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07/31/2015

Happy SysAdmin Day! Some reading entertainment for you. Real IT news, minus the real. http://community.spiceworks.com/the-pepper

IT Best Practices, How-tos, Product Reviews, discussions, articles for IT Professionals in small and medium businesses

06/03/2015

Thinking about reserving your copy of WIndows 10? Here's what we've found and would recommend against reserving your copy.

• It's not necessary to reserve copy, it can be obtained from the Windows website or from updates
• If updates are set-up to download and install automatically, W10 will be installed as an in-place upgrade
• If installed in-place, Windows 10 can be reverted to the previous OS w/o data loss (theoretically)
• If W10 is installed as a fresh install, you cannot revert to the previous OS and data will be lost
• If your system is compatible w/ W7/8, it should be compatible with W10 (caveat, not all features may be available on older systems)
• The upgrade is free with a valid W7/ W8 key for a year after the official release
• W7 Ultimate will upgrade to W10 Pro
• July 29, 2015 is the 'release date'

05/27/2015

A neat little trick to download malware scanners even when you can't open a browser!

http://community.spiceworks.com/how_to/107155-how-to-bypass-browser-lockout-on-a-malware-infected-pc-using-html-help?utm_campaign=community-how-tos&utm_channel=swemail&utm_content=150526&utm_function=use&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter-spicenews&utme=body+howto+cta

Read the step-by-step instructions written by an IT pro in the how to: How to bypass browser lockout on a malware-infected PC using HTML Help!

05/22/2015

We're looking forward to Bacon and Clinking Glasses. Cheers!

https://www.yahoo.com/tech/38-new-emoji-are-set-to-premiere-next-year-see-119470426574.html

A batch of new emoji are coming next year, including a wilted flower, bacon, and a symbol for the word “selfie.”

05/19/2015

We got Super Geek!

http://community.spiceworks.com/topic/958084-quiz-are-you-a-true-it-geek-see-how-you-rank?utm_function=use&utm_channel=swemail&utm_source=newsletter-community&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=geekpride&utm_content=150519&utme=body+geekprideday+cta

IT pros... how geeky are you really? Now's your chance to find out! To celebrate Geek Pride Day on May 25th, we made this fun IT... | 50 replies | Water Cooler

05/05/2015

Download a free copy of Office 2016 Preview for Home or Enterprise!

https://products.office.com/en-us/office-2016-preview

http://blogs.office.com/2015/05/04/office-2016-public-preview-now-available/

Today we’re expanding the Office 2016 Preview, making it available to Office users everywhere in preparation for general availability in Fall 2015. Office 2016 previewers will get an early look at the next release of Office on Windows desktop, but more importantly they’ll help to shape and improve t…

09/17/2014

When comparing the iPhone's to the Samsung Galaxy S5, many of us start by comparing the camera quality…but does the camera megapixels really matter? Check out how Geoffrey Fowler demonstrated the difference and let us know which came out best of each photo.

Happy Wednesday!
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Apple arch-rival Samsung includes a 16-megapixel camera in its Galaxy S5 phone, but the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus have an 8-megapixel main camera. Still,...

07/23/2014

Happy Wacky Wednesday! Here are some fun facts about Easter Eggs.

An Easter Egg is an intentional inside joke, hidden message, or feature in a work such as a computer program, video game, movie, book, or crossword. The first ever Easter egg took place on the Atari 2600 way back in 1980, when Atari programmer Warren Robinett set about making a video game version of the original text Adventure. Here are some of Google's Easter eggs. Enjoy!

http://ow.ly/zw45Q

06/10/2014

PCC is hiring!

View our posting here http://ow.ly/xR2SA

Message us for more information or to submit a resume.

We are an IT managed services provider to small and medium sized businesses throughout the Bay Area, and a little beyond. We love our clients and...

06/06/2014

This is one kind of technology in action that we can appreciate. App of the week goes to the "Perfect Drink". Cheers to the weekend!

http://ow.ly/xIX5Z

Have you ever been in awe of the skills of a bartender? The way they perfectly pour the right combination of ingredients to create your favorite...

05/30/2014

Flashback Friday

Technology progresses so quickly, our computers, mobile phones, and even our TV's are completely different from just a few years ago. Let's end this week with a quick flash back of the past, and see what technology fossils we find.

1960 - Overhead Projectors, a device that projects an enlarged image of a transparency placed on it onto a wall or screen. Now, we just plug in a VGA or HDMI cord!
1970 - Remember floppy disks? They were 8 inches in diameter! Can you imagine inserting one of those into today's computer?
1980 -The world's first one gigabyte disk drive was announced and weighed 550 pounds and had a price tag of $40,000.
1985 - The precursor to today's GPS car navigation system was the ETAK Navigator and it used a computer with a dead reckoning program to navigate.
Share a few things you think have progressed enormously.