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Terrapin Networks - Moving IT Forward Archives: December 2008

31 December 2008

Lenove to ship dual-screen laptop

This is a first - a dual-screen laptop computer that Lenovo is releasing.
As you might imagine, this will take quite a lap to fit on - this is one big and heavy unit, coming in somewhere around 11 pounds. And you’ll need a fat wallet for that fat lap, as Lenovo won’t be giving this [...]

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17 December 2008

Microsoft Posts IE Security Flaw Fix

Quick Link: Find the hotfix here
Well, they said they would bring it out via Windows Update - which would, of course, be easiest, and which they didn’t do - but either way Microsoft has finally posted a fix for the massive security flaw currently with all versions of Windows Explorer. See earlier blog posts for [...]

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16 December 2008

MS IE Security Flaw: Looks like they fixed it…

…well, at least by mid-day Wednesday.
According to a post dated 5:12pm Tuesday, December 16, 2008, PC World claims Microsoft will be issuing an emergency security patch for the Internet Explorer 7 (and below) security flaw. MS will post this patch by 1:00pm Wednesday, December 17.
The patch will be available through Windows Update. Our recommendation: apply [...]

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16 December 2008

Alert: Big Internet Explorer Security Issue

There is a really big and genuine security issue with Internet Explorer that everyone should pay attention to. As of now, Tuesday December 16, Microsoft has not released a patch to repair the issue.
This flaw has been known about for nearly a week, and has currently spread to over 2 million computers. It is a [...]

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11 December 2008

Despite economy business expands - a great local story

Our good friends and long time customers Springfield Commercial Roofing is really quite a story -So much so that TV 7&4 did a piece on all their recent success.
While there is a lot of doom and gloom out there, the folks at Springfield show that an optimistic outlook and great customer service can still [...]

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8 December 2008

Getting employees to embrace new technology

“Trust me, you’re gonna love this!”
This is usually how we IT folks bring out a new project for users…and it doesn’t always work. Likely you know this from your own experience.
Inc.com (Inc Magazine) has a pretty good article on steps to take to get users to embrace the new technology that a business owner or [...]

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4 December 2008

.Tel Them Where to Find You

This is from the New York Times tech blog, and it describes a new TLD (top level domain) called .tel (as in yourname.tel).
This is being touted as a way to have all your addresses on the web, so (for example) users with a smartphone (BlackBerry, iPhone, etc.) could have all your contact info with just [...]

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4 December 2008

Scientists ask: Is technology rewiring our brains?

This is from the WWJ tech web site, and it is pretty interesting. (WWJ is an AM radio station in the Detroit area.)
Does spending tons of time on a computer actually re-wire the way your brain works? Specifically, is there a chance that too much digital interaction reduces one’s ability to have regular social interaction [...]

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3 December 2008

Giant Fireball Over Edmonton

This is really something - this meteor was huge and was actually filmed as it streaked through the sky over Edmonton, Alberta in Canada.
From the Astronomy Picture of the Day website description:
What if you’re driving down the street and an object from space shoots across the sky right in front of you? [...]

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