Thank you to Alan Majer- his article with media illustration offers a nice visual way to explain social media.
“Why you need to embrace social media and how it can help your business grow? Social Media Marketing is a two way dialog and it is based on result oriented conversation for your customers. Watch this presentation [...]

On the To-Do list for this week: work on custom twitter background for self, some of our techs, and a few clients. Here is a link to article, templates, instructions at CreativePro.com

Measuring Social Media: Everything I know I learned in Com101
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To those techs and business owners who need a quick fix or a hot deal – BEWARE.
When it comes to Small Business Servers the installation needs to be done according to best industry standards. That way as a Computer Technician the installation goes smoother and the business owner gets the best performance.
One of our tech consultants in STG [...]

So far, none of STG techs or their clients  have had any issues from the Security Alert this July. If you are wondering about the issue and the fix MS has an update from last week (July 15th).
Here is the link and their advice
Aside from that, enjoy the weather!

Microsoft is still working on a solution that is fit for wide distribution. In the meantime they still are using their workaround directions.
Also posted here is a list of products affected:
Link to Microsoft Security Advisory
Direct link to their work-around fix
“This is Dave Forstrom, group manager for our security response communications team. We have just posted Microsoft [...]

On July 6, Microsoft Corp. warned about a serious computer hole related to its Internet Explorer browser. It can allow hackers to remotely take control of victims’ machines. The victims don’t need to do anything to get infected except visit websites infected with a tiny bit of code that taps into the security hole.

If successful, a hacker could execute code remotely and take control of a system. So far the exploit seems to be spreading via drive-by downloads on compromised and malicious sites. Internet Explorer versions 6 and 7 are at risk, but people running IE 8 are not vulnerable, Symantec said.

Options are SBS 2003, SBS 2003 R2 – If you have less than 75 concurrent (using the computers at one time) staff the Microsoft Small Business Server (SBS) might be the tool for you.  It includes many application that are sold separately by Microsoft in one package, and at a fraction of the cost.  If [...]

As a Realtor, I visit many homes every week. Frequently I’ll have my HP tablet PC with me so that I can take notes or have contracts available for clients that I meet.  It never ceases to amaze me that I can walk into a home, turn on my computer and 1 out of 3 [...]

Ken S. said:
Although a wireless transmitter is limited in its range, wireless extension points can be installed to boost its signal and make the range of the network much larger. These wireless extension points are commonly known as repeaters.
Several companies have started to manufacture wireless repeaters, despite the fact that these devices are not part [...]