Monthly Archives: May 2015

If you’re on a 3 year smart phone contract READ THIS!!

Posted on May 27, 2015 by Jason Chiles

Because as of June 3, 2015, no matter when your contract was supposed to end with your carrier in Canada, it is done. Your device balance is zero, zip, zilch as of June 3, even if your original three year contract … Continue reading →

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Attackers use email spam to infect point-of-sale terminals with new malware | ITworld

Posted on May 26, 2015 by akaljian

Many times in the past, we have been asked if we handle POS (point of sale) retail systems. Traditionally our answer is no, because the systems are generally standalone or have a minimum network requirement and therefore not part of … Continue reading →

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Hot Topic buying Geeknet for about $117.3 million – SCNow: Finance

Posted on May 26, 2015 by akaljian

One of our favorite sites is thinkgeek.com. a website that caters to geek themed gear. Now that Hot Topic, the retail chain seems to be scooping up Geeknet, the parent company of the website, it will be interesting to see … Continue reading →

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KFC Saves Touchscreens From Greasy Paws – Geeks are Sexy Technology NewsGeeks are Sexy Technology News

Posted on May 25, 2015 by akaljian

KFC Saves Touchscreens From Greasy Paws – Geeks are Sexy Technology NewsGeeks are Sexy Technology News.

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#HUAW Hurry Up and Wait

Posted on May 20, 2015 by akaljian

The Bane of IT techs everywhere! The curse of working on computer systems in this modern day of cloud computing and multi-level technical support is the inevitable problem of waiting for somebody else or something else to complete its portion … Continue reading →

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What Windows can you upgrade to Windows 10?

Posted on May 20, 2015 by Jason Chiles

The short answer is, almost anything that is currently supported and that has a legitimate license key. We’ve made mention of it before but Microsoft is offering free upgrades to Windows 10 this summer to any user of Windows 7 … Continue reading →

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The difference between good cabling and bad cabling – Part 3

Posted on May 14, 2015 by akaljian

Today’s video is about the differences between traditional cat 5e cabling and the new cat 6A. Cat 6A cabling is rated for higher 10GB speeds and is starting to become more visible in new construction even though the costs are … Continue reading →

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Why Join BNI?

Posted on May 13, 2015 by akaljian

I joined BNI as a business networking opportunity because of a variety of reasons which include foremost, the fact that it makes us money. Here is a video that explains some of the reasons why we continue to be members. … Continue reading →

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Trusting Lenovo? Read on

Posted on May 11, 2015 by Jason Chiles

Lenovo’s had a bit of a rough run in the past year, given the glaring mistake of shipping software on their laptops with spyware in it. Now it seems they have some new issues. Lenovo intentionally ships laptop with flaws (via … Continue reading →

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Anatomy of a spam scam

Posted on May 7, 2015 by Jason Chiles

We often get calls from clients in a panic asking about strange emails they’ve received and whether or not they are legit. We can usually answer just from a description of the email if it’s a fake scam or something real. … Continue reading →

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