Laptop Jacks is a major supplier of replacement adapters, DC jacks and plugs for laptop computers. The company is based in Florida and stocks jacks for most makes and models of portables. Laptop Jacks also offers a repair service.
Contact:
Laptop Jacks, Inc.
1001 N. Federal Hwy. Suite 335
Hallandale, FL 33009
Tel. 954.455.LAPTOP(5278)
Email: Sales@laptopjacks.com
Website: http://www.laptopjacks.com
Prime Vendor provides procurement solutions for government agencies and educational institutions.
Contact:
Prime Vendor. Inc.
4622 Cedar Ave., Building 5 Suite 123
Wilmington NC, 28403
Phone: 1-800-746-9554
Fax: 1-800-746-8307
Email: info@prime-vendor.com
Website: http://www.prime-vendor.com
(TheForceField.Net ) October 14, 2008 — Windows 7, the code name for the next next version of Microsoft Windows, has now been given an official name – Windows 7.
In a post on the Windows Vista Team Blog yesterday, Mike Nash, Corporate Vice President of Windows Product Management, officially announced that the codename will now become the actual name of the new operating system, due sometime around 2010.
While Microsoft has occasionally used code names in the past on an actual release, this is the first time did so with Windows.According to Nash, it was a logical decision based on simplicity.
"We've used version numbers like Windows 3.11, or dates like Windows 98, or "aspirational" monikers like Windows XP or Windows Vista", Nash wrote in his blog. "And since we do not ship new versions of Windows every year, using a date did not make sense. Likewise, coming up with an all-new "aspirational" name does not do justice to what we are trying to achieve, which is to stay firmly rooted in our aspirations for Windows Vista, while evolving and refining the substantial investments in platform technology in Windows Vista into the next generation of Windows", Nash said.
According to Nash, calling the seventh version of Microsoft Windows "Windows 7" was the sensible thing to do.
Windows 7 will be unveiled in a pre-beta release to developers at the Microsoft Professional Developers Conference to be held October 27-30 and at WinHEC November 5-7, 2008.
National VAR based in Irvine, CA specializing in digital signage, kiosk and POS systems.
GA Services, LLC
1681 Kettering
Irvine, CA 92614
Corporate Telephone: (949) 752-6515
Corporate Fax: (949) 752-5966
Technician Sign-Up
Previously known as TekSource.com. System Integrator with focus on Point of SaleTechnology. The company offers sales, service and support of POS systems. Technicians should have some knowledge and experience with POS equipment.
Tekserve POS, LLC
2495 Pembroke Ave
Hoffman Estates, IL 60195
Toll Free: (888) 828-1130
Local: (847) 805-9050
Fax: (847) 805-9051
No longer in business.
Contract Management and Field Service contractor based in Wisconsin. Drew Marheine, former General Manager of TekServe POS is the company president.
Contact:
Venture Capital LLC
Retail Deployment Solutions
617 N. 8th Ave
Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235
Drew Marheine [mailto:dmarheine@retaildeployment.com]
Jody Wuollett – Director of Field Services
920-818-0150 Ext 206
Cell 920-750-0732
Fax 267-390-8995
jwuollett@retaildeployment.com
http://www.retaildeployment.com
Installation Provider Sign-Up
(TheForceField.net ) October 13, 2008 — The OpenOffice.org official web site went down during the launch of OpenOffice.org 3.0 this morning. A download page was published around noon in lieu of the home page with the brief message "Apologies – our website is struggling to cope with the unprecedented demand for the new release 3.0 of OpenOffice.org. The technical teams are
trying to come up with a solution".
Initially there was no official word as to the cause of the outage, however an source at Sun was quoted as saying that the outage was due to a "large
number of http requests bombarding the site". The high number of requests is believed to be attributed to a sudden increase in traffic in response to the official release of OpenOffice.org 3.0.
OpenOffice.org 3.0 is the latest release of the open source office suite originally developed by Sun Microsystems. This release is considered by many to be the turning point in which OpenOffice.org becomes a true, viable competitor to Microsoft Office.
(TheForceField.net ) October 13, 2008 — The OpenOffice.org Community officially announced the release of OpenOffice.org 3.0 to the public early this morning. OpenOffice.org 3.0 is the latest release of the open source office suite originally developed by Sun Microsystems and is considered by many to be one of few serious competitors of Microsoft Office.
The latest version of OpenOffice.org will be officially released on the 8 year anniversary of the open source Office suite during a launch event to be held at the Région Ile-de France in Paris, France today. The first version was released on October 13, 2000.
"Our market has grown," Louis Suárez-Potts, Community Manager of OpenOffice.org, said in a press release. "As government after government, enterprise after enterprise adopt the Open Document Format (the ISO-approved format OpenOffice.org uses natively), they frequently adopt OpenOffice.org and love it. With 3.0, the application is more interoperable with MS Office, more capable, more extensible. It frees the desktop from vendor lock-in."
New features to the office suite include a "Start Center", new icons and a zoom control located in the status bar. Other new features include an ability to display multiple pages in the word processor called Writer, a solver component and an increase to 1024 columns in the Calc spreadsheet, chart enhancements and an improvement to the crop feature used in Draw and the Microsoft Powerpoint-like presentation program known as Impress.
The new version will support ODF 1.2 and will work with Microsoft Office 2007, Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac and Microsoft Office binary file formats.
The new version is also more compatible with OS X. "OpenOffice.org 3 is now also available for the first time as a full Mac OS X application, bringing the power of the world's leading open-source office suite to a whole new group of users", Florian Effenberger, Marketing Project Co-Lead of OpenOffice.org stated in an e-mail this morning.
The Office suite is released under the GNU/GPL and is freely available. OpenOffice.org v3.0 is currently available for download in English for Windows, Linux, OS X and OpenSolaris at http://download.openoffice.org/3.0 .
There is a discussion going on over at Tech-Army.org about Cloud Computing, particularly Oracle CEO Larry Ellison’s recent remarks in which he allegedly attacked the concept as overhyped. According to an article in eWeek , Ellison “spit” on the hype surrounding Cloud Computing and was quoted as saying that he didn’t understand it in a blog post by Wall Street Journal writer Ben Worthen.
In the post, Worthen quoted Ellison as saying “The computer industry is the only industry that is more fashion-driven than women’s fashion. Maybe I’m an idiot, but I have no idea what anyone is talking about. What is it? It’s complete gibberish. It’s insane. When is this idiocy going to stop?”
For those who still don’t know what the term Cloud Computing refers to, here’s the official definition from Wikipedia:
“Cloud computing is a general concept that incorporates software as a service, Web 2.0 and other recent, well-known technology trends, where the common theme is reliance on the Internet for satisfying the computing needs of the users. For example, Google Apps provides common business applications online that are accessed from a web browser, while the software and data are stored on the servers.”
Now, the basic argument here is that Ellison doesn’t get the concept of working in the cloud. However, I don’t think that is what he is talking about. It seems to me that he is not really attacking the concept as much as he is attacking the notion that companies are over hyping it. As hot a topic as it is today, he may have a point.
I’ve been reporting on developments in Cloud Computing in the last few episodes of The Force Field podcast . There is a lot of potential there, however I will give Ellison the benefit of the doubt and say that, although the concept interests me, I am not so sure everyone is ready for it, including some of the companies who aggressively promote it.
Cost savings, staff hiring and retention and improved employee health also cited as benefits
Oakbrook Terrace, Ill., October 7, 2008 – Companies that give their workers the option of telecommuting are benefitting from greater productivity, lower costs, more options for finding and retaining qualified staff, and improved employee health, according to a new survey released today by the Computing Technology Industry Association (CompTIA).
More than two-thirds (67 percent) of survey respondents said their organization has experienced greater worker productivity as a result of allowing employees to telecommute either full-time or part-time. Improved productivity is principally due to workers spending less time getting to and from work.
“With ‘anywhere’ connectivity, faster broadband options and high-quality video and online conferencing choices, the opportunity for virtual offices is greater today and more affordable for businesses of all sizes and types,” said Todd Thibodeaux, president and chief executive officer, CompTIA.
Companies who utilize telecommuting are also benefitting from cost savings through reduced use of office-related materials and resources and lower vehicle-related expenses. Nearly six out of ten respondents (59 percent) to the CompTIA telecommuting trends survey identified cost savings as a significant benefit.
Telecommuting is also helping organizations find and keep qualified staff, and keep their employees healthier.
According to the CompTIA survey, 39 percent of respondents said their companies have access to more qualified staff, especially those who may not otherwise be geographically accessible, because they offer telecommuting as an option. Another 37 percent of respondents said telecommuting helps their organization improve employee retention. One-quarter of survey respondents (25 percent) said telecommuting improves employee health, mainly though reduced stress levels associated with commuting to and from work.
Other benefits of telecommuting, as revealed in the survey, include promotion of safety through reduced highway use (18 percent); and environmental benefits (17 percent).
The survey was intended to better understand the benefits and challenges of telecommuting; and to determine how organizations are addressing these challenges. Businesses represented in the survey include information technology service companies, government, manufacturers, technology solution providers, not-for-profit training organizations and schools, telecommunications, healthcare, entertainment, and real estate. The Web-based survey was conducted between Aug. 27 and Sept. 23. It closed with 212 responses and has a margin of error of ± 5.6 percent. For more information on the telecommuting trends survey and other CompTIA research, visit www.comptia.org/research.
About CompTIA
The Computing Technology Industry Association (CompTIA) is the voice of the world’s information technology (IT) industry. Its members are the companies at the forefront of innovation; and the professionals responsible for maximizing the benefits organizations receive from their investments in technology. CompTIA is dedicated to advancing industry growth through its educational programs, market research, networking events, professional certifications, and public policy advocacy. For more information, please visit www.comptia.org.
