Never A Dual Moment

February 27, 2013

From Not Always Working:

Coworker: "Hey you finished really quick! This is taking me forever!"

(I look over at her computer. I notice she is maximizing and minimizing a window to go back and forth between two programs.)

Me: "Um… you realize you have two monitors, right?"

Coworker: "…Well, don’t I feel stupid."

I get calls like this.

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How to Protect Your Mac From Theft in Public Places

February 20, 2013

Ben Boychuk, writing for Macworld:

I later learned that in the course of just three days, thieves had picked off unsuspecting Apple users in at least 24 Starbucks locations around the region known as the Inland Empire.

This caught my eye because of where it happened. Great tips for users of Macs and other computers.

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Nerdy Professionals

February 17, 2013
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Although directed at attorneys, the iPad Basics webinar by Nerdy Professionals will cover many security and ethics issues that will apply to other professionals, such as doctors or accountants, and so they would no doubt find this seminar helpful as well. The webinar airs on March 1 and costs only $50, with a 10% discount [...]

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Review: Brother HL-6180DW

October 21, 2012

PCWorld The $300 (as of October 2, 2012) Brother HL-6180DW monochrome laser printer makes up for its middling speed with good-quality output and inexpensive toner. Indeed, it’s easily one of the most economical-to-operate printers on the market-assuming that you use the higher-yield toner cartridges While the supplies costs aren’t quite as good as the article [...]

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Hospital Computers Sicker Than The Patients

October 18, 2012

The Brief: Much of the [virus vulnerability] problem is caused by machines running old versions of Windows operating systems that manufacturers won’t let hospitals modify, even for security, due to concerns that it will run afoul of US Food and Drug Administration regulations. Reminds me of a customer earlier this year that was forced to [...]

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Kodak Follows Lexmark’s Lead

October 4, 2012

On the heels of Lexmark’s exit comes Kodak’s announcement they will leave the inkjet printer business: Kodak has continued to manage its Consumer Inkjet business for profitability, and the company announced today that, starting in 2013, it will focus that business on the sale of ink to its installed base, and wind down sales of [...]

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Lexmark Exits Inkjet Printer Business

August 28, 2012
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Lexmark International has exited the inkjet printer business and is laying off 1700 people as part of a restructuring plan to improve profitability. Now if they would only get out of the laser printer business, too. We techs hate them. via Macworld

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Ink-flation

May 29, 2012

PCWorld: Between 2009 and today, the rate of inflation has increased by 7 percent. During that same period, the cost per page of some vendors’ inks has risen by anywhere from 4 percent to 30 percent. Yes, 30 percent. Ink pricing is quite literally opaque to users, who do not understand just how much they [...]

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A License to Print Money

May 26, 2012

MSNBC: Computer printers are the classic example. You might get a great deal on a printer, but if the ink is expensive, you lose in the end. In fact, Gabaix argues that it’s impossible for consumers to intelligently shop for printers. No consumer knows how much ink costs — the cartridges don’t come in standard [...]

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Canon to Increase Supplies Prices

January 13, 2012

Not one to be left behind, Canon will be increasing their prices on select toner cartridges—including the PC, A30, E40, L50 and S35 cartridges—by an average of 5%, effective April 1, 2012. These are some of our most popular cartridges and we will not be increasing the prices of our remanufactured cartridges in the near [...]

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