Computer repair shops busy after islewide outage
A week after an islandwide power outage left thousands of O'ahu residents in the dark, computer repair technicians are still seeing a steady flow of customers coming in with damaged computers.

Antivirus 2009 anything but
ARDEN - A virus is crashing computers and ironically it calls itself Antivirus 2009, according to computer experts.Tim Thorn, a Geek Squad employee, said the malicious virus is in the classification called rogue malware.Geek Squad, a computer repair company, is located in the Best Buy in Arden.

Computer glitch causes chaos at Taiwan airport
Taipei - A computer breakdown at the Taipei international airport continued Tuesday, causing chaos with customs officers hand- recording departing passengers' data and passengers forming long queues, according to radio reports. The computer glitch, w...

Davison teen, Ryan L. Everson, sees Everson's Computer Doctors business grow
Flint Journal file photo (June, 2008)Ryan L. Everson opened a computer sales and service business in downtown Davison on June 3, 2008, just days after graduating from Davison High School. He's already expanded the business since opening. DAVISON, Michigan --...

Nowhere to go but up
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Wireless keyboard is winner
Frequent readers of this space know I am a stickler for keyboards. Years ago, when I had my first 386, I fell in love with a certain brand of IBM-compatible keyboard. When I was a newspaper reporter, I used to carry one around with me on assignments and plug it in to any computer I was using at the time.

DEX's New Website, eDEXDeals.com, Provides End-Users With Significantly Reduced Pricing On Consumer Electronics And ...
DEX, a leading supply chain solutions provider for high-tech industries, announced its new website, eDEXdeals.com, which gives consumers the ability to select from hundreds of DEX-recertified and DEX-tested consumer electronics and computer products.

Old computers, new life
Did Santa bring a new computer but forget to recycle the old one?

Computer glitch had prevented a money-saving corn furnace from working properly in a Merrill Community Schools building
After a month of trials and many errors, Superintendent John M. Searles of Merrill Community Schools is finally confident his money-saving corn furnace is working properly. "It seems to be heating well," said Searles. "I'm really happy that we'll be...

Bit's-N-Byte's grows
Bit's-N-Byte's has moved to 1003 W. 11th St. The computer shop, previously at 323 N. West Ave., does computer repair, builds custom computers and offers a variety of other services including networking and virus removal. About six months ago, the company also became a local dealer of BridgeMaxx wireless Internet service.

Peterson's 2 TDs not enough for Vikings
MINNEAPOLIS - Many of Adrian Peterson's Minnesota teammates had already showered and dressed, eager to get out of a somber locker room after a playoff loss to the Philadelphia Eagles. Advertisement: Proehl Computer Consulting $15 off First Service or Repair! Call for a appointment.

Meadow Star Dairy bond gets public hearing Tuesday
WILLMAR - The Kandiyohi County Board of Commissioners will conduct a public hearing at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday on a proposal to issue a $20 million low-interest municipal industrial development revenue bond for Meadow Star Dairy LLC. Advertisement: Proehl Computer Consulting $15 off First Service or Repair! Call for a appointment.

Frugality the reality
Whew! Last year at this time, we were wondering whether it could get any worse. Photo caption: ?Even 1/4 inch can make a big difference to reduce the pressure on the ball of your foot,? says Randy Lipson, owner of Cobblestone Quality Shoe Repair in St. Louis. Photo by File photo

DEX's New Website, eDEXDeals.com, Provides End-Users With Significantly Reduced Pricing on Consumer Electronics and ...
DEX ® , a leading supply chain solutions provider for high-tech industries, announced its new website, eDEXdeals.com , which gives consumers the ability to select from hundreds of DEX-recertified and DEX-tested consumer electronics and computer products. The website marks a new phase of DEX?s business?enabling the public to buy DEX?s top-quality products at reduced prices.

Chinese Migrants Return to Rural Roots
WANZHOU, China -- By the time their train pulled into its final station, Deng Hongshu and his teenage son had been standing in a packed aisle, shoulder to shoulder, for 38 hours. Like many of their fellow migrant laborers on Train 1009 from Guangzhou, they were out of work and headed home.

Do's and don'ts of cutting medical bills in a bad economy
Nicholas Lyon, 29, of Southwest Miami-Dade has serious heart problems, and his doctor tells him he should get flu and pneumonia shots to spare his body the stress of those illnesses. But he thinks he might put it off.

Impaired driver's mom admits she took evidence
Published: Tuesday, January 6, 2009 at 3:15 a.m. Last Modified: Monday, January 5, 2009 at 11:34 p.m. The mother of a Spartanburg woman who was sentenced in September for felony DUI has admitted to removing evidence from that crash scene.

It can happen to you
As 2008 unwound before my feet, I suddenly noticed a hole. A hole in my foot that is. One that I put there myself.

IT company considers Santa Rosa
An information-technology firm employing about 60 people could be coming to East Milton.

AT&T enters city's cable market with U-verse debut
EL PASO -- Competition is heating up in El Paso's TV service market.AT&T on Tuesday launched its new digital television service, AT&T U-verse, in El Paso, bringing additional competition to Time Warner Cable, El Paso's only cable provider, and the DISH Network and DirecTV satellite TV providers.