Monday, December 14th, 2009
Google recently began sending out window decals to local businesses to promote the usage and adoption of QR codes, as well as to promote Google Maps, and they’re calling these businesses Favorite Places. QR codes can be decoded with most smart phones (iPhone, Android phones and Blackberry’s) and will provide a link to the business listing on Google Maps.
The good news: We’ve been selected as one of the few businesses to receive these promotional window decals!
However, because we don’t have an actual office (I work out of my home), I thought I would go ahead and post pictures of the letter Google sent, along with the QR code window decal.
Tags: Bay Area, East Bay, East Bay PC Repair, Google, information, internet, news, PC Repair, San Francisco
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Wednesday, September 30th, 2009
From a report released by Panda Security, makers of Panda Antivirus, the number of PC’s infected with Malware grew 15 percent in the month of September. The numbers are just staggering, showing why you need an up-to-date antivirus AND an anti-malware program installed.
Credit: Panda Security
As you can see from the line graph, the US is just 9th on the list of most infected, with nearly 59 percent of all PC’s infected with malware.
And the following pie chart shows a breakdown of the number and types of those malware infections.
Credit: Panda Security
via CNET News via Panda Security
Tags: infographics, information, internet, malware, news, PC Repair, reports, viruses
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Tuesday, September 15th, 2009
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I recently bought a Netbook, a lovely Acer Aspire One, however it came with Windows XP and since falling in love with Windows 7, I couldn’t bear to use XP anymore.
So I went searching for the steps to make a bootable USB thumb drive with the Windows 7 install files on it, and got lucky when I found an excellent 7 step guide on CrunchGear. I’d recommend going to view that if you need the steps explained all along the way. But I’ll put them here, short and sweet.
- Since you can’t download the Release Candidate anymore that eliminates the first step.
- The second step is to download WinRAR, I use and recommend 7-Zip for all your unzipping needs, and it does the same job we need it to do in step 3.
- The third step is to extract the files from the ISO you downloaded (hopefully before Microsoft stopped offering it for download in August).
- Next step is to format your thumb drive to NTFS, and you need at least a 4GB thumb drive for the Windows 7 install files.
- That was pretty easy right? Now the hard part. Basically copy the bootsect.exe file from the /boot subfolder in the Windows 7 directory you created in step 3 to your C: drive
- Open the command prompt and go to the C: drive (or wherever you copied the bootsect.exe file), and type in this command:
“bootsect /nt60 f:”
(without the quotes and replace ‘f’ with the letter of your thumb drive)
That should copy the Windows 7 boot files to the thumb drive, then…
- Copy the Windows 7 files to the thumb drive
That’s it. It worked beautifully for me and I’m now enjoying Windows 7 on my new Acer netbook. Everything works great and I can’t wait for the final version of Windows 7 to come out on October 22nd.
Mark your calendars. Mine is already marked.
Read the original 7 step guide at CrunchGear
Tags: flash drive, guide, information, microsoft, tips, usb, Windows, Windows 7
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Saturday, September 12th, 2009
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I was asked by the folks at Life In Sherman Oaks to write a guest blog post about how to increase traffic to your website. Take a look at the article on their site titled “5 Incredibly Simple Things You Can Do to Increase Traffic to Your Website or Blog”
You can also follow Life In Sherman Oaks on Twitter at @shermanoakslife
Tags: blog, guide, information, internet, SEO, tips, Tips and Tricks, website
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Wednesday, September 9th, 2009
Now there’s no excuse for you to keep running that abomination of a browser Internet Explorer. While yes Microsoft has made alot of progress with the latest version (IE8), they are still no where close to supporting web standards the way that every other browser does.
It’s often a headache for web designers (trust me I know) just to make their websites display properly in Internet Explorer.
Trouble is, some sites refuse to operate in anything but IE. Windows Update being one of them, and many corporate intranet websites, won’t display in any other browser. So at times you’re forced to use Internet Explorer.
Using the Coral IE Tab add-on for Firefox, now you can visit those sites without having to open the detested browser. Even Windows Update works flawlessly. So, quit living in the dark ages of the internet and embrace modern web apps, CSS3 and HTML5 with the awesome Firefox 3.5.
Download Coral IE Tab
via DownloadSquad
Tags: add-ons, Downloads, Firefox, free, Freebies, information, internet, Utilities
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