For a long time, I have had a preference for HP printers. The quality is just built into the hardware and they tend to work longer and more reliably in my experience. However, HP has a history of getting in the way of allowing a simple install of the printer. Back in the day, it was the HP Toolbox that you had to install in order to get the printer installed instead of … [Read more...]
Archives for November 2012
Group Policy causes Windows 8 apps to close immediately
Windows 8 is a significant change and is going to require thorough testing before getting rolled out to organizations. One example I ran into recently involved the new Windows 8 apps. Whenever you would try to start one of these apps like Mail or Photos from the Start Screen, the icon would flip toward you and become full screen. It would then close back to the Start Screen … [Read more...]
An old commercial for an OS/2 computer
Ah, those old local commercials that everybody tries to forget... Here's a tech related one to show you just how far technology has come and how impressed we were with things like knobs. … [Read more...]
Holiday shopping e-commerce [infographic]
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We're heading toward the holiday season and Black Friday is right around the corner. With all of that craziness at the malls and stores, comes eCommerce as well. Places like Amazon.com, eBay, and Overstock.com get a lot of people heading there way to try and get those wanted items for their friends and family. Skimlinks has created an infographic detailing how big of a deal … [Read more...]
CISCO parodies 99 Problems
Talk about your painful videos. In this video embedded after the jump, new hires by CISCO made this parody of Jay-Z's 99 Problems. They subbed in the word 'switch' and other networking terms along Cisco inside terminology to change the song. I'd actually recommend skipping this video but it was too bad to pass up sharing. … [Read more...]