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Personal Email, Instant Messaging, and Company Information

April 30th, 2007 by Jeff
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Do you have employees that work at home? Do they often need access to files and folders on their computers or the servers in the office? Do you have an easy-to-use and secure method for your employees to access those files and folders on the office computers?
If you answered yes to either one of the […]

Why can’t I use a cheap surge protector for my computer?

April 30th, 2007 by Jeff
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As a network support professional, I go into locations where all of the PCs are connected to power either directly to the plug in the wall, or through one of those “Power Strips” that are sometimes referred to as “Surge Protectors”. Most of these are of the low-cost variety that were picked-up at your favorite […]

Laptops and Wired Network Connections

April 23rd, 2007 by Jeff
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Welcome once again to the weekly edition of Jeff’s Tech Tip. This week we will look at an issue that many of you that own laptops may experience at one time or another. Have you ever turned on your laptop and connected it physically to a wired network and experience no network connectivity?

BlackBerry Service Outage

April 20th, 2007 by Jeff
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Do you own a BlackBerry? If you do, or if you are looking to buy one, you may be interested to find out that the BlackBerry service provided by RIM had a service interruption on April 17, 2007 through April 18, 2007. The outage was overnight, and lasted about 12 hours. This affected BlackBerry users […]

How can you avoid SPAM?

April 18th, 2007 by Jeff
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If you have been paying attention to the latest technology news, you would have seen that there has been a large outbreak of a new worm. It sends itself out and disguises itself as a warning about a possible virus or worm outbreak. How does this apply to stopping SPAM? Continue reading to find out.

Austin Beaty Speaking at Verizon Wireless Construction Day

April 18th, 2007 by Jeff
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Austin Beaty, President of Austin Lane Technologies, Inc. will be speaking at the upcoming Verizon Wireless Construction Days in Lewisville, TX.
Verizon Wireless operates the nation’s most reliable wireless network. It is the only major carrier with a 30-day network test-drive pledge that pays for calls if a customer isn’t satisfied and switches to another carrier.
Headquartered […]

Austin Lane Presenting at Verizon Wireless Business to Business Meeting

April 18th, 2007 by Jeff
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Austin Beaty, President of Austin Lane Technologies, Inc. will be speaking to a group of Verizon Wireless Business to Business (B2B) Account Executives on the following dates:
April 16, 2007
April 30, 2007
May 1, 2007
Austin Lane Technologies, Inc. provides time-tracking and time-costing applications to the Medical and Construction industries utilizing handheld devices. Austin Lane’s products run on […]

Austin Lane attending Timberline National Users Conference

April 18th, 2007 by Jeff
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The Timberline Users Group (TUG) is hosting their National Users Conference on May 9-11, 2007. Austin Lane Technologies, Inc. will have a booth setup at this conference. Please stop by and find out more about Austin Lane Technologies, Inc., ALMobile Suite 2006, ALPay, and ALTrac. According to the TUG website:
TUG offers an annual National Users […]

Easter Eggs

April 10th, 2007 by Jeff
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Easter has just passed us by again this year, and makes its mark in this week’s Jeff’s Tech Tip. A virtual Easter egg is a hidden message or feature in an object such as a movie, book, CD, DVD, computer program, or video game. The term draws a parallel with the custom of the Easter […]

Windows Vista or Not?!

April 2nd, 2007 by Jeff
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The Windows world continues to advance! We have to be honest with our customers, and let you know that Vista is just not ready for your critical business processes yet. Most software applications are not Vista-compatible yet, and even those that are can create issues when trying to […]