Saturday, August 29, 2009

Tech Support Cheat Sheet

LifeHacker, the blog devotes to software, the Internet and all around "life hacks" gives away all of our Tech Support troubleshooting secrets in this one post. Could it be time to throw in the towel?

http://lifehacker.com/5344702/tech-support-cheat-sheet-reveals-the-secrets-of-troubleshooting

Tuesday, August 25, 2009

Vista's Instant Search Uncovers Information Wherever It's Stor

We don't post too often about Vista, but there are a few notable features worth talking about.

If you’re on a pre-Vista operating system, you know how restrictive and clunky the old Microsoft search tool can be. Accessed as “Find” under the Start menu, the tool can’t look at the content within files and does not extend to emails.

Microsoft has taken that search tool and vastly improved its capabilities in Vista. Now called Instant Search, it’s accessed right from the Start menu and looks across file types, formats, and content to give you rapid access to the information you need. Now instead of looking separately for all the emails and documents associated with a particular project, you can bring them up in a snap. You don’t have to choose between wading manually through endless file trees or waiting as the search bar churns, finally spitting out “No result” to a file you know is lurking somewhere. Instant Search starts looking as soon as you start typing.

Instant Search is contextual, which means it will look first in the applications and files you access most frequently. And it will group results by the type of asset it finds – whether it’s a program, web site, document, or email. Click here to learn more about Instant Search: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/windowsvista/features/details/instantsearch.mspx

Monday, August 17, 2009

Brad Farmerie, chef at Public NYC battles in Iron Chef America this Sunday

CMIT Solutions client Brad Farmerie, lead chef at Public NYC battles in Kitchen Stadium in Iron Chef America this Sunday, August 23rd.

Will he be completing against Iron Chef Morimoto? Iron Chef Cora? Will he stand up to the heat of battle? Think how much fun it would be to watch it with Brad himself.

Join us on Sunday, August 23rd for a special Sunday Supper at PUBLIC and watch the live broadcast. Or just come for the broadcast at 9 PM. We'll be offering drink specials all night and the celebration or commiseration will start at 10 PM with DJ Tamer.

Details here: https://app.e2ma.net/app/view:CampaignPublic/id:27017.2297420714/rid:17e8e461d92710d6d3aabcb0f9065218

Friday, August 7, 2009

Could you be responsible for the Twitter outage? | Safe and Secure - CNET News

From C-Net: Could You Be Responsible for the Twitter Outage?

Well, maybe not you personally, but could you be part of it? Twitter confirmed yesterday that the problems experienced were caused by a denial-of-service attack. A distributed denial-of-service attack occurs when multiple (thousands? millions?) of computers try to access the site in question simultaneously. This typically happens because the attacking PCs are infected with malware, which turns them into "zombies" which do the dirty work.

Read More Here

Thursday, August 6, 2009

Superstars only…

IT Solutions Sales Associate & Business Market Development Associate

CMIT has an immediate need for driven, successful hunters who are great at selling managed services to the SMB (small/mid-sized business) market.

You can earn over $150K if you are a star, but do not even proceed unless you are an overachiever and can prove it.

CMIT has openings in Manhattan, Westchester and Fairfield Counties for a Business Market Development Associate and in North Jersey & Long Island for an IT Solutions Sales Associates.

Visit our website at http://talent.cmitsolutions.com to review job requirements. While at the site, you will gain an understanding of our products, services, outstanding company culture and planned future growth.