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Google Docs – Major Improvement

Google Docs has added (in my opinion) a MAJOR improvement to their Google Docs.  Google Docs now allows ANY type of document and does not convert a document in order to store. 
MAJOR KUDOS to Google for this!   -Todd

Extending Battery Life in Your Internet Phones

We’ve had a lot of iPhones in lately… I like the iPhone even though it is pretty big… I am resisting as much as I can. The features are great and tons of apps. They are sync’ing pretty good with Exchange and Google Apps too. I use a smart phone with Windows [...]

AVG Virus Alert Problem…

***UPDATE***
If your AVG is still reporting LogMeIn as a virus, choose ignore, run AVG updates and you should be fine now.  -Thanks
AVG has an apparent problem with a recent virus definition file that is FALSLY reporting several communications programs to be reported as viruses (LogMeIn, Google Chat, YIM, etc.)

While I wouldn’t recommend getting into [...]

Is your laptop cold?

If you haul your laptop or computer equipment with you (like I do), if the equipment has time to get cold, be sure to let it warm up to room temperature before powering it on.

Real Story – Microsoft Cutoff Date, Windows 2000 and XP???

Software maker eyes cutoff date for support for XP (SP2), as well as for Windows 2000.  Windows XP SP3 itself entered Extended Support this past April, and will remain supported until 2014.  Some have chosen to make a scary headline out of this issue.  Fact is, just update XP to Service Pack 3 and you’re fine [...]

Recognizing and Avoiding Spyware

Because of its popularity, the internet has become an ideal target for advertising. As a result, spyware, or adware, has become increasingly prevalent. When troubleshooting problems with your computer, you may discover that the source of the problem is spyware software that has been installed on your machine without your knowledge.

 
What is spyware?
Despite its [...]