Google has provided many tips to help shoppers and travelers use Google maps over the holiday season and beyond. Many of these features are probably not known by current Google map users. Map Search Whether you are looking for retail stores, malls, little boutique gift shops tucked away in the country, hotels or restaurants, Google Maps lets users search to find any place in relation to where you are at the moment or where you plan to go. Click on the [...]
Apple has over 500,000 applications written for the iPhone with over 2 billion downloads as of November. Applications for IT administrators, road warriors, seekers of cheap gas, game players, etc are being downloaded at an unprecedented rate. 20 best picks for iPhone applications for 2009 (not necessarily in order): Skype Cost: Free VOIP specialist Skype’s iPhone app was downloaded over a million times in its first two days of release, not surprising when you consider that it allows users to make free Skype-to-Skype calls [...]
[singlepic id=903 w=320 h=240 float=right]Microsoft’s new Windows 7 operating system for laptops and desktops offers touch screen ability with the vastly improved product over Vista. Multitouch, the ability to cause response from touching the screen is included in Windows 7. Software vendors are at work creating more ability in applications to use this ability for Windows 7 users. You will need to have a touch-capable screen to use this ability which is available from most hardware vendors now. Dell laptops [...]
Microsoft and Cisco Technical Training Courses are now available in Ft Lauderdale at the Institute of Professional Learning just off of I-95 on Cypress Creek. The building is a beautiful building with a great atrium and the classrooms are very well appointed for the best training. Microsoft MCSA/MCSE and Cisco CCNA, CCNA (Voice), CCSP, and CCVP Boot Camps include roundtrip airfare, lodging, breakfast and lunch, snacks and refreshments, course materials, practice exams, and all certification exams. Register today at (800) 611-1840.
[singlepic id=830 w=320 h=240 float=right]On Wednesday, April 1, the latest variant of the Conficker (also known as Downadup and Kido) work will download new instructions. The sophistication of this worm and its botnet have many concerned, although the amount of legitimate concern is a matter of debate. To prevent Conficker from activating, read the information from PC Mag Blogs at: http://blogs.pcmag.com/securitywatch/2009/03/the_most_important_things_to_k.php
