February 2012

Email Phishing ALERT: Beware of Complaint Email Claiming It’s From Better Business Bureau

February 23, 2012

The Better Business Bureau has issued an urgent SCAM alert cautioning businesses and consumers about a phishing email.  Businesses in the Seattle area have reported receiving this email. The phishing scam subject subject line reads “BBB complaint processing” with a return email addresses that BBB does not use (example service @ bbb.org).  The email uses [...]

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25 Signs You Need an IT Consultant

February 20, 2012

Although it may seem computers crash all of a sudden without warning, most computer networks actually develop problems that cause them to crash, become unsecure, or lose information gradually. Luckily, once you see the warning signs of an impending computer disaster, IT consulting can usually remedy the situation. This article looks at 25 signs your [...]

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Is Cloud Computing Going to Replace the Personal Computer?

February 17, 2012

This is the big question. The short term answer is no, probably not. Long term, it’s harder to say for certain. The modern computer houses an incredibly powerful processor that enables it to make millions of calculations per second. Given the growing speed of internet connections, many see few reasons that computation can’t be done [...]

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12 Surefire Signs That Your Business Is Ready For A Server

February 6, 2012

Is Your Business Limping Along on Outdated Computers and a Peer to-Peer Network That Hinders You More Than it Helps You? Here are 12 Surefire Signs That Your Business Could Greatly Benefit by Upgrading Your Network… You have two or more computers that need to share office equipment (printers, fax machines, scanners) and resources (Internet [...]

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Cloud Computing and the Law

February 2, 2012

For more than a decade, network technology advances have increasingly outpaced legal understanding. There have been a number of landmark cases where giant companies, Google, AOL, and Yahoo!, have turned over information to law enforcement agencies. Some of them are more transparent about the act than others – Google gives a running tally of where [...]

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