Welcome to the weekly closing thoughts at What the Tech. I decided I want to start adding a more personal thoughts and opinionated section here on the blog so I’m going to try towards the end of each week and speak my mind on some tech related events, news, stories and what not…I hope [...]

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I just turned on my computer and started to get some pop-up of a program that’s called Antivirus System Pro?  I never downloaded that before but its starting to take over my machine and keeps reporting that I have a lot of security alerts and I cannot use Internet Explorer anymore.  Is this fake or [...]

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I just bought a new Blackberry Tour but I’m unsure on how to setup an email shortcut from my Yahoo! account to come to my Blackberry.  Do I have to pay to unlock it on Yahoo! or can I just get it straight from my browser or will it come automatically?  Thanks for your help!
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Windows 7 released a great deal of improvements in its OS, but one of the most noticeable differences and improvements is in the Multimedia and Entertainment system.  They put in a great deal of time and effort to include extra features, better aesthetically appearing menus and windows as well as “cool” applications you would never [...]

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Microsoft has struggled recently after the release of Windows Vista with many users wondering how does Vista make life easier for me or what were the improvements from Windows XP?  Steve Ballmer was very intent on making his audience know the point and design of Windows 7.
Ballmer was quick to jump out last Thursday about [...]

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Microsoft wanted to make a big splash with this event and they did a great job setting up for it.  The exclusive event this year was classy and catered well while maintaining an impressive tech room show-feel.  For those of you who were unable to attend the event or watch it live, check out some [...]

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Finally, Windows 7 has now been officially launched! Today, October 22nd marks the date of the release of Microsoft’s newest OS, Windows 7.  It has been a long anticipated release and it is finally here with manufacturers, retailers and other partners being able to sell the item officially.
I was lucky enough to attend the launch [...]

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Fake positive infections are becoming a growing security threat within themselves across the cyber community today.  A fake positive is any warning or advisor that flashes a pop-up or message that claims your computer is infected with a virus or malware,  but in reality, you’re not under attack from the accused infection.
The security threat behind [...]

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I just bought a new computer and the start menu will not load but the desktop picture shows up. Is there anyway to fix this before I have to send it back to the company to get a new machine? Thanks
Problems right when you start up your computer just when you get it is generally [...]

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I’ve been reading up a lot about this new Windows 7 that is suppose to be coming out and it looks nice, except my computer is old and I don’t know if it has the ability to handle the new operating system or if I will need to buy an entirely new computer itself.  Is [...]

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