Tech Tips
Free E-Waste Recycling Collection at Sears 4/27-28
By Evan Asher April 23rd, 2012 in Tech Tips
Sears will be hosting their E-Waste Recycling Collection event on Friday & Saturday April 27th & 28th from 8:30AM-4:00PM. They will accept any electronic device that has a power cord or runs on batteries, with the exception of large appliances. Please make sure you remove all light bulbs, batteries and ink cartridges from your items
New App: Take a Picture of a Car, App Finds it on eBay
By Evan Asher January 27th, 2012 in Tech Tips
Here’s another example of how technology is making things even easier for us. Imagine walking down the street and spotting a fancy car. So fancy you’re not even sure what it is. Enter eBay Motor’s new app (for iPhone only). Snap a picture of it and the app will parse the image, identify the car,
Win 7 Antispyware 2012 & Vista Antivirus 2012 Explosion
By Evan Asher January 17th, 2012 in Tech Tips
We are currently being inundated with clients who have been infected with Win 7 Antispyware 2012 and Vista Antivirus 2012. This is the largest increase in infection rates we’ve seen in many months.
This rogue spyware masquerades as an anti-spyware program, ostensibly alerting you to an infection on your machine. Their goal is to capture
Google Maps Becomes Even More Useful
By Evan Asher August 18th, 2011 in Tech Tips, Videos
Google has announced that they’ve added weather to their Maps, allowing you to see at a glance the weather conditions in your area, or around the world. Clicking will bring up more detailed information, like humidity, wind conditions, and a 4-day forecast. Check out their video below for more info.
What’s taking up so much space on your hard drive?
By Evan Asher May 25th, 2011 in Tech Tips
These days it’s easy to download and save lots of files until your hard drive is overflowing. But it’s difficult to tell at a glance what files are taking up the most space without going through every single folder one at a time. Enter SpaceSniffer, a free utility that graphically displays the largest files and
Earth Day E-Waste Recycling at Sears in Santa Barbara
By Evan Asher April 22nd, 2011 in Tech Tips
To celebrate Earth Day, a free electronic waste collection event April 22nd and 23rd, at the Santa Barbara Sears parking lot, from 8:30-4:00 each day! Sponsored by the City, all businesses and residents are invited to bring any and all of their unwanted or unusable electronics to the drop off event! For
