The Dell Optiplex 7010 is a nice piece of hardware. They come loaded with Windows 8 Professional which my organization isn't ready to support yet, so we are reloading them with Windows 7 Enterprise. While we could have ordered them with the previous version of Windows, we went with the Windows 8 line because during configuration it allowed for a better video card and we plan on … [Read more...]
Archives for 2013
Google Reader is dead July 1st, 2013; Seven RSS feed reader alternatives
In another round of Spring Cleaning, Google announced today that Google Reader will be retired on July 1st, 2013 and a number of other services will also be shuttered. Apps Script's GUI Builder, and five UiApp widgets, CalDAV API, Google Building Maker, Google Cloud Connect, Google Voice App for Blackberry, Search API for Shopping, and Snapseed Desktop for Macintosh and Windows … [Read more...]
Using Avast’s free for Education EndPoint Protection
One of my clients qualify for the avast! Free for Education program. At my suggestion, they applied and were approved. While remaining license compliant with a free antivirus beforehand, as I would come to find out, it didn't quite do the job. Not only did it allow malware onto clients but it also had no central management. It was free and the environment is small enough I … [Read more...]
Nine best practices with technology for small business
I have had the pleasure of working with a variety of small businesses from startups to well established organizations. From website design to computer tune-ups and IT consulting, I get to see a good variety of approaches to implementing technology into their business. Through working with these clients and being a small business myself, I think I have come up with a list of … [Read more...]
Google Chrome still won’t allow popups as tabs
I spent some time this weekend looking into a past feature request and minor annoyance that has to do with Chrome. I modified a phpBB installation to keep track and indicate unread posts. I further modified it to be able to open all of those unread threads in a single click. In Firefox and Internet Explorer, the feature works great as it opens a new tab for each thread and … [Read more...]