If you want to freeze a row of titles or categories so that you can keep them in sight as you enter data further down your spreadsheet, Microsoft Excel has a handy Freeze Panes function. To lock a pane, use your mouse to select the row below or the column to the right of where you want to freeze. On the Window menu, click Freeze Panes.
Blackberry has released their newest business server, the BlackBerry Enterprises Server Express edition. Express is a free download, and the licenses are free. It will wirelessly sync email, contacts, and calendars to blackberry mobile phones. Express supports up to 75 users on a shared server, up to 2000 users on a dedicated server, and over 2000 when used with a dedicated SQL server. It can be installed on a messaging server or an Microsoft Small Business (SBS) server. Blackberries on either BES (BlackBerry Enterprise Server) or BIS (BlackBerry Internet Service) plans can connect to it.
Did we mention it’s absolutely free? If you are using BIS (BlackBerry Internet Service) to redirect your email to your mobile phone, this will be a great product for you. For more information call StoneHill at (949) 218-1258 or visit BlackBerry’s official release page.
Hewlett Packard is one of the world’s most flourishing manufacturers of desktop computers, printers, servers, and laptops. With a strong and reputable consumer brand, the company has managed to grow its services and expand to provide services to a large number of businesses. During the first quarter of the company’s development, HP managed to establish a sales growth of 8%. On the other hand, HP has surprised analysts with their declining market performance with their hand-held products including the iPaq Smart Phone. Their sales have dropped $25 million in the first quarter while Apple had a $5.6 billion market growth with their iPhone.
HP has realized that because of the iPhone, Apple has managed to build more intensive relationships with customers. They have accomplished more than three billion software applications through the store which is directed to the iPhone. Now, Apple is looking to repeat this with their latest invention which is the iPad, a tablet computer which was recently launched. Researchers at HP are using this as a motivation key for building the reputation of their hand-held products and have talked about developing software’s and services that will let people print easily from their phones as well as manage and communicate their photos and communications more efficiently with each other through mobile versions of social networks.
It is expected that HP is to offer a smart phone in the coming year that will utilize the latest mobile version of Windows. Already, there is a lot of competition in the cell phone industry and it is a good idea that HP has announced to dedicate more of their focus on other products on the side of the Smartphone category.
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Cloud computing is a new technology which essentially utilizes the power of a cluster of servers to power a website by dynamically scaling resources such as processing power, memory and storage among others. Each server in the cluster can be thought of as hosting the website. If this is ambiguous to comprehend, then think of it as if your website resides on a super high powered server which never breaks down because this super high powered server actually is a combination of several servers working together.
It is a fact that maintaining a huge IT department is costly and a lot of corporations have no idea what networking and computer software involves. Cloud computing introduces strategies in which companies can send their files to people that can manage and handle them more effectively. With this facility, companies will be able to cloud into any kind of IT that they need including hardware, software, web hosting, networking, and etc. As a result, companies can focus on what to offer rather than technical details on how to offer their services.
Some of Technology’s biggest names are leading the cloud computing system. Google’s internet based word processor and spreadsheet program are fighting to replace the desktop version of Microsoft’s Word and Excel. But perhaps, even a better way to jump in the present is through the more vague service providers. These businesses provide the physical servers, hosting space, and means to communicate with them. Well-known names include Equinix (EQIX), Rackspace (RAX), and Terremark Worldwide (TMRK).
I believe there will be a vast amount of consolidation in the production over the next decade. The largest tech names will gulp up the less relevant players as a cheap way to gain admittance to the most recent breakthroughs. The new IT attitude of outsourcing will provide companies with more effective support and will further allow them to focus on what they do best, instead of struggling with computer issues and constantly breaking servers and networks.
HTC, LG, & Samsung are among the brands of 30+ phones that run the much awaited windows mobile 6.5 operating system.
Microsoft Officials & Marketing Managers are saying that Hardware diversity is a major selling point for the Windows Mobile platform. Competitors in the Mobile Phone market like Apple & Google have a very limited hardware base.
Users will find in the new WM 6.5 mobile phones a home screen that was inspired by the Zune & has an application grid layout. There is a tighter integration with all Microsoft Live Services, Facebook, Twitter, & Flicker. An enhanced mobile Internet Explorer now resembles the browser you have used for many years on your home PC & included features such as panning & zooming via finger gestures. The browser also supports Adobe Flash Lite so users can access more multimedia online.
Behind the new Operating system are a few new features to support & enhance the use of Windows Mobile. First Microsoft has developed Windows Marketplace as an answer to Apples App Store. Another feature called MyPhone lets users backup as much as 200 MB on contact info & other mobile data free. MyPhone has a phone finding capability that will locate missing phones with the use of GPS even if the phone is off. Microsoft is offering the phone finding service free of charge for the first month thereafter will be 4.99 per incident.
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Quite often Mac users operate under the assumption that they are immune to viruses and malware attacks. The truth is, Mac users make up a smaller percentage of overall users, constituting a smaller target, and thus yielding a smaller reward to the attacker. That is not the same as being bullet proof. Additionally, Microsoft has continually drawn the fire of the hacking community much more often than other companies offering operating systems and applications. This has fostered a false sense of security in the Mac user community. Malware can be written to infect anything, including phones and other handheld devices.
Our position is that users should be vigilant, regardless of their choice of computing platform. Patch your systems often and beware of the sites you visit and the offers/warnings you click on. Below is an example of a website designed to lure in visitors. Once there, they are prompted to take an extra step in order to play a video. This is a common action for many sites, but this particular one uses the user action to launch illicit code. It isn’t only the promise of nudity that is used as a lure for users, so don’t get caught up in being judgmental of the intent of the user visiting this site.
“Hackers have created webpages claiming to contain the notorious Erin Andrews peephole video in their attempt to infect Mac and Windows computers. It’s no surprise that when news broke that a voyeur had secretly filmed her through the peephole of her hotel room door that the internet would be abuzz…
… If you visit from an Apple Mac we identify the malware as the OSX/Jahlav-C Trojan horse. Windows users are also at risk (I almost didn’t need to say that, did I?). When we tested it on a Windows computer we saw it serving up Mal/EncPk-IF on occasions, and at other times rogue anti-virus product Mal/FakeAV-AY.”
Posted on July 19th, 2009 by Graham Cluley, Sophos
Erin Andrews peephole video spreads malware
Author: Jim Cowden (Control Point)
CRN magazine released an article today detailing a new Microsoft study, conducted by Harris Interactive, in which they found that many small and enterprise business’ are cutting back drastically on their information technology and innovation budgets. This trend is especially prevalent in the U.S. “The line between improving business efficiency and cost cutting is a thin one, and American companies have a well established pattern of focusing on short term profit at the expense of long term health.”
“Companies that invest now are going to win down the road,” said Sobel. “Profit is important, of course, but I’d rather sacrifice one point of profit by investing in IT and make up ten times that number over the next decade.”
As a computer service company I have seen this trend first hand. Many of the businesses that need to be spending money now to be ready for the future land grab are instead pulling back their information technology budget. Money is cheap right now and many leasing companies are looking for willing businesses. Look around and ask your IT manager if it is time to upgrade or how your infrastructure will perform when your business starts booming again.
Don’t get left behind on the economic upswing because of you neglected your phones, computers, servers or technology today.
StoneHill Technical Solutions, Inc. is announcing their achievement of the Microsoft Gold Certificate, proving high quality service and technical expertise. Being Gold Certified, StoneHill Tech has confirmed the ability to meet customer needs and further establish their position in the Information Technology Consulting field. According to Microsoft, “Gold Certified Partners represent the highest level of competence and expertise with Microsoft technologies, and have the closest working relationship with Microsoft.”
StoneHill Technical Solutions was able to meet the rigorous evaluation standards of the Microsoft Gold Certified Program together with total customer satisfaction and support. With less than 5% of all Microsoft Partners worldwide to be awarded the highest Gold Certified status, this recent achievement allows StoneHill Tech to offer more extensive service to their clients. Through the Gold Certification StoneHill Tech will receive the latest news, promotions, and updates regarding Microsoft’s business and products. Because of this StoneHill is able to keep their clients up-to-date on latest and greatest technology and features. Yet another advantage of this classification is the access to premier resources including a variety of local classes, online courses, hands-on online labs, and independent study resources to further develop their technical proficiency. Through these resources, StoneHill Tech’s technicians will constantly be updated and learning new ways to help their clients–this will give them a competitive advantage in the IT channel.
