Byte Knights http://www.byte-knights.com PC support, software development and more Thu, 17 Jun 2010 17:12:00 +0000 en hourly 1 Are we Ready for the Cloud? http://www.byte-knights.com/uncategorized/are-we-ready-for-the-cloud/ http://www.byte-knights.com/uncategorized/are-we-ready-for-the-cloud/#comments Thu, 17 Jun 2010 17:12:00 +0000 bk http://www.byte-knights.com/?p=245 “Intuit is slowly recovering from a massive site outage that has taken down its main site and several of its online services since Tuesday night, stranding potentially hundreds of thousands of customers without business services.”

http://community.intuit.com/post/detail/arLTS0Ey4r36uBacfA8pyY

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2365179,00.asp

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via Slickdeals.net

We are not big fans of Norton, but free is free!

]]> http://www.byte-knights.com/uncategorized/norton-antivirus-2010-3-user-edition-free-after-40mir/feed/ 0 Interesting Infographic on the Cloud http://www.byte-knights.com/google/interesting-infographic-on-the-cloud/ http://www.byte-knights.com/google/interesting-infographic-on-the-cloud/#comments Thu, 13 May 2010 19:04:24 +0000 bk http://www.byte-knights.com/?p=218 Cloud Computing Infographic”Public
Via: Public Versus Private Cloud Computing

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]]> http://www.byte-knights.com/business/10-marketing-resources-every-app-should-provide/feed/ 0 Using Linux to kill viruses http://www.byte-knights.com/antivirus/using-linux-to-kill-viruses/ http://www.byte-knights.com/antivirus/using-linux-to-kill-viruses/#comments Sun, 14 Mar 2010 03:16:57 +0000 bk http://www.byte-knights.com/?p=208 Sometimes it isnt easy to remove a virus directly in Windows.  Linux can often be used to get around this (as well as file recovery, backups etc..).

ghacks.net has a good tutorial that shows you how to do this using F-Prot.  At Byte Knights we do something simlilar using Kaspersky Antivirus.

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Apps Script Gallery for Google spreadsheets

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Gary’s recipe for being a social media mogul is a follows:

  1. Find you passion
  2. Come up with at least 50 interesting blog topics (if you cant jump back to number one and find another passion!)
  3. Confirm that you trully have the passion
  4. Name you brand (“Fortune 50 IT service for the Fortune 500000″)
  5. Get a domain name
  6. Choose the medium (audio, video, word)
  7. Hire a Designer
  8. Create a Call-to-Action buttons with linkable/shareble content
  9. Create a Facebook fan page
  10. Broadcast your content (Ping.fm and Tubemogul)
  11. Seed communites by leaving comments in other peoples blogs/forums
  12. Find and connect with people who share your passion (search.twitter and blogsearch.google.com and Facebook Fan pages
  13. rinse and repeat
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Key Takeaways :

  1. Hot Glue is not sufficient to repair a DC Power Jack
  2. It is a good idea to make sure you can plug the AC Adapter into the laptop after a repair
  3. Extended Warranties are usually a waste of money
  4. Getting computers and IT services from a paper company may not be the greatest idea!
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