Wednesday, December 22, 2010

Windows Registry Optimization Suite

Windows Registry Optimization Suite Application">


Windows Registry Optimization Suite Application offers easy-to-use optimization tools to speed up and improve the stability of your Windows 7, Windows Vista, or Windows XP PC. Regardless of your level of expertise, Windows Registry Optimization Suite Application safely cleans, repairs, and optimizes the registry and automatically backs up changes for future recovery. Now includes essential tools to fix Windows security loopholes. Permanently erase your Internet activity, personal files, and free space to keep your information away from prying eyes.

Wednesday, December 01, 2010

Testing blogging from blackberry...

lmo E4 AV Tour in New York City

The Roosevelt Hotel New York City
45 East 45th ST. at Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10017
Tel: 212.661.9600




On-Site Registration
Registration for the E4 AV Tour will be near the Grand Ballroom Foyer.

Hotel Accommodations
A pre-negotiated hotel room rate of $269.00 + hotel tax has been arranged on behalf of Almo Professional A/V for the following dates; December 13, 14, 15.

IMPORTANT NOTE: The room block will close November 22, 2010 – please call to see if there are any extensions. If you do not meet the above mentioned deadline date, you may be subject to hotel published rates on the day your reservation is made.

To make a reservation call 1-888-833-3969 and identify yourself as an attendee of the Almo E4 Tour.

Check-in 3 PM; Check-out 12:00 PM

Directions and Parking Information

Subway
From the East Side
From the West Side
From the North
Local Parking Garages


By Subway
4, 5, or 6 train Grand Central Station
1, 2, 3 train to Times Square. Transfer to Shuttle to Grand Central Station
B, D, F, V trains to Bryant Park (42nd St and 5th Ave)


From the East Side

Triborough Bridge
Triborough Bridge to FDR Drive South
Take Exit #10 onto East 49th Street
Turn left onto 2nd Avenue
Turn right onto 45th Street
Drive past 4 traffic lights
Hotel is between Vanderbilt Avenue and Madison Avenue on the right

Queensborough Bridge (59th Street Bridge)
Take Queensborough Bridge and turn left onto 2nd Avenue
Turn right onto 45th Street
Drive past 4 lights
Hotel is between Vanderbilt Avenue and Madison Avenue on the right

Midtown Tunnel
Take Midtown Tunnel straight onto 37th Street
Turn right onto 3rd Avenue
Turn left onto 45th Street
Drive past 3 traffic lights
Hotel is between Vanderbilt Avenue and Madison Avenue on the right

Brooklyn Bridge
Take Brooklyn Bridge onto FDR Drive North
From FDR Drive North, take Exit # 9 onto 42nd Street
Turn right onto 3rd Avenue
Turn left onto 45th Street
Drive past 3 traffic lights
Hotel is between Vanderbilt Avenue and Madison Avenue on the right

FDR Drive : SOUTH
From FDR Drive South take Exit #10 onto East 49th Street
Turn left onto 2nd Avenue
Turn right onto 45th Street
Drive past 4 traffic lights
Hotel is between Vanderbilt Avenue and Madison Avenue on the right

FDR Drive : NORTH
From FDR Drive North take Exit #9 onto 42nd Street
Turn right onto 3rd Avenue
Turn left onto 45th Street
Drive past 3 traffic lights
Hotel is between Vanderbilt Avenue and Madison Avenue on the right


From the West Side

George Washington Bridge
Take George Washington Bridge to Henry Hudson Parkway South (West Side Highway)
Make left on 57th Street and drive across town
Turn right onto Lexington Avenue
Turn right onto 45th Street
Drive past 2 traffic lights
Hotel is between Vanderbilt Avenue and Madison Avenue on the right

Henry Hudson Parkway (West Side Highway) : SOUTH
Make left onto 57th Street and drive across town
Turn right onto Lexington Avenue
Turn right onto 45th Street
Drive past 2 traffic lights
Hotel is between Vanderbilt Avenue and Madison Avenue on the right


From the North
Make right onto 42nd Street and travel east across town
Turn left onto 3rd Avenue
Turn left onto 45th Street
Drive past 2 traffic lights
Hotel is between Vanderbilt Avenue and Madison Avenue on the right


Local Parking Garages
MYERS PARKING
380 Madison Avenue at 46th Street
(Between 5th & Madison Avenues)
212.682.3788

CENTRAL PARKING
135 E. 47th Street
(Between Lexington & 3rd Avenues)
212.644.9013

KINNEY GARAGE
100 W. 44th Street
(Between 6th & 7th Avenues)
212.398.0464

KINNY GARAGE
38 W. 46th Street
(Between 5th & 6th Avenues)
212.719.5944

Valet parking is available at the front entrance of hotel. The Roosevelt Hotel assumes no responsibility for vehicles parked in any garage. Parking charges are attendees responsibility.

RetailROI SuperSaturday 2011 Analyst Day

RetailROI SuperSaturday 2011 Analyst Day


Saturday January 8, 2011 from 8:30 AM to 3:30 PM

PwC Auditorium
300 Madison Avenue
New York, NY 10017

Retail Big Show 100year

NRF 100th Annual Convention & EXPO, January 9-12, 2011 at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York.

Monday, November 08, 2010

TRU Link Wireless USB to VGA kit

Wirelessly stream video and audio from your computer to a remote monitor, projector, or TV. Awesome for classroom or conference room presentations or to display audio/video content from your laptop to your home entertainment system. Up to six computers can share one wireless display and speaker set, and one computer can broadcast up to six audio/video displays

Fixing Losted Recycling BIn

First perform a search for "Recycling Bin" by going to Start, Search.

That probably won't work, I'm looking up more information on your problem. I'll edit this later.

*Edit: Here you go!

1. Click Start, and then click Control Panel.
2. Click Appearance and Personalization, click Personalization, and then click Change desktop icons.
3. Click to select the Recycle Bin check box, and then click OK.

*Edit: That may work, but I think that's only for Vista. Try right-clicking your desktop and selecting "properties." On the window that comes up, select the "desktop" tab, then click "customize desktop." On the next window, select "recycle bin (full)" and click "restore default," then repeat with "recycle bin (empty)."
Source(s):
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/810869

Sunday, November 07, 2010

CWCNY

CCTV NY License Law

STATE OF NEW YORK INCREASES FINE FOR UNLICENSED SECURITY OR FIRE ALARM ACTIVITIES TO $10,000!


by Alan Glasser, Executive Director, MBFAA

If you are unlicensed and installing security systems (which INCLUDE security cameras, CCTV, access control systems, etc.) or fire alarm systems in the State of New York you may be fined up to $10,000.00! Signed by the Governor on August 1, 2007.

I have reprinted the bill below.

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S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K

S02693--B

Cal. No. 288



2007-2008 Regular Sessions



I N S E N A T E



February 8, 2007

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Introduced by Sens. LANZA, DeFRANCISCO, GRIFFO, LARKIN, MAZIARZ, TRUNZO, VOLKER, YOUNG -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Consumer Protection -- reported favorably from said committee, ordered to first and second report, amended on second report, ordered to a third reading, and to be reprinted as amended, retaining its place in the order of third reading -- again amended and ordered reprinted, retaining its place in the order of third reading



AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to the unlicensed activities of installing security or fire alarm systems



THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:



Section 1. The general business law is amended by adding two new sections 69-ss and 69-vv to read as follows:



S 69-SS. REVOCATION, SUSPENSION, REPRIMANDS, FINES; UNLICENSED ACTIVITIES.



1. THE SECRETARY OF STATE SHALL, BEFORE IMPOSING ANY FINE OR REPRIMAND ON A PERSON THEREOF, OR BEFORE ISSUING ANY ORDER DIRECTING THE CESSATION OF UNLICENSED ACTIVITIES, AND AT LEAST TEN DAYS PRIOR TO THE DATE SET FOR THE HEARING, NOTIFY IN WRITING SUCH PERSON, OR THE PERSON ALLEGED TO HAVE ENGAGED IN UNLICENSED ACTIVITIES, OF ANY CHARGES MADE AND SHALL AFFORD SUCH PERSON AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE HEARD IN PERSON OR BY COUNSEL IN REFERENCE THERETO. SUCH WRITTEN NOTICE MAY BE SERVED BY DELIVERY OF SAME PERSONALLY TO THE PERSON CHARGED, OR BY MAILING SAME BY CERTIFIED MAIL TO THE LAST KNOWN BUSINESS OR OTHER ADDRESS PROVIDED BY SUCH PERSON TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE, OR BY ANY METHOD AUTHORIZED BY THE CIVIL PRACTICE LAW AND RULES FOR THE SERVICE OF A SUMMONS. THE HEARING ON SUCH CHARGES SHALL BE AT SUCH TIME AND PLACE AS THE DEPARTMENT SHALL PRESCRIBE.



2. THE DEPARTMENT, ACTING BY SUCH OFFICER OR PERSON IN THE DEPARTMENT AS THE SECRETARY OF STATE MAY DESIGNATE, SHALL HAVE THE POWER TO SUBPOENA AND BRING BEFORE THE OFFICER OR PERSON SO DESIGNATED ANY PERSON IN THIS STATE, AND ADMINISTER AN OATH TO AND TAKE TESTIMONY OF ANY PERSON OR CAUSE HIS DEPOSITION TO BE TAKEN. A SUBPOENA ISSUED UNDER THIS SECTION SHALL BE REGULATED BY THE CIVIL PRACTICE LAW AND RULES.



S 69-VV. CIVIL PENALTIES. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY INCONSISTENT PROVISION OF LAW, WITH RESPECT TO VIOLATIONS OF SECTION SIXTY-NINE-SS OF THIS ARTICLE, THE SECRETARY OF STATE IS AUTHORIZED, UPON THE COMPLAINT OF ANY PERSON OR ON HIS OR HER OWN INITIATIVE, TO INVESTIGATE AND PROSECUTE VIOLATIONS OF THE PROVISIONS OF SUCH SECTION BY PERSONS NOT LICENSED PURSUANT TO THIS ARTICLE AND MAY IMPOSE A FINE OF UP TO ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR THE FIRST VIOLATION; TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR A SECOND SUCH VIOLATION; FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR A THIRD VIOLATION; AND TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR A FOURTH VIOLATION AND EACH SUBSEQUENT VIOLATION. THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, ACTING ON BEHALF OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE, MAY COMMENCE AN ACTION OR PROCEEDING IN A COURT OF COMPETENT JURISDICTION TO OBTAIN A JUDGMENT AGAINST SUCH UNLICENSED PERSON IN AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO THAT IMPOSED AS A FINE.



S 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall have become a law.





S02693 Actions:
BILL NO S02693B

02/08/2007 REFERRED TO CONSUMER PROTECTION
03/06/2007 1ST REPORT CAL.288
03/07/2007 2ND REPORT CAL.
03/12/2007 AMENDED 2693A
03/12/2007 ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
06/14/2007 AMENDED ON THIRD READING 2693B
06/18/2007 PASSED SENATE
06/18/2007 DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
06/18/2007 referred to codes
06/20/2007 substituted for a6136a
06/20/2007 ordered to third reading rules cal.497
06/20/2007 passed assembly
06/20/2007 returned to senate
07/20/2007 DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR
08/01/2007 SIGNED CHAP.437

Thursday, October 14, 2010

Long Beach Loop Parkway Drama....

Janet Mahoney

Loop Parkway Bridge closing has been postponed due to forecasted weather conditions. The bridge will remain open this weekend and will be closed Friday 10/22 at 10AM until Wednesday 10/27 at 5AM. Please call NYSDOT Public Involvement Coordinator (Margaret Conklin) (631) 952-6929 if you require additional information.

Thursday, October 07, 2010

Computer Works Consulting Group, LLC: computer problem .... funny email from client...

Computer Works Consulting Group, LLC: computer problem .... funny email from client...

computer problem .... funny email from client...




FEMALE CALLER: 'Last night my computer started making a lot of hissing noises at me so I shut it down. This morning when I turned it on the computer started hissing and cracking, then started smoking and a bad smell, then nothing'.

TECH SUPPORT: 'I will have a technician come over first thing this morning.
Leave the computer just like it is, so they can find the problem and fix it, or change it out with another computer. Give me your address; phone number and the technician will be there just as soon as he can'.

When the technician got there, the lady showed him where the computer was,
said what happened to it, ... this is what the technician found wrong.


Take a look at the pictures... YOU WON'T BELIEVE YOUR EYES ...
And you thought YOU had computer problems!!!

Tuesday, August 03, 2010

CEDIA Training 2010

CEDIA University Boot Camp and Exclusive Packaged Education at d.a.v.i.d., LLC!


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Electronic Systems Technician Home Theater Boot Camp

CEDIA’s EST Home Theater Boot Camp (previously known as EST Advanced Residential Boot Camp) is an advanced, three-day workshop offered at CEDIA’s Indianapolis Training Facility. This course provides a comprehensive overview of the home theater installation process, which includes several hours of hands-on lab activities. Attendees also have the opportunity to attend a FREE Lutron RadioRA2 Training held after each Home Theater Boot Camp. Click here for more details.

EST Home Theater Boot Camp
August 9-11
CEDIA Headquarters - Indianapolis, IN


CEDIA has reduced the price of Home Theater boot camp nearly $250.00! Sign-up and Save!


Pricing
CEDIA Members: $850
Non-Members: $950
A la carte pricing available upon request.


If you are not yet a CEDIA member, join now and save $200!

Click here for more information and to register.

ESD360 Comprehensive Home Theater Design Workshop
August 12
CEDIA Headquarters - Indianapolis, IN

Who should attend? Industry professionals who want to take their theater design processes to the next level by understanding system design, room design, acoustics, lighting, etc. in a more complete way – in order to meet the expectations of high end clientele.

Click here for more information and to register.


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Education @ d.a.v.i.d. in Westbury, NY
Electronic Systems Designer Home Theater Package
August 17-18

Day One: ESD131 Fundamentals of Home Theater Design
6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.

Who should attend? Anyone interested in designing and installing home theater systems correctly, in order to deliver the best possible performance for their customers.

Day Two: ESD360 Comprehensive Home Theater Design Workshop
8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Who should attend? Industry professionals who want to take their theater design processes to the next level by understanding system design, room design, acoustics, lighting, etc. in a more complete way – in order to meet the expectations of high end clientele.

If you want to pack everything you always wanted to know about Home Theater Design into one evening and one full-day workshop, register both ESD131 and ESD360!

For complete course descriptions please click here!

Pricing
CEDIA Members: $299
Non-members: $349

877-765-5559

Lead Paint Safety for Rnovation Repair,and Painting- Part One..

Passed

THE CUSTOM ELECTRONIC DESIGN AND INSTALLATION ASSOCIATION
HEREBY RECOGNIZES THAT
THE CUSTOM ELECTRONIC DESIGN
ID 320098
Michael Pittakas
HAS COMPLETED
Lead Safety for Renovation, Repair, and Painting - Part One
August 03, 2010
www.cedia.org
800.669.5329

Tuesday, June 01, 2010

Xbox Wireless Configs

Here is Microsoft's Link


You can connect your Xbox 360 console to Xbox LIVE by using your wireless network. To do this you need:
An Xbox 360 Wireless Networking Adapter.

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Wireless networking hardware: a wireless router, wireless gateway, or wireless access point.
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MORE INFORMATIONStep 1: Attach an Xbox 360 Wireless Networking Adapter Attach your Xbox 360 Wire...Step 1: Attach an Xbox 360 Wireless Networking Adapter
Attach your Xbox 360 Wireless Networking Adapter to the back of your Xbox 360 console.

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Plug the USB connector into the USB port.

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Flip up the antennae.

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If a network cable is plugged into the back of your console, unplug it.
Check the light on the Xbox 360 Wireless Networking Adapter.
If you’re using the Xbox 360 Wireless N Networking Adapter (the black adapter with two antennae):

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No light: The adapter is not receiving power. Unplug the USB connector and plug it in again. Still no light? Try plugging the adapter into a USB port on the front of the console.
Green: The adapter is connected to a wireless router, gateway, or access point.

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Flashing green: The adapter is attempting to connect to a wireless network.

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Red: The adapter is not recognized. Try plugging the adapter into a USB port on the front of your Xbox 360 console.
Flashing red: There is a problem. The adapter might be experiencing a hardware failure. Contact Xbox support at http://www.xbox.com/support/contact (http://www.xbox.com/support/contact) .
If you’re using the Xbox 360 Wireless G Networking Adapter (the gray colored adapter with one antenna):

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No light: The adapter is not receiving power. Unplug the USB connector and plug it in again. Still no light? Try plugging the adapter into a USB port on the front of the console.
Green: The adapter is connected to a wireless router, gateway, or access point.

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Red: The adapter is ready for the next step: configuration.

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Flashing red: There is a problem. The adapter might be experiencing a hardware failure. Contact Xbox support at http://www.xbox.com/support/contact (http://www.xbox.com/support/contact) .
Now, please go to the next step.
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Step 2: Configure your wireless settings
Connect your Xbox 360 console to your wireless network by following these steps:
On the console, go to My Xbox, and then select System Settings.
Select Network Settings.
Select Configure Network.
On the Basic Settings tab, select Wireless Mode.

Note If wireless mode is not available and you are using the black Wireless N Networking Adapter, try using the software installation disc included with the adapter. For more information about how to do this, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
977641 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/977641/ ) How to set up the Xbox 360 Wireless N Networking Adapter
Select Scan for Networks.
Select your wireless network name.

If your network is not listed, you can try to improve your wireless signal (use the suggestions in “Step 3: Improve your wireless signal” below) or you can try the following:
Select Specify Unlisted Network and enter your wireless network name.
Select your wireless security.

Enter your wireless network password, and then select Done.

Note Make sure that you have entered the correct password. An incorrect password might allow your console to connect to your wireless network, but you might receive an IP address error when you test your Xbox LIVE connection.
Press B on your controller, and then select Test Xbox LIVE Connection.
If you successfully connect to Xbox LIVE, you’ll see this screen:

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If you receive a connection error, please search the Microsoft Knowledge Base using the error message text.
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Step 3: Improve your wireless signal
Here are some ideas for improving the strength of your wireless network signal:
Move your router or gateway off the floor and away from walls and metal objects (such as metal file cabinets).

Minimize obstructions along the straight line path between your console and your wireless router or gateway.

Shorten the distance between your console and your wireless router or gateway.

Change the position of the antenna on your Xbox 360 Wireless Networking Adapter.

Turn off wireless devices such as 2.4 gigahertz (GHz) cordless telephones. If you have a dual mode router or gateway, try switching to 802.11a or "A," because it's less affected by interference. To learn how to switch wireless modes, refer to the documentation that came with your network hardware.

Try changing your wireless channel. Wireless routers and gateways can broadcast on different channels and one channel might be clearer than another. To learn how to change wireless channels, refer to the documentation that came with your network hardware.

Add a wireless repeater to extend your wireless network range. You can boost your signal strength by placing a wireless repeater halfway between your network hardware and your Xbox 360 console.
After improving your wireless signal, test your Xbox LIVE connection (on the console, go to My Xbox, select System Settings, select Network Settings, and then select Test Xbox LIVE Connection).

If you receive the same error, please try the next step.
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Step 4: Wireless standard 802.11n or WPA2 authentication
About wireless standard 802.11n
If you are using an 802.11n or N type router or gateway and the Xbox Wireless G Networking Adapter (the gray adapter with a single antenna), make sure that your network hardware is broadcasting in "mixed mode." To learn how to configure your hardware to broadcast in mixed mode, refer to your hardware documentation or the manufacturer’s Web site.
About WPA2 authentication
Before you can use WPA2 authentication, you must have the latest Dashboard update on your Xbox 360 console. You can tell that you need a Dashboard updated if:
The WPA 2 option is dimmed on the Specify Unlisted Network screen.
Your wireless network is not listed after you select Scan for Networks (in step 2).
To download the latest Dashboard update, connect your Xbox 360 console to your router or gateway by using a network cable. Sign in to Xbox LIVE and download the update. After you have downloaded the update, disconnect the network cable from your console, and try to configure your wireless settings again (repeat "Step 2: Configure your wireless settings" above).
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APPLIES TO
Microsoft XBox 360 Video Game System
Microsoft Xbox 360 Wireless Networking Adapter
Microsoft Xbox Live

Wednesday, May 19, 2010

Symantec is on the move...

On May 19, 2010, Symantec Corp. announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire VeriSign's identity and authentication business, which includes Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) Certificate Services, Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) Services, the VeriSign Trust Services and the VeriSign Identity Protection (VIP) Authentication Service. The agreement is subject to customary closing conditions, including regulatory approvals.

Identity-Based Security
Through this acquisition, Symantec will be able to help businesses incorporate identity security into a comprehensive framework so that IT can confidently and securely adopt new computing models - from cloud computing to social networking and mobile computing to user-owned devices - that promise operational efficiencies and freedom of choice for their employees and customers. That framework is based on five imperatives that Symantec is enabling as part of its new vision of computing and includes:

Identity security: proving that people and sites are who they say they are
Mobile security: securing each different mobile device and the information on it
Information protection: protecting information from loss, attack, theft and misuse and ensuring the ability to recover that information
Context and relevance: delivering information that is relevant to people in both their personal and professional roles
Cloud: allowing the secure delivery of applications and information from the cloud
Our Brand
With this exciting evolution in our company vision, we will also evolve Symantec's corporate logo. Following the close of the transaction, Symantec plans to incorporate the VeriSign check mark into a new logo to convey to users that it is safe to communicate, transact commerce and exchange information online.

When we are ready to officially change the logo and update materials, you will receive a communication with new guidelines and resources from Symantec.

What changes will Channel Partners see?
Until the acquisition closes, Symantec and VeriSign will continue to operate as separate companies, developing and delivering products as usual.

Following the close of the acquisition, VeriSign products will not initially be available for sale through Symantec's channel partners. As we broaden our go-to-market approach over time, we will assess how VeriSign products will be incorporated into Symantec's wider channel strategy. We look forward to sharing the channel strategy, along with the updates to our brand and the value it represents to our mutual customers, as more information becomes available. Until then, please continue operating business as usual.

Symantec considers our partners an integral part of our sales team and key to our ongoing success. Our belief is that you and your customers will see significant benefit from combined synergies of two companies with unmatched capabilities to secure and protect information and identities on the broadest scale and scope possible.

To learn more about this proposed acquisition, as well as Symantec's strategy of identity-based security, I encourage you to visit http://go.symantec.com/verisign for additional information. During the coming months, we will be focused on ensuring continuity of operations of both companies as we close the acquisition and begin developing new products and services enabled by the combination of these technologies.

If you have any questions or concerns, please contact your Symantec partner account manager. We greatly appreciate your business and look forward to establishing an even greater partnership with you.

Best regards,

Bill Robbins
EVP Worldwide Sales

Sunday, May 16, 2010

pci update on credit terminal clients...

Retirement of Pre-PCI Attended POS PIN Entry Devices U.S. and Canada regions
Effective 31 December 2014, all pre-Payment Card Industry Point of Sale (PCI POS) PIN acceptance devices (devices designed and tested earlier than PCI POS PIN Entry Device (PED) Version 1.x specifications) used in an attended environment are to be replaced by devices that are PCI-approved for deployment at the time of deployment.

In 2002, Visa announced enhancements to the PIN management requirements for POS PEDs and established associated mandates for the use and retirement of PEDs. Oneenhancement, which went into effect on 1 January 2004, required that all newly deployed attended (face-to-face) POS PEDs be independently validated and approved by Visa as compliant with the PED security requirements. Additionally, Visa required that all deployed attended POS PEDs be validated by the PCI as compliant with the PED security requirements effective 1 July 2010. (Initially, these devices were approved only by Visa.)

In 2004, PCI PED Version 1.0 was launched (and later updated to Version 1.3, collectively known as Version 1.x). Devices approved under this PCI program were added to the list of PCI-approved devices, as were other devices evaluated under subsequent versions of the same security requirements. These requirements are regularly enhanced on a three-year cycle, based upon analyses of changes in the threat environment.

Note: Devices approved by Visa prior to the PCI PED coming into effect in 2004 are termed “pre-PCI devices”; in particular, PEDs are known as pre-PCI PEDs

Saturday, May 01, 2010

BlackBerry Tour Update 5.0.0

BlackBerry Tour Update 5.0 for Verizon Toro is Out....

Details of Feature Improvements:

•Camera − Smoother operation in both camera and video applications.

•Calling − Improved Bluetooth functionality for last number dialed.
• Enhanced functionality for Voice Activated Dialing in both French and English.

•Improved missed call log now shows missed Call Waiting calls.

•Upgraded Call Waiting caller ID and call timer. Messaging.

•Improved functionality for reading, sending, forwarding, and deleting SMS messages.
• Corrected in-box display when device is used with a holster. Media.

•Better video streaming functionality.

•Enhanced display for MMS messages containing both video and text.

•Improved multitasking ability while streaming and downloading videos from www.youtube.com.

New Place's to find Computer Works

Where are listed on:




Wednesday, April 21, 2010

McAffee Antivirus Issues.......WOW......

McAfee antivirus program goes berserk, freezes PCs
Published - Apr 21 2010 03:49PM EST

By PETER SVENSSON - AP Technology Writer

NEW YORK— Computers in companies, hospitals and schools around the world got stuck repeatedly rebooting themselves Wednesday after an antivirus program identified a normal Windows file as a virus.

McAfee Inc. confirmed that a software update it posted at 9 a.m. Eastern time caused its antivirus program for corporate customers to misidentify a harmless file. It has posted a replacement update for download.

"We are not aware of significant impact on consumers and believe we have effectively limited such occurrence," the company said in a statement.

Online posters begged to differ, saying thousands of computers running Windows XP with Service Pack 3 were rendered useless.

About a third of the hospitals in Rhode Island were forced to stop treating patients without traumas in emergency rooms. The hospitals also postponed some elective surgeries, said Nancy Jean, a spokeswoman for the Lifespan system of hospitals. The system includes Rhode Island Hospital, the state's largest, and Newport Hospital, the only hospital on Aquidneck Island.

Jean said patients who required emergency care for gunshot wounds, car accidents, blunt trauma and other potentially fatal injuries were still being admitted to the emergency rooms.

In Kentucky, state police were told to shut down the computers in their patrol cars as technicians tried to fix the problem. The National Science Foundation headquarters in Arlington, Va., also lost computer access.

Peter Juvinall, systems administrator at Illinois State University in Normal, said that when the first computer started rebooting it quickly became evident that it was a major problem, affecting dozens of computers at the College of Business alone.

"I originally thought it was a virus," he said. When the tech support people concluded McAfee's update was to blame, they stopped further downloads of the faulty software update and started shuttling from computer to computer to get them working again.

Such personal attention to each PC from a technician appeared to be the only way to fix the problem because the computers weren't receptive to remote software updates when stuck in the reboot cycle. That slowed the recovery.

Intel Corp. appeared to be among the victims, according to employee posts on Twitter. Intel did not immediately return calls for comment.

Friday, March 05, 2010

E-Cycyling Dates

E-Cycle in Hempstead Town...

Saturday , March 13, 2010
Time: 8am - 2pm

Town Parking Lot L2
Division Avenue in Levittown,NY

With the rapid pace at which technology is advancing, people are purchasing new computer systems, televisions, DVD players and other electronic components in record numbers. As a result, more obsolete equipment containing toxic materials is entering our waste stream. That's why Hempstead Town is taking responsible and proactive steps to ensure that your old electronic equipment can be recycled and disposed of properly. All computers, computer components, televisions, VCRs and DVD players will be accepted for recycling at our "E-Cycling" programs. By participating in e-cycling events, toxic materials, such as lead, mercury and arsenic are kept from entering the waste stream.

2010 Collection Dates
Hours: 8:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Date Location
Saturday
March 13, 2010 Town Parking Field L2 Division Avenue (off Hempstead Tpke.)
Levittown
Sunday
October 3, 2010 Newbridge Road Park Newbridge Road
Bellmore
The town's e-cycling program is open to Town of Hempstead residents only.
(No businesses, non-commercial vehicles only)
Call the Sanitation Department at (516) 378-2200 for further details.

Town Web Link