Is Windows More Vulnerable to Malware than Mac OS X?

August 23, 2006

Disclaimer up front: I’m a Mac user. Have been for 18 years and I prefer to run the Mac OS. That said, my recommendation, for the home and casual user looking to buy a computer, to buy a Macintosh is based on what I see every day in the field, expunging viruses and spyware from [...]

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New Compatible Toners for August 2006

August 23, 2006

We’ve added several new products to our line of Guaranteed Compatible toners. Foremost, because of the number of our customers who have the Copystar CS-1620 copier, is the TK-413 toner, also for use in the CS-1635/1650/2020/2050. In addition, we now carry: Kyocera Mita TK-411 Compatible Toner, for use in the KM-1620/1650/2020/2050 Kyocera Mita TK-20H Compatible [...]

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Guess Who’s 25?

August 12, 2006

No, it’s not me! Today’s the 25th birthday of the IBM PC. Although certainly not the first computer (or even the best), this day marked the first time a computer had been released using off-the-shelf parts from a variety of vendors. I actually became a card-carrying computer geek three years earlier, when my Dad got [...]

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AOL Free for Broadband Users

August 9, 2006

For years I’ve considered AOL to be an over-priced service with limited features hampered by slow, bloated, buggy software. However, AOL has eliminated one of those objections. As of August 3, AOL began offering its software, e-mail, and other services free of charge to broadband users. Dial-up customers will begin paying $10 a month, down [...]

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McAfee Products Vulnerable

August 4, 2006

Ouch! News like this has got to sting: eEye Digital Security has found a security vulnerability in consumer security products put out by McAfee, including McAfee Internet Security Suite 2006, McAfee VirusScan, and McAfee AntiSpyware. As yet, McAfee has not patched the vulnerability, which would allow an attacker to run malicious code on your computer, [...]

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Retiring An Old Friend

July 25, 2006

This move also marks the time when we officially retire the Advanced Toner Service name. When Dad and I started selling remanfactured cartridges as Advanced Toner Service, we had no idea what products and services would follow. It didn’t take long, though, before we started providing more than toner cartridges. Customers began asking for toner [...]

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Address Change

July 25, 2006

If you haven’t already noticed, OfficeMedic has moved for first time since we opened our doors for business in March of 1988. The impetus for this change was that I (Don) moved recently as a result of getting married, and it’s easier to run the business from here than from Moreno Valley. (I don’t miss [...]

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PC Backup Winner!

July 1, 2006

And the winner is… Sharon from Victoria Presbyterian Church. (Random subscriber picked using a random number generator at random.org.) Sharon won a copy of PC Backup after subscribing to OfficeMedic Advisor. Thank you to all the new OfficeMedic Advisor subscribers for joining us. You’ll all be eligible for our next drawing, on September 1, for [...]

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OfficeMedic.net Site Redesign

July 1, 2006

Sister site OfficeMedic.net has received a long-overdue site redesign, which better reflects the quality of the service provided. It’s beautiful, if I may say so myself! OfficeMedic.net provides website hosting and design services to individuals and small and large organizations. Let us show you how to promote yourself on the Internet!

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Windows 98/ME Near End of Life

June 11, 2006

In a scant 31 days from now, Microsoft will put to rest three operating systems, one of which is eight years old. Windows 98, Windows 98SE and Windows Millenium Edition will reach their end-of-support date on July 11, 2006. It’s important to realize that Microsoft will no longer be releasing security updates for these operating [...]

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