Triumph of the Nerds chronicles the rise of the personal computer beginning in the 1970s with the Altair 8800, Apple II and VisiCalc. It continues through the IBM PC and Apple Macintosh revolution in the 1980s and the beginning of the Dot-com boom in the mid 1990s. It includes interviews […]
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Cash Registers are a thing of the past, but if you are a small retail shop, what do you use as a Point Of Sale (POS) system to track inventory and sales? There are lots of choices ranging from a few hundred to several thousand dollars. PHP Point Of Sale […]
Parents and Business Owners alike have an increasing need to ensure children and employees are using the web responsibly and are not being exposed to known Malware/Botnet/Phishing sites and inappropriate content. For a business, unfiltered use of the internet can result in lost productivity and potential legal issues. OpenDNS is […]
Flashback to May 31, 2007
The original version of Microsoft KB2412171 was released on December 14 and caused a number of problems for Outlook 2007 users. It was pulled two days later. See post on The Microsoft Office Blog On January 11, Microsoft released a new version of KB2412171. This update is also causing problems. […]
When making a backup strategy, you must always consider off-site storage. If your backups are on-site and a fire or flood occurs, you may not be able to recover your data. If you’re using external USB drives for backups, you should rotate at least two drives taking one off-site. How […]