Center City Computers blog about small business technology. http://c3ohio.com Wed, 27 Aug 2008 20:41:53 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://c3ohio.com/images/M_images/rss.png http://c3ohio.com Center City Computers blog about small business technology. http://c3ohio.com/blog/computer-security-and-the-small-business.html Securing your computer is an important as getting paid by your customers. Unfortunately, most small businesses don’t have a lot of resources to dedicate to this. With computer viruses on the rise, this can be an uphill battle. What can you do to stay protected? Fri, 11 Apr 2008 08:49:56 +0100 http://c3ohio.com/blog/windows-small-business-server-hardware-recommendations.html Many customers ask us what hardware they should purchase for a Windows Small Business Server 2003 (SBS) installation. The following are some suggestions that apply to both RTM and R2. Thu, 10 Apr 2008 07:03:47 +0100 http://c3ohio.com/blog/how-not-to-do-web-design.html With the wealth of information and tools available on the internet today, it is fairly easy to create a decent looking page. Today we are looking at furniturecity.net (http://furniturecity.net/). The following is a list of suggestions for better site design using this site as a reference. Sun, 30 Mar 2008 20:48:54 +0100 http://c3ohio.com/blog/supercharge-your-router.html Many consumer grade wireless routers and access point have hidden potential waiting to be uncovered, they just need to right piece of software to bring them to life. The software that powers these devices is called firmware. Unfortunately, the manufacturer provided firmware can be buggy and unstable. Fri, 28 Mar 2008 22:37:17 +0100 http://c3ohio.com/blog/free-photoshop.html Adobe has released a free version of Photoshop online. Photoshop Express is a basic version of the popular photo editing software. Many of our customers use Photoshop and we highly recommend it for business graphics manipulation. Photoshop Elements is also great package for home use. This new version is a... Thu, 27 Mar 2008 17:06:56 +0100 http://c3ohio.com/blog/wireless-internet-voip-bad.html In today’s business market, watching every penny is common place. One technology that can drastically reduce your monthly expenditures is Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP). There are, however, many things that have to be considered when using VoIP, especially for a business. Tue, 25 Mar 2008 11:22:26 +0100 http://c3ohio.com/blog/firfox-3-ready.html One of my favorite pieces of open-source software is Mozilla Firefox. We highly recommend it to all of our customers. Mozilla has been hard at work on the latest version, Firefox 3. According to the article (http://www.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUSN2041266520080320?rpc=64), the new version is just around the corner: The program's creators told Reuters on... Fri, 21 Mar 2008 06:19:50 +0100 http://c3ohio.com/blog/vista-sp1-released.html Windows Vista SP1 has been released. In can be downloaded here: x86 (http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=b0c7136d-5ebb-413b-89c9-cb3d06d12674 DisplayLang=en) or x64 (http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=874a414b-32b2-41cc-bd8b-d71eda5ec07c DisplayLang=en). Tue, 18 Mar 2008 13:24:57 +0100 http://c3ohio.com/blog/how-to-reset-internet-explorer-settings.html If a malware infection has caused problems with web browsing, you can reset Internet Explorer 7 (IE7). If you are not using IE7, we recomend upgrading via Windows Update (http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com) or via Microsoft Download Center (http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=9ae91ebe-3385-447c-8a30-081805b2f90b DisplayLang=en). If you already have IE7, use the following article to reset it: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/923737 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/923737) Alternatly, you... Mon, 17 Mar 2008 08:29:47 +0100 http://c3ohio.com/blog/at-t-yahoo-email-settings-change-for-pop-and-smtp.html If you use AT T Yahoo! DSL or any of the variations (SBC DSL, etc.), you will soon be required to use SSL (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secure_Sockets_Layer) to access your email. Here is a quote from their site: Important Notice: Once these security enhancement are fully implemented only SSL compatible email clients will be able... Mon, 17 Mar 2008 06:11:11 +0100