Internet Explorer 8 to be released today..

Reports are that Internet Explorer 8 will be released at noon (PST) today… Folks, please consider waiting on this upgrade… Internet Explorer is a decent package, but Microsoft keeps making subtle security blunders with IE. There are plenty of other HTML Compliant browsers out there, including Safari, Google Chrome, Opera, Camino, Firefox, etc… If you […]

Checkpoint hotfixes for Pointsec

Folks. I just wanted to give an update for Pointsec…. We have been using the hotfixes that Checkpoint released for Pointsec, without any issues…. If you haven\’t already please make sure to contact your representative, and get the hotfixes (as discussed in the previous pointsec note)….

Picture Of The Week-If browsers were women « K-Log Blog

Here\’s the odd link of the week. Someone decided to come up with \”Cosplay\” photos of the Web browser (eg. Chrome, Firefox, Safari, etc). Some of the descriptions aren\’t really too work friendly, for example web browser plugin extensions equated to bedroom activities… But at least worth a chuckle or two… This was found on […]

Customer Service 101 Rant

Gosh darn it… Customer Service is one of the most important things for businesses… It doesn\’t mean the customer is always right, but it does mean that you try to solve the customers issues… Quite a few months ago, I was going around in circles with customer support representatives for a certain tax company, and […]

MoviX2 Creates a Bootable, Self-Playing Video [Downloads]

Isn\’t this an interesting idea, take a thumb disc version of linux, add an video playing application, and use it for presentations… Life Hacker has some more details, but in summary: MoviX2 puts a tiny Linux system on a disc or thumb drive that boots up and plays almost any video file you burn it […]

Note to Self: Don\’t Pack Tech When Flying

This is just another reason to not fly, if possible. Or to keep your valuables, and expensive items, on your person (or in Carry on luggage). But it\’s also another example of \”we don\’t take responsibility\” for anything from companies. How many times do you see a sign saying: \”Not responsible for lost items\” In […]