St. Stephen Catholic Church will be a drop off point for donations for the victims of the Joplin tornado on May 22. Some of the items they are requesting are as follows: Items needed: shoes – flip-flop style (one size fits all kind of shoes), toiletries – deodorant, tooth brushes, mouth washes, soap etc., bottled water, non-perishable food – granola bars, nuts, etc. You can drop off items between the hours of 8am-7pm today, Tuesday and Wednesday. The Fed Ex truck full of items will be heading to Joplin early on Thursday morning so if you want to donate please have your items here on Wednesday by 7:00pm.
St. Stephen Catholic Church
1300 NE J Street
Bentonville, AR 72712
479-273-1240
Fox News has published 2 good articles this week concerning potential risks for your computers and the information stored on them. The most important thing to remember is to be aware of what you are doing and what information you provide. We at TekTrendz recommend subscribing a good anti-virus software subscription and making sure that it updates automatically and often. I have included links to the articles below. Microsoft Security Flaw Puts 900 Million Internet Users At Risk.
We would like to wish all of you a very Merry Christmas. We are truly thankful for everything the good lord has blessed us with and hope that all of you enjoy this special time of year!
We would like to introduce our good friends at Zip Thru Grocery. Zip Thru is a new drive through grocery store located at 1101 South Walton in Bentonville, AR (just down the street from the Wal-Mart Home Office). Their hours are 11:00am to 7:00pm Monday through Friday. They offer a wide variety of convenience items and groceries.
Facebook has introduced Facebook Places and opted you in by default. I have enclosed a video that will show you how to disable this feature if you so desire.
It is official! Microsoft has set a date that vendors will no longer be able to offer XP OEM. After October 22, 2010 we will no longer be offering XP OEM, so please plan your purchases accordingly.
Please call us if you have any IT needs and we will be more than happy to put together a solution for your company.
Congratulations to our good friends at Crossland Construction. They have a new blog site at blog.crosslandconstruction.com. Take a visit and let them know what you think.
Open source software sometimes gets a bad rap. People are afraid that it isn’t up to standards and lacks the proper support. That is true in some cases but there are a lot of good options that exist. We utilize both pay for and open source software at TekTrendz. As Jolie O’Dell points out in the attached article, it doesn’t cost a thing to try them out.