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Another masqueraded computer threat that fools users into believing that it is a McAfee virus scanner that claims to detect numerous viruses on your computer and for you to get them removed you need to provide your Credit Card number to activate the full version. Not surprisingly, the threat doesn’t stop at this point, but it downloads other viruses, Trojans and spyware to join the party and feast on the infected computers’ resources and data.
Oh! But it does not STOP here.
Furthermore, as a survival
technique the virus disables the windows task manager and stops any .exe file from running rendering your system defenseless.
Luckily, many anti-viruses have released updates to detect and remove the threat before it spreads.

Please ensure that your computer is running strong updated anti-virus software to avoid such dilemmas.

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Max db Art Show – May 2012

It gave me a great pleasure today to get invited to a fascinating art show that is held downtown Toronto at the Berkeley Castle Courtyard by Max db Art. The show is in support for Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD).The show contains numerous fantastic art work that leave you with raised eye brows and a big “WOW”, watching the great details and the artistic talent represented in each piece was an amazing experience.

Michael Brown (Max db Art Owner) & Igor Rosic (Torontonian Entrepreneur and Writer)

Michael Brown (Max db Art Owner) & Igor Rosic (Torontonian Entrepreneur and Writer)

Among the paiting displayed in the show was a set of 4 portrait paintings for entrepreneurs and business owners i personally know. Michael Brown (Local Artist and the owner of Max db Art) has put a lot of effort into them to look that incredible.

The Music Producer

The Music Producer

The Film Maker

The Film Maker

The Composer

The Composer

By: Julia Chabad

By: Julia Chabad

Another piece that had my attention was a piece by Julia Chabad (Local Artist), Julia is a talented artist that gives her paintings all she’s got and settle for no less than perfect.

If you will be downtown Toronto Sunday, May 6th, 2012 between 12:00 – 5:00pm you still have a chance to stop by and indulge yourself with the artistic talent, passion and support a great cause.

Location: 250 The Esplanade, Toronto, ON M5A 4J6

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The 3 Miracles Twitter can do for your Small Business

For many years now Twitter had proven times and times again how powerful and superior it is when it comes to social media and internet marketing. There is no doubt that Twitter has gained its reputation by constantly providing a variety of tools that help its users achieve exciting and measurable successes. Obviously there is no better proof than the increased popularity and praise Twitter receives from the media and the communities involved.

Not long ago Twitter has celebrated its 6th birthday with 140 Million users and 340 Million tweets per day and the numbers are growing at an enormous rate, a smashing success no other social media platform even dreamed of in such a short time.

Twitter Marketing

Twitter Marketing

You may say:”what is that got to do with my business?”, well when you consider using a new tool you want to make sure that it will generate the expected results before you invest your time and money in it, I’m sure you will agree to that.

So what should you expect from marketing your small business on Twitter?

1- Exposure and increased awareness of your brand.

Twitter provides a venue for your small business to market itself among 140 million users many of which fall into your target market category. Those prospects you may never been able to reach any other way, or if you were able to approach them using other means Twitter gives you an additional mean for your brand to be in front of them and stay “Top Of The Mind” which increases the chances of converting them to customers.

2- An opportunity to engage with your prospects and customers.

By being active on Twitter and connecting with users that fit your target market you can share with them articles and blog on topics related to your products, you can answer their questions and position yourself as an expert in that field therefore gain their trust and boost your chances of selling to them.

Another great thing to do is to ask for their feedback to better understand your market and fill in any gaps they tell you about.

3- Keep a close eye on your competition.

Twitter has made it very easy for us since you don’t need permission to follow any account, so go ahead and follow your competitors, monitor their activities see how they tweet and interact on Twitter, you can also check who is following them they might be some of your prospects go ahead and follow them and initiate contact, you should also check who your competitors are following they might be your industry leaders that provide information vital to your business.

The benefits are magnificent and the results are very promising. Not having this tool in your internet marketing toolbox may prove very expensive specially when your competitors are in the game full speed ahead.

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What are your OPTIONS when your computer power supply Fails!!

DELL Studio Slim 540S

DELL Studio Slim 540S

I had a client today that has a DELL Studio Slim 540S that had a failed power supply (ACBel PC7068 250W).

SOLUTION 1:
Now the obvious option is to replace the power supply, easier said than done though when you are dealing with a custom design by one of the big manufacturers as they pride in breaking all the standardization rules so that you have to buy the parts from them. but the part was not available at DELL.

the next step to pursue is one of two ways depending on the client preference and the budget allocated.
SOLUTION 2-A:

Replace the the power supply with a used power supply, so I contacted our local used parts depots and we found none in stock. There were many parts available online but the repair was time sensitive and we couldn’t wait for the part to arrive in 3-5 business days so we opted for the next option. I should mention here that used parts carry a limited warranty (varies from 30 to 90 days) and the chances that it may fail in the near future are greater.

ACBel PC7068 Power Supply

ACBel PC7068 Power Supply

SOLUTION 2-B:
The last option is to replace the whole chassis along with the power supply and move all the components to a new chassis.
we had to take many details into considerations to make things work properly.

1- the motherboard: we had to make sure that the motherboard orientation fits the new chassis properly and that the motherboard screw hole are aligned with the chassis. Again due to the manufacturer custom design that doesn’t work in many cases.

2- the system had a low profile PCI express X16 video card installed, so we had to pick a small form factor (SFF) chassis with 450W standard mini ATX power supply to keep that card, although we were leaning towards using a tower for better cooling and air flow.

After migrating the motherboard, processor, memory cards (RAM), video Card, hard Drive and the DVD to their new home, and connecting the power cables to the different parts, there came the challenging part which is plugging the many front panel connectors to the motherboard pins and since DELL made sure that the pins are not labeled and the connector they used in their computer are bundled just to make it more challenging for us.:)

DELL Studio Slim 540S new Chassis side view

DELL Studio Slim 540S new Chassis side view

So after a lot of common sense and color matching along with some guessing and trial and error we got the power switch, Hard Drive (HDD) LED, and front panel sound working but the front USB ports didn’t which is not a big problem since the motherboard has 4 USB ports at the back and if more are needed USB hubs are an economical solution.

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