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- IMPORTANT Safety Recall News: HP Notebook PC AC Power Cord
Safety Recall and Replacement Program Announced August 26, 2014:
PowerCordReplacement
- Important Safety Recall
News: APC, the power protection manufacturer is
recalling 15 Millions+ of affect surge protectors for fire
hazard. For more information visit here:
http://recall.apc.com/en
- On October 18th, Microsoft will be releasing Windows 8.1
which will be offered as a free update to the current Windows 8
users. It will be available through Windows Store and new
version will also be offered by OEMs preinstalled by
manufacturer starting October 18th, 2013.
- Mcrosoft has announced "End of Support" for Windows XP and
Office 2003 as of April 8th, 2014 meaning customers will not
receive any more updates and no product support will be provided
for these products.
- When you purchase any qualifying version of Office between
10/19/2012 and 04/30/2013, you can
download the next version of
Office free of charge, as soon as it's available.
- "Buy a Windows 7 PC and get Windows 8 Pro for $14.99 Offer"
registration site is now available. The support for Windows
XP will officially cease on April 8th, 2014.
- Effective January 2, 2012, Western Digital has revised
warranty term for their hard drives (Blue and Green family
lines) from 3 years to 2 years. WD's Black product line
remains at five year warranty.
- Please visit
Internet Claim Complaint Center (IC3) to file a complaint if
you have became a victim of any cyber/Internet related crimes
such as online fraud, computer hacking, identity theft,
International Money Laundering, and etc. Let's fight back
and put those "crooks" where they belong - JAIL!
Are you receiving a lot of junk emails/unwanted junk faxes?
Please report those offenders to
FCC
and make them to stop illegal activities!
- HP expands
recall of notebook computer batteries
due to fire hazard
and consumers are urged to recheck notebook models and batteries.
- The U.S. Federal Trade Commission on Tuesday approved
Intel's $7.68 acquisition of McAfee.
- If you have purchased a new PC and have purchased a new
Microsoft 2010 PKC (Product Key Card) but your PC did not have
Microsoft Office 2010 preinstalled, you can download an
installation media from following link for a limited time:
http://office.com/ProductKeyCard
- Sony is recalling several of its VAIO F and C sereis
notebooks because they are at risk of overheating. Sony
has announced that about 535,000 notebooks sold since January
could be at risk for the problem, which is caused by an error in
the internal temperature management system. Please visit
Sony eSupport website for more information.
- Microsoft has announced that
support for Windows XP SP2 will end on July 13, 2010.
- Microsoft has announced a new
Microsoft Office 2010 Technology Guarantee Program
.
This program will allow those customers who purchase qualifying
Office 2007 product between March 5, 2010 and September 30, 2010
to download new Office 2010 version at no additional cost.
For more information, visit
here.
- Microsoft will end support for Windows XP SP2 and Windows
Vista on July 13th, 2010.
- Lenovo had issued a Battery Recall Program for six of its
popular ThinkPad models (R60, R61, T60, T61, X60 and X61).
If you own one of above models and want to find out if your
system batteries need to be replaced, click
here for an automated Battery Diagnostic Tool.
- Microsoft will end support for Office 2000 which was
launched in June, 1999. After July 14th, 2009, no more
security updates or support will be available for users of
Office 2000 suite.
- Visit Joe Stewart's
Conficker Eye Chart
webpage to see if your system has been
infected with Conficker worm or not.
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Software piracy equals lost wages, lost jobs, and unfair
competition most importantly it hurts you - our clients!
If you believe that you've become a victim of software piracy,
please report to Microsoft Anti-Piracy Hotline or Business
Software Alliance.