We had a client with an urgent need at a rather inconvenient 9:00 p.m. time on a weekday night. What happened was, the client’s Internet was down at their office due to the cable modem losing connection with the firewall, most likely due to a power outage from a local...
How to Replace Your Older Hard Drive with a Solid State Hard Drive
Want to make a really big difference in the speed of your laptop? Most likely your laptop has a hard drive that has disks inside, which is now older technology. The data is stored on those individual disks which are heavy and susceptible to shock and being dropped,...
How to Program a Fortinet Firewall to Work with Verizon FIOS
Often, if you are a business or home user using Verizon FIOS for Internet, you will want to use your own firewall. It provides superior protection of the network, virus scanning, vpn access, and many other resources for your business’s digital infrastructure than the...
Spring 2012 Newsletter
In This Issue Importance of Windows Updates Free Website Analysis @restontechwiz on Twitter Custom Website Design with SEO PayPal Integration for Youth Golf Camps View Security Cameras on the go Executive Leaders Radio Spot Recommended Free Software Dear Jeff, Welcome...
Removing Horizontal Lines on a Projector Picture
Do you have a projector that has mysterious lines traveling up the picture? We ran into this problem at an install this week and boy did we learn a lot about a symptom called ‘Ground Loop’. Thanks to Hefner Labs for the excellent CGLI-2 Cable Ground Loop...
WordPress for Small Businesses—WordPress.org vs WordPress.com
For a small business just starting to use the WordPress platform, choosing between WordPress.org and WordPress.com can be confusing. Here's a brief guide that should help you make up your mind about which to use. What's the Difference? WordPress.org and WordPress.com...
How Google AdWords Works
Google AdWords offers an attractive pay-per-click (PPC) advertising model that helps you get the most out of every dollar you spend on advertising. With AdWords, you pay only when an Internet user clicks your ad and ends up on your landing page. How Google AdWords...
3 Undeniable Benefits of Google+ for Business
You probably already have a business fan page on Facebook as well as one on Twitter, both of which take plenty of time to manage. In this case, creating yet another social media business page might seem unnecessary. But can you really afford not to use Google+ for...
Use Google Places to Boost Local Traffic
By using Google's free search tool for local listings, Google Places, you can climb to the top of search results for local searches. Google Places lets you provide essential information about your business, as well as a brief description, images, and directions, so...
Advertising for SMBs—Facebook Ads vs Google Ads
Facebook ads can be highly effective in driving traffic to your landing page and this while they are cheaper than Google AdWords. Here's why Facebook ads may be just what you need to boost your product sales. Facebook Ads Are Different from AdWords Ads With AdWords...