changing landscape presents new challenges to companies large and small alike. Hardware and software failures can result in significant losses of time, productivity, and funds, as well as the destruction of important records and client information. To combat potentially catastrophic collapses of...