Odds & Ends: New Offerings

Come on in to Computer Medic to check out some of the new offerings this week we have at our sister store, Odds & Ends, specializing in gently used furniture and antiques. 

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Top Ten Ways to Get Infected

Do your online habits leave you and your computer at risk?  Think again.  In today's age where new threats show themselves daily, an up to date virus scanner may not be enough.  While some of these tips seem standard for today's needs, some do not.  Not everyone necessarily knows how to disable javascript, and most people still run default security settings in their web browsers and other programs that access the internet for data.  Read About.com's article for more information:  http://antivirus.about.com/od/securitytips/tp/badsecurityhabits.htm or catch our summary and tips below the jump. 

Official support ends April 7th, 2014, zombie support available at huge price

Windows XP, we hardly knew ye! Yet by this time next year, the adolescent operating system will be headed for the big Recycle Bin in the sky, thanks to Microsoft's planned obsolescence policy and the inevitable march of progress.

Introduced in 2001, XP was a big hit. But Microsoft will end support for XP on April 7th, 2014. That won't be the very end, however, as analyst firm Gartner says if you're happy to pay between $US200,000 and $500,000 a year for custom support Redmond will ensure XP has a pulse. Gartner does warn, however, that custom support “can as much as double [in price] from year to year as the product moves further away from the end of support.”

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