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Checkout Amazon’s Windows 7 Resource Center

Checkout Amazon’s Windows 7 Resource Center

by cibertek on 01. Oct, 2009 in News, Windows

Just found Amazon’s “Windows 7 Resource Center”. Click here: Windows 7 Resource Center
You can find pricing, a quick chart on choosing the right version, and other links. They even have a Windows 7 Blog if you really still cant decide.

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Monthly PC Tune Guide

Monthly PC Tune Guide

by cibertek on 03. Aug, 2009 in Maintenance, Tools

The end of the month is the time I run my Monthly PC Tune-up to make sure things are running smoothly. Its a simple list of six tasks or tune-up steps that I run on my PC at the end of every month.

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Windows 7 goes RTM and updates pricing!

Windows 7 goes RTM and updates pricing!

by cibertek on 27. Jul, 2009 in News, Software, Windows

If you haven’t heard, last Wednesday Microsoft announced that Windows 7 was “Released to Manufacturing” (RTM). This means that the final version or build has been set and the master copy was sent to the factory to be packaged and released to the public. Finally!

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Is WSE the antivirus you’ve been waiting for?

Is WSE the antivirus you’ve been waiting for?

by cibertek on 25. Jul, 2009 in Security

In a few short months Microsoft will release for direct-download, a totally free and good anti-virus program. The old and almost useless program called “OneCare” is gone as of June 30th.

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Good deal on the HP MediaSmart Server LX195

Good deal on the HP MediaSmart Server LX195

by cibertek on 16. Jul, 2009 in Hardware, Networking

If you’re shopping for a new computer for the new school year and your looking at HP systems, add on the LX195 for half-off the regular price. This starter Windows Home Server is an easy-to-use addition to your home network that will backup all of your digital media in one place.

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5 cool Windows 7 features

5 cool Windows 7 features

by cibertek on 13. Jul, 2009 in Software, Tools

Share Windows 7 is almost here. This is the most excitement I’ve seem about a Microsoft OS since Windows XP and its all legitimate. W7, as I call it,  frankly is the reason I still use a Windows PC. I’m not saying W7 is “perfect” or without problems but its really hard NOT to say [...]

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Compare Bing and Google – TekZilla Daily

by cibertek on 11. Jul, 2009 in Videos

Share If you use Firefox and search using Google and/Bing, wouldn’t it be nice to compare the results on the same screen?  Now you can, check out the video: Here is a quick link to the plugin.

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3 Ways to Synchronize your Files

3 Ways to Synchronize your Files

by cibertek on 09. Jul, 2009 in Networking, Software

Share Microsoft has three ways to synchronize and share files and they’re all free: Live Mesh, Live Sync, and SkyDrive.  Only SkyDrive and Live Mesh sync files in the “cloud” and allow you to share files with others.   Together though, they represent another one of those hidden Microsoft treasures that no one knows about.  Unless [...]

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Upgrade from Vista to Windows 7 for cheap

Upgrade from Vista to Windows 7 for cheap

by cibertek on 10. Jun, 2009 in News, Software

In case you’ve haven’t heard, Microsoft is about to release a new operating system, its called Windows 7. Before you get too excited, there is a lot of things and/or decisions that must be made before you even think about this upgrade. So over the next few weeks, I will post some of my experiences with W7. I’ve been using W7 since January and as of today, all my home computers have been upgraded to the W7 Beta (RC7100); its that good.

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7 Steps to protecting a home network

7 Steps to protecting a home network

by cibertek on 07. Jun, 2009 in Networking, Security

Until just a few years ago, I used a “full featured” Internet Security software. The common practice was to have some sort of software firewall to protect your system from Internet attacks. Most of these programs come bundled now with Anti-Virus software, browser protection, spam protection, and spyware protection. Back in the day, I used Zone Alarm then later I started to use Symantec Internet Security and finally graduated to Norton 360 back in 2004. Today, I don’t use any of them. In fact, I think they are some of the worst things you can put on your Windows system. They’re basically now just “Bloatware”; overgrown and overpriced software to make you feel like your protecting your system from hackers.

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