Earlier in the year, we saw one of our friends asking for contributions to their Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure team (Plus Inc.) and two of us here at Homeland Secure IT supported them with small contributions. After discussing it further, we decided to form our own team and participate in the 5K walk ourselves. It made total …
Intuit QuickBooks 2011 available on September 28th!
It’s that time again! Intuit is releasing their fiscal year 2011 products on Monday, September 28th. Products that have been updated include: QuickBooks Simple Start 2011 is the easiest way to track sales and expenses. All your finance information is organized in one place, so you can easily stay on top of your business and be ready for tax time. QuickBooks …
Consumers are happier than ever with their computers!
According to a story published in the Washington Post, computer users are happier with their PCs than at any time since the first year (1994) that this was tracked! This was based around a poll run by ACSI LLC. It was not surprising that Apple had the highest user satisfaction with their “cult-like” Mac following, though it may catch some …
SECURE IT ALERT: Security Update for Adobe Flash Player on Windows, Mac, Linux, Android, etc.
Homeland Secure IT Alert Secure IT Alert for Tuesday, September 21, 2010 This is not a repeat… I repeat, this is not a repeat. Sorry, that was redundant… Adobe announced yesterday, September 20th, the release of additional patches to Adobe Flash Player to address vulnerabilities. These affect Microsoft Windows, as well as Mac, Linux, Solaris and even Android. It’s the …
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Random thoughts about cell phones and service industry usage
Homeland Secure IT is stuck in the past! That’s right, a high-tech business is using what most consider to be antiquated technology. It isn’t because of the cost, it is because of the features. We are actually paying more per month for our cell phone plan than if we were using the latest devices and connectivity. What we use and …
Ransomware trojans may publish your private information online for anyone to see #Kenzero
If you have not heard about the Kenzero trojan, then sit back and let me tell you a tale that may keep you from sleeping tonight. We’ve seen lots of malware which makes the user believe they have been infected and that they can pay X dollars to have their machine cleaned up. While very popular, these have nothing …
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Greenville business computer service, support and repair – Free Estimates
If you have issues with your business computer systems, who do you call? If you are calling a one-man-shop, you may be getting a great deal in terms of hourly rates, however, you may find that the wait for this one person to finally get around to you could lead to inconvenient downtime. Unfortunately, the better the technician, the more …
The New Newsday Application – Better than the newspaper in all kinds of ways, except for one… #iPad
Do you have an iPad? Then you know it can do some pretty awesome things… There just a few ways in which an old newspaper is better….
SECURE IT ALERT: “Here You Have” Email Contains Fake and Malicious PDF or WMV Links
Homeland Secure IT Alert for September 10th, 2010 Making the news this week has been dire warnings of a rapidly spreading email worm. While it appears to be nothing more than we have seen in the past, I have reposted a security alert from Watchguard, makers of a great firewall devices and security appliances. — Supposedly Wide-Spread Email …
Setting up a “gatekeeper” account in Microsoft Exchange & Outlook
Tip Of The Day – Gatekeeper Email Setup: Here’s the scenario… Assume you are an executive and you are lucky enough to have a personal assistant. Now, let’s also assume you are sick of getting email from just any Tom, Dick or Harry. What do you do? You make your PA your “Gatekeeper”. There are lots of ways to handle …