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"Computers are not intelligent. They only think they are."
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We're BackAfter a three year sort of quasi-hiatus, ComputerRepair.com has returned from off-line exile, and we've got a whole new look.
Recall that in 2005, we legally changed our domain name to OnForce to better reflect the growing market for contract IT work. And since OnForce remains The Place to find IT service pros (750,000 completed work orders and counting), we here at ComputerRepair.com had to get creative and think of something else to offer the IT community.
And so after many fierce debates and rampant in-fighting, we settled on this: a comprehensive (albeit slightly unorthodox) news site for all things IT. From hardware and software to services and events, we'll be covering IT with advice, opinions, reviews and much more. We will scour - scour I say! - the virtual globe in search of the interesting, the thought-provoking, the educational and the bizarre, and serve it up to you, our readers. We'd also like to invite the community to contribute links, articles and rants - nothing is off limits. After all, you live IT every single day, and we want this to be a public repository for sharing and discussion of what's going on in the industry. What are you waiting for?
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Solution providers must evaluate overhead, staffing and business practices to weather the current economic crisis. By Pedro Pereira, Channel Insider
While small businesses across the country start to feel the credit crunch caused by the ongoing financial crisis, the squeeze has yet to affect the IT channel.
To ease the crunch, which is making it difficult for some companies to finance their operations, the Federal Reserve reportedly is considering a plan to buy unsecured short-term debt those companies tap into through lenders for day-to-day activities.
According to channel lenders, the ongoing crisis so far has spared solution providers, who still have access to financing from distributors and lenders. As of this morning, there were “no observable changes in credit as we know it,” according to Scott Tillesen, director of credit at distributor Tech Data, Clearwater, Fla. “It’s been pretty much business as usual.”
But that doesn’t mean solution providers shouldn’t take precautions to keep their businesses on solid footing. |
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It's 2:45 a.m. on Friday and you've just returned home from the St. Patty's Day Drink-a-Thon...with a 1st place trophy. Wisely, you decide to start emailing your ex-girlfriend(s), your boss, your in-laws and possibly your congressman. What's the worse thing that could happen?
In years prior, this sort of practice was as widespread as it was shameful. But thanks to Gmail, these embarrassing emails may soon become a thing of the past. The Gmail blog recently posted this item: a new feature called - ahem - "Mail Goggles" which aims to prevent users from sending emails of the regrettable variety through a series of remedial math problems. |
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Trying to keep track of all the trends, news and analysis from the economic fallout (and how it's affecting technology) is no easy task. So, in an attempt to consolidate said data, here's what a few of the channel's big players are talking about. If we're missing any thing, you know
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. VCs watch a lifeline slip away (MarketWatch) RiskMetrics Group Acquires Applied4 Technology (TechWeb) Jobs rumor rocks Apple Shares (MarketWatch)Recession Pressures Undercut Resellers (Channel Insider) What the $700 Billion Bailout Means for Small Business (The VAR Guy) How to Recession-Proof IT (Tech Republic) Google dragged by market below $400 (MarketWatch) |
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Judson Althoff, group VP of worldwide alliances and channels at Oracle Corp., is putting a new spin on old partner training tactics. During... 
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