Part of being in business these days is having a good strategy when it comes to having your computers maintained and serviced.  With so many business tasks being 100% dependent on having properly working IT infrastructure, having a well running system is crucial.  Small companies generally cannot afford to hire a full time, in house technician, and if they can, the kind of employee that can get for the budget they have is not qualified to handle some of the more challenging problems ... [More]

Computer frustrations and how to deal with them   Computer related problems are a very normal thing in our day to day working environments as well as at home, since they are complex machines there is always the chance of one of those components ceasing to function. When this happens it pays to know how to troubleshoot certain problems so that you can be prepared if the situation arises, and still retain functionality of your system.One of the most commonly experienced computer frustration... [More]

The ability to have the knowledge and skill to navigate the Internet and retrieve information from it is essential for today’s youth. Granted, outside of logging onto teachers web pages and researching data for projects, youth are privy to other outlets solely produced for entertainment. In addition, it is unfortunate that even the most innocent queries can retrieve pictures, video and written content search results completely inappropriate for youth.Parents have to be evermore diligent to... [More]

As an expert and frequent speaker on the subject of online safety, I often hear comments from parents that dismiss the idea of using parental control software go something like this:   "Yes!  The Internet can be a dangerous place, but not for my son.. he doesn't do things like look at adult websites or post videos of himself"   Unfortunately, “perfect” kids face risks online too and it’s not always the kids that are looking for mischief that end up being harm... [More]

We’ve all seen the news stories - the daily barrage of sad, unfortunate and sometimes tragic consequences that can occur when technology and kids are combined.  As parents, it’s sometimes hard to know quite what to do - and why wouldn’t it be?  Let’s face it; many 7 year olds can run circles around their parents when it comes to the family computer.With other parenting strategies, you probably take cues from what your parents did.  Your policies regarding h... [More]