New Russian botnet tries to kill rival

Articles like this happen all the time, the conversation usually doesn't make it all the way to the street - so I'm doing my part.  Apple loves their online store, and loves that they have such a large captive audience.  Hopefully this will what takes them down.  Here is an example, Apple has lots of people using their products, which can ONLY install apps

As a big google fan-boy and someone that usually is on top of technology I was pretty suprised to find out that I missed this one..

I installed Picasa a few years ago and didn't find it that useful (no features?) - but now.. OMG..

It can use the location data that some cameras have, like the iPhone, it just shows your pics on a map where you took them - you can search them by address!  It'll sync to the web, help you backup, make galleries, along with all the normal stuff photo sorting software should be doing.. I'm using it to sort photos on all my computers now, and you should too - http://picasa.google.com

 It keeps getting better and better for PC based home entertainment.  These applications have been around a little while, but this is a great article detailing the industry leaders.  We currently sell media center boxes with Microsoft Media Center AND Boxee ready to run - these are anywhere from $650 to $1500, depending on accessories.  Help yourself to the full whitepaper - and ask any questions you may have :)

You can learn more about the 10 media center applications covered in the whitepaper

This will be a short article, because it's not easy to Not get a virus these days.. The number one thing you can do is practice.  That can get expensive if you have to bring your machine in for repair - so the number 2 thing you can do is slow down on the clicking, and take some advice..

Computerworld - McDonald's restaurants may soon be the easiest spot to find free Wi-Fi and browse the Web as long as you like.

The restaurant chain is lifting a $2.95 fee for two hours of wireless

It's becoming really normal to have a smart phone, get email many times throughout the day, and have multiple phone numbers.  Everyone has a cell phone now - and this is a very big change in the way people communicate.  With that being said, there is a huge group of people that don't 'get' technology or use it right...

I thought vehicle armor was only for movie stars - this is completely awesome!  We had the opportunity to work with Quality Auto Glass in Seattle, and it was a good thing.  These guys are impressive at every step,

We use avast in our shop these days, we like it the best for removing all types of viruses - this study was just done didn't give them a great rating, maybe they were scoring too low for not removing all remnants that didn't have negative effects on user?

Let me start by stating the facts - I am NOT a hippie, lefty, activist, or democrat - I do not have dreams about President Obama, I don't hate people that drive SUV's.  We did just stumble into enlightenment on one subject that is worth attention and we want to help with.  The industrialization of our worlds food.

This is a great operating system.  We are going to use it immediately as our primary OS throughout the organization, and push for the same for all our clients next purchases.