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Great Review on XP Mode for Windows 7 Released

Great Review on XP Mode for Windows 7 Released

Was just over on Digg and noticed a great new article on XP mode for Windows 7. For those of you that don’t know yet, Windows 7 is turning out to be probably the strongest Windows of them all. One of the great features is the ability to run a built into Windows 7 that will run a full fledged version of Windows XP in it. That way you can still run older legacy software and such that require...

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Comodo Anti-Virus Reviewed

Comodo Anti-Virus Reviewed

Why would you want or need to buy Comodo Anti-virus? Well I’ve been in the PC support business for over a decade now and have served thousands of residential and commercial clients, and I have to tell you, this recent entry into the computer security market is an interesting and strong choice for a personal antivirus solution for the home. For this review I decided to take a deeper look at...

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Blackberry Service Offline Again!

Blackberry Service Offline Again!

Ok, what in the world is up with Blackberry? They are experiencing yet another outage. Read more here: http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gBXjLGLS-Y3bKR2z_aneZ7tF3xEAD9CP4D180 This is why I don’t carry one. First of all, to those of you that do, unless your company requires you to carry one I say trade it in for just about any other phone..why? Well first of all there is no...

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Microsoft To Stop Selling Word/Office on Jan 11?

Microsoft To  Stop Selling Word/Office on Jan 11?

I was perusing slashdot last night and came across an interesting bit of news those of you following my post might want to see. Here is a link to the actual article: http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE5BL3FV20091222?type=technologyNews Quick summary: MS uses a proprietary XML reading technology to parse .docx, .xml, etc type documents..the only problem…it’s not theirs. Ooops....

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Windows 7 is here. Now what?

Windows 7 is here. Now what?

So now that Windows 7 is on the market I bet you’re thinking: Ok, this is great, but what do I do now? Well the answer is simple. If you have not already upgraded your first task is to determine which version is right for you. That’s where we at CDR Services, Inc. come in. You see, we’ve been playing with Windows 7 since March and, well, we kinda do this for a living. So...

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New Newsletters now being published at CDR Services

New Newsletters now being published at CDR Services

With the release today of Windows 7, I’ve decided that my staff and I at CDR Services will start several email newsletters to help our clients and friends to keep up with emerging technologies and news. I wanted to take a moment to invite you to join. Below you will find several categories that we will be regularly writing about. You may join any or all of them that you wish. Here is a...

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