In every business there is always the “Oh Crap”! moment when a PC get’s infected with something. And some more often than others. What to do? Well, using a quality set of firewall/filters/anti-virus is part of the solution. And more than likely the only parts of the solution you’ve heard about. But, there’s a whole...
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Microsoft Raises Prices, Dramatically
Microsoft is having a difficult time with Windows8 and WindowsRT… Companies and People arn’t buying it. And, from the testing we’ve done so far, for good reason. But Microsoft is taking a decidedly interesting approach to slow sales of a product EVERYBODY has said they don’t need, don’t want, and they can’t really see any...
AT&T Usage Billing and Refuses To Say How It’s Computed
It seems that AT&T is playing games with it’s new “Usage Billing” forumlas. And it’s not pretty. We spotted this article on Slashdot today. One that our customers that utilize AT&T services should be very concerned with. You see, AT&T is now billing for how much data you consume. Which, on it’s face, sounds reasonable. ...
Windows8 – Now With In App Advertising!
Yes, you heard me right. And HotHardware.com is reporting it, and Microsoft is confirming it. Windows8 paid applications contain advertising. Right now ads f or Coca Cola, Ford, and Samsung have signed up (among others) that will show up in applications (like Finaance, Weather, News, etc.). With a “normal” operating system and applications (that you...
If You Are Using Sophos Anti-Virus You Need To Call
It has come to our attention that there are serious flaws that have been identified in Sophos Anti-Virus by security researchers at Google. OPENRSM has never used, nor provided, Sophos Anti-Virus. And it seems that our own internal evaluation to not provide or support Sophos has been sustained (for additional reasons) by Google. You can...
Why Your PCs are Infected
Ever wonder why there seems to always be a PC that’s slow, infected, issuing pop-ups, redirecting your Google searches, etc? It’s because they’re infected! “But we have anti-virus installed on all our machines” is the usual self-denial cycle that sets in. Usually followed with “why can’t you keep this from happening? Your the expert here?”. ...
Celebrating Liberty
Many of our Friends and Customers know that OPENRSM is a proud supporter of Scouting and Scouts. And on this Independence Day we’d like to pause and think not only of our own Freedom’s and Liberty. But also how it is also celebrated by the “Good Turn” done daily by Scouts. A case in point…. ...
Did You Know Your Facebook Email Address Is Now Your Primary Email Address?
And you didn’t even realize you had a @facebook.com email address.. did you? Oh, but you do! And it was changed to be your primary email address contact on your timeline by Facebook. And no, they didn’t tell anybody… Until the press decided to start calling Facebook on it. And (in a change for Facebook),...
Thailand Floods Endanger Kansas City I.T. Budgets
Floods in Thailand have caused a significant portion of the world’s hard drive and other computer component manufacturing facilities to be temporarily shut down. ASUS Reports they are nearly out of Hard Disks, Lenovo, HP, Dell, and Others are expected to have similar announcements soon. This will lead to shortages of computers and peripheral products...
Steve Jobs Has Passed, Along With A Part of My Past
It was just announced that Steve Jobs has died. And with his passing, a part of my own personal past. It’s funny how when someone “Rich and Famous” dies affects you. A favorite actor, sports figure, etc. This is different. I havn’t told many people about my own personal encounters with Steven P Jobs. And...