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Offsite Backups: Does Your Small Business Do This?

Joseph Como — Thu, 12 Oct 2017 18:58:56 +0000

A day cannot go by without hearing about another new virus, malware, ransomware, cyber attack or some mischievous action that compromises business and personal systems. There are countless online reports that tally and analyze these data in a variety of manners. It can be truly mind boggling and scary to read about all the threats we need to constantly defend. ...

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Computer Basics: What you want to know but are too afraid to ask.

Joseph Como — Thu, 12 Nov 2015 22:54:09 +0000

Sometimes it’s nice to get back to basics, to have a refresher course to what we should know about computers, let’s face it, it can be a confusing world with iphones, tablets and other mobile devices on top of desktop computers. So, do you have computer questions but are to embarrass to ask? Questions you have wanted to ask but never ...

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Am I Best Represented With a Gmail, Yahoo, or Other 3rd Party Email Address?

Robert Holdeman — Tue, 10 Nov 2015 21:36:07 +0000

In its simplest form Comstar’s email services allow you to have email at the same domain as your website. While this seems to be a no-brainer, some web hosting providers do not offer this important option. If you have a business card with your website listed, you should have your name at your domain, not your name at aol.com (yes, ...

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Google Wallet: simplify financial transactions

Joseph Como — Fri, 25 Sep 2015 18:56:34 +0000

Google is growing and coming out with fresh and new ideas. Google, recently updated its Wallet app for all iOS devices. The newly updated Google application will now let its users receive and send money to anyone they wish here in the U.S.A! How cool! The new app is expected to release on September 28th 2015. Version 10.16.10 of Google ...

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A Massive Amount of Spam and a Spam Filter for the Masses

Robert Holdeman — Mon, 22 Sep 2014 19:37:14 +0000

With about 60% to 70% of the email addressed to most Inboxes today labeled as spam, in this digital world a good spam filter is a must have. But, what makes a good spam filter? Is there really more spam being sent lately or is it my imagination? Does it really matter if I’m getting more spam if I just ...

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Is Dial–Up Dead?

Joseph Como — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 15:00:46 +0000

For years, internet users had only a dial-up connection to the world wide web. Do you remember the ads and free trial disks in the mail from AOL? With today’s high speed internet, you might think dial-up is dead, but there are still a few hangers-on. As of September 2011, AOL reported they have slightly over 3 million dial-up customers. ...

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Fun Facts About the Computer

Joseph Como — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 17:44:06 +0000

The computer can do almost anything these days. While we all know the basic facts about our computers and what they can do, here are some fun facts that I wanted to share with you that aren’t as well known. Enjoy! “Typewriter” is the longest word that can be spelled using only one row of letters on the keyboard. The ...

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The History of the Computer Mouse

Joseph Como — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 16:57:02 +0000

Today, I looked at my mouse and realized just how interesting of an object it is. Being the curious person that I am, I decided to look up the history of the computer mouse, and share my findings with you. The mouse was invented in 1963 by Douglas Engelbart, with the help of his colleague Bill English. They called their ...

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IMAP or POP Email?

Joseph Como — Fri, 24 Sep 2010 20:57:25 +0000

IMAP or POP email, what’s the difference? IMAP and POP3 represent two different ways of sending and receiving email. You may have seen both these options when trying to set up your email on your computer or phone. Lately, I have been receiving many calls from our clients about which one they should select when setting up their mobile device ...

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