The Big Alaska Show creates a commercial for Apex Logic!

Posted by karl on May 3, 2010 in Company, Hardware | 0 comments So last week, Uncle Steve Stripling of the Big Alaska Show had a problem with his desktop. As he’s doing a backup to transfer to his new PC, the system dies! In a panic he calls us at the office & brings it in for us to see what we can do since we do data recovery/drive forensics as part of our disaster recovery offerings. In the NINE YEARS he’s owned it, he’s pretty much...
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Five “Different” Tips to Keep Your Desktop Computer Running Smoothly

Posted by karl on Jan 24, 2009 in Hardware, Technology | 2 comments Many people have read what we like to call “the usual PC tips” (keep patches and virus definiations up to date, don’t turn of the PC, etc.) so thes next tips are more geared to most PC users who put the PC in it’s final location and have not moved it in over, say, a year or more. What we will be discussing is things to keep your PC working from a more...
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Warning Of Malicious USB Exploit

Posted by karl on Nov 21, 2008 in Hardware, Security, Technology, Trends | 0 comments http://www.us-cert.gov/current/#malicious_code_spreading_through_usb As we have blogged previously about security holes and data leakage, we wanted to alert everyone about the report by US-CERT about the malicious exploits of USB devices (which includes cameras, smartphones, and PDAs) and an earlier security tip of protecting USB devices (http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/tips/ST08-001.html). Remember...
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New Dell Laptop Battery Recall

Posted by karl on Oct 31, 2008 in Hardware, Technology | 2 comments http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml09/09035.html Dell has identified a potential issue associated with certain batteries sold with Dell Latitude™, Inspiron™, XPS™ and Dell Precision Mobile Workstation™ notebook computers. In cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission and other regulatory agencies, Dell is voluntarily recalling certain Dell-branded batteries with...
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Will Two AMDs Be Better For You?

Posted by karl on Oct 7, 2008 in Hardware, Technology | 0 comments AMD has announced a splitting off of it’s manufacturing to Advanced Technology Investment Company of Abu Dhabi. http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=10328&tag=nl.e539 While that is good for their books (they have been loosing the battle against Intel for some time now) and shareholders…what does it mean for the many people out there with AMD products and those who prefer AMD over...
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It’s Actually EASY To Be PC Green!

Posted by karl on Apr 28, 2008 in Hardware, Technology, Trends | 0 comments With all of the talk of being “green” in the IT industry, it sometimes seems hard to think that you can be have a green system. Here are some ways that you can be green. Of course, the most costly (upfront) method is to get a new less power consuming PC. Unfortunately, this may not recoup anything for the individual consumer – even if you run your PCs continuously (at $0.14/kWh,...
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