Austin Lane Technologies, Inc. would like to announce that Nancy Miley has joined our sales staff. She recently worked at Dell Computers, Inc. and was Austin Lane’s Sales Manager for 3 years. During those 3 years, Nancy helped Austin Lane provide high-quality hardware and software solutions to our customers. Nancy is familiar with many types […]
How long does it take Internet Explorer to open on your computer? One of the things that I see often when I go to a customer’s office is that it takes 4-5 seconds at a minimum to open their web browser. Everyone is looking for ways to make their computers run faster without investing more […]
This offer is not from one of the local companies like Verizon that is connecting homes with Fios, but is actually only available in Hong Kong, where Hong Kong Broadband Network just launched fiber-to-the-home services. You can also get 1Gbps symmetrical connectivity for a cool $215 per month, but again, it is only available in […]
Does anyone remember when Intel had to recall their new Pentium processors in 1994 because they did not add correctly? It seems that Microsoft may have a similar issue on their hands. According to a recent Associated Press article, whenever you have an equation that multiplies numbers, and their result is either 65,535 or 65,536, Excel […]
There is some good news for those of you out there that are hesitant to upgrade to Windows Vista. Microsoft has extended the amount of time that OEMs (Original Equipment Manufacturer) have to sell Windows XP to the public. Many Microsoft OEMs, including Dell, Inc. have been pushing Microsoft to extend the availability of Windows […]
In one of John C. Dvorak’s latest columns, he was talking about how easy it is to sabotage Google’s search results. As a result, there are a few things that you need to make sure of when you are searching Google for information that you need to ensure that you keep your PC safe.
According to PCMag.com, Palm and Sprint today announced the new Palm Centro smart phone. This is a completely different phone from the Treo, and moves closer to the size of the Blackberry Pearl. This Palm phone is targeted to the more price-conscious users, as it starts at $99 with a 2-year contract. For more information on […]
Websites everywhere use the ubiquitous PDF format for their documents. PDFs are portable across multiple operating systems and almost anyone is able to view these documents that are stored in the PDF file format. How does one create a PDF? In the past, you would need to buy Adobe Acrobat before you could create PDF documents. […]
All of us has heard stories of the unfortunate employee that forwarded an email to everyone in the company that should have been private, and how that same employee was either fired or disciplined for that action. For those of us that sometimes are less than diligent about ensuring that we only click “Reply” instead […]
As some of you may know, Palm recently announced its new “mobile companion”, the Palm Foleo. This device was designed to work with your Palm Treo and other Palm handhelds to add functionality. It came to our attention that the Palm Foleo was canceled by Palm as of September 4, 2007.
According to Palm CEO Ed […]