While I might have said that all tech commercials were the same yesterday, I guess I found a new category. These tech commercials are just bad and even offensive. Digital Loggers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xgyQy7TG_Y MevSP (Cloud computing pushed in … [Read more...]
Archives for August 2013
No matter what the product, tech commercials are essentially all the same
Commercials for technology products follow a formula. That formula is funny when it gets called out like this. [collegehumor id="6905817"] One more baker! Cue picture of person holding a bag of groceries with baguette. … [Read more...]
Using Group Policy Preferences to push Konica Minolta Account Track passwords
Depending on the organization, a department might be interested in using the account tracking feature of certain copiers. This would allow an organization to track and calculate a bill per PIN Code. This could allow an individual or a department to be billed individual for their printing at the end of the billing cycle. Beyond the business need, for a lot of people the PINs … [Read more...]
Using tech in back-to-school shopping
Back-to-school is a big spending period. I didn't believe how big until I saw this infographic. It covers online shopping, using tech to shop and compare prices, and use of social media. I wonder how much money is spent on just tech for back to school. I'm sure laptops and smartphones are big for back-to-college. (Credit: Ceros) … [Read more...]
Antivirus trials on Windows 8 decreases its security
One of the features of Windows 8 made me excited even though it didn't seem to get a lot of attention from anybody else. Microsoft rebranded Microsoft Security Essentials as the Windows Defender product and included it by default in Windows 8. I thought this could be a game changer. So many of the computers that I see that are infected don't even have an antivirus on them. This … [Read more...]