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Happy New Year!

Happy New Year from Farcornertech! I look forward to all that awaits in 2010. Thanks for your support & following @farcornertech on Twitter.

JPL

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Posted December 31, 2009

It has been a pleasure serving your computing needs throughout 2009. With your feedback, we have made some changes here at Farcornertech that I hope will add value to your experience with us in 2010. Please keep your comments coming as your feedback is a key component to improve the level of service we are able to provide. You can reach me directly by e-mail at John.LaGuardia@farcornertech.com or on Twitter @farcornertech. Your comments and referrals are always welcome!

Our service rates will remain unchanged during the next year and we will be offering newly designed maintenance contracts for our small business clients. Let us know what unique needs your company network has and we will create a monthly maintenance contract that increases your network uptime and ensures the integrity and security of your network data.

I am thrilled about the opportunities we have for partnerships in 2010. In addition to our already established partnership with DriveSavers Data Recovery, Farcornertech will be linking up with Sonicwall and Cisco to provide our clients with the best quality security appliances and wireless systems available. In addition, I am excited to announce that Farcornertech has recently been accepted into affiliate programs with Newegg and CDW. In the days ahead, be on the lookout for their banners on our website.

Thank you for your on-going business and support. Happy Holidays and we’ll see you in 2010!

Best regards,

JPL

Posted December 21, 2009

Benchmark Your DNS

Benchmark your internet experience with google namebench. In just a few minutes you can download their open-source utility to determine what dns servers are the fastest for your system to use. Hope you enjoy this free tool and find it useful. JPL

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Posted December 19, 2009

You May Be Addicted to Social Media If…

Are you addicted to Social Media? Check the signs at http://bit.ly/5bGFL1 JPL

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Posted December 13, 2009

VMware Fusion 3.0.1 Update Now Available…

For all you Mac users utilizing virtualization, this excerpt is straight from the VMware Team Fusion Blog... Enjoy! JPL

I am pleased to announce that VMware Fusion 3.0.1 is now available.

The team has been working hard since we released VMware Fusion 3 at the end of October to add some a few new features, improve performance, and fix over 50 bugs.

For long time VMware Fusion users, VMware Fusion 3.0.1 is the first opportunity to take advantage of the new automatic updates feature in VMware Fusion 3, which we hope you enjoy!

Some highlights on new features include:

Improved 3D & Video Performance: Improved WDDM driver and 3D backend improvements speed up 3D applications from 20-80% on Mac OS X Snow Leopard. Video playback with Windows Media Player on Windows Vista and Windows 7 is greatly improved as well. See the updated Windows Experience score for my MacBook Pro below:

Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala): Full support for Ubuntu 9.10 32-bit & 64-bit editions. Just like other Linux virtual machines, we support copy and paste, drag and drop and even Unity!
Even More 64-bit Support: Networking subsystem is now 64-bit native to match 64-bit core engine released initially with VMware Fusion 3 (vmware-vmx).
Easier Move to VMware Fusion: Import standalone VHD virtual disks and Parallels Desktop 5 virtual machines into VMware virtual machines.
Improved Resume Times: For those users who suspend their virtual machines, we reduced the time required to resume your virtual machines.

In addition to the new and improved features, VMware Fusion 3.0.1 fixes over 50 bugs. Some highlights include:

Performance Update: Some users encountered slow downs with VMware Fusion 3.0. Thanks to your help, we were able to track down the performance issues to three key areas that we have addressed in 3.0.1 or where we have a recommended workaround:
- Older versions of VMware Tools caused a slowdown and VMware Tools included with VMware Fusion 2.0.5 could not be easily upgraded. The tools upgrade issue has been resolved with VMware Fusion 3.0.1 to make it easier to upgrade to VMware Fusion 3.0.1 tools, which resolves the problem.
- Leaving the Virtual Machine Library open in the background on some machines caused excessive Spotlight searches looking for virtual machines. This has been addressed in VMware Fusion 3.0.1. If you encountered this issue, install VMware Fusion 3.0.1, launch it and then quit it. The next time you launch VMware Fusion 3.0.1, the problem is fixed.
- AVG Free 9 takes lots of CPU and makes the virtual machine sluggish. This is a AVG Free 9 problem that has been reported to them for investigation. We recommend new customers use the included 12-month subscription of McAfee VirusScan Plus or look at other free antivirus solutions such as Microsoft Security Essentials or Panda Cloud Antivirus that do not exhibit this problem.
Shared/Mirrored Folders Improvements: Incompatibilities with Zone Alarms AV & Outlook 2007 Preview mode resolved.

Click here for a detailed list of bug fixes in VMware Fusion 3.0.1.

Updating to VMware Fusion 3.0.1
VMware Fusion 3.0 will offer to automatically download your update to VMware Fusion 3.0.1 the next time you launch or you can select Check for Updates in the VMware Fusion menu to check for updates immediately. Click on Download and Install and VMware Fusion will download and install VMware Fusion 3.0.1.

After the VMware Fusion 3.0.1 update has been installed, you will need to upgrade VMware Tools in each of your virtual machines to the latest version shipping with VMware Fusion 3.0.1 to see the improvements with Unity, Aero, Shared Folders, and much more.

See below on updating the VMware Tools in your Windows virtual machines:

Start up your existing VMware Fusion virtual machine.
Select "Install VMware Tools" or "Update VMware Tools" in the Virtual Machine menu.
VMware Fusion will display a confirmation dialog with instructions. Click Install.
Windows should display an “Autorun” dialog. Click Run Setup.exe (published by VMware, Inc.) to start the VMware Tools installer.
If you do not see VMware Tools begin installing, open the CD-ROM device in Windows Explorer, open VMware Tools and double-click "setup.exe".
Click Next and follow the prompts to install VMware Tools. Once installation is complete, you will be asked to reboot your virtual machine.

If you don’t wish to use automatic updates or need to get a new installer for deployment, click here to separately download VMware Fusion 3.0.1.

Thanks for your continued support and we hope that you enjoy VMware Fusion 3.0.1!

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P.S. Note the issues with AVG Free Anti-virus 9. I would recommend using Microsoft Security Essentials as your best bet.

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Posted December 11, 2009

Get More Juice From Your Battery

Want to extend the life of your lithium-ion battery? Here are some quick tips:

Conserve battery power by minimizing your laptop's power consumption

1. Adjust the brightness on your screen to the lowest possible level.

2. Turn off bluetooth and wireless adapters and unplug peripheral devices when they are not in use.

Watch out for heat and extended periods of use/non-use

1. Heat can degrade your battery so keep your computer as cool as possible and don't leave it in your car on a hot day.

2. Remove the battery if you leave your computer plugged into AC power continuously for more than one week.

3. Remove the battery if you plan to store the laptop away from AC power for more than one week.

Monthly calibrate the battery

1. Turn off any power options on your laptop by changing the setting to "always on" or "never sleep".

2. Plug in your laptop to AC power and charge the battery to 100%.

3. Remove the AC power cord and drain the battery until the computer shuts off (you can run a DVD movie in your CD drive to speed this process up a bit).

4. Reconnect the laptop to AC power, charge the battery to 100% and then change your power options back to how you normally have them set.

The most important thing to remember is not to run your battery at 100% all the time. Your battery will last longer if it charges and discharges on a regular basis. The same is true for your mobile phone and other electronic devices that use lithium-ion batteries. Enjoy those new tech toys this holiday season and make sure their batteries last as long as possible which will in turn, save yourself money and reduce your carbon footprint.

JPL

Posted December 5, 2009