BBB Email Scam
Businesses and consumers across the nation are receiving a scam email referencing a complaint from one of your customers. The email appears to be sent by BBB of Central, Northern and Western Arizona. According to the BBB, this email is fraudulent and does not originate from BBB. Emails are sent from the following addressed: alert@bbb.org, admin@bbb.org, risk@bbb.org, service@bbb.org and possibly others. Do not open any attachments and disregard the email as it may contain malicious content. Below is an image of what the email looks like:...
read moreiPhone Battery Woes
The new iPhone OS 5.01 has caused quite a few issues for many iPhone users that recently applied the update. Battery life, spotty Wi-Fi connections, microphone failures, cellular reception issues are amongst the most common gripes of users on the Apple forum. According to Apple, the upgrade was supposed to remedy the battery life concerns users were already experiencing. However it seems to have done just the opposite and add a few more pesky issues. Stay tuned for the latest updates on this issue....
read moreGoogle Music
The recently launched Google music store provides a good iTunes alternative for Android Users. Simply create a free account at music.google.com. You must have a valid Gmail address (which you more than likely do if you are using an android device). Once you’ve set up your Google Music account, you’ll have the option to download Google’s music manager software for your computer allowing you to upload the contents of your music library to your Google Music locker. You are limited to storing 20,000 songs in your Google Music...
read moreFlooding Impacts Hard-Drive & PC Industry
Due to the recent flooding, Western Digital Corp, who make about a quarter of the worlds disk drives, has suspended their operations in Thailand. As a result, many manufacturers will begin to see their supply constrained and will more than likely funnel the available drives into higher-profit products, such as servers and pricey laptops. For you, the consumer, it means an increase in price for the cost of hard-drives, pc’s, servers etc in the very near future and possibly become completely unavailable. If you are thinking of upgrading...
read moreInternet Explorer 9 for Windows Vista & Windows 7
If you have upgraded to the newest version of I.E. you will have definitely noticed it’s trimmed down, minimalist interface. The changes have probably left you wondering where everything went! Don’t fret, MTI is here to give you the lowdown on the newest browser. The majority of your options on the browser interface are now housed under 3 symbols: home, star and gear. The home symbol: If clicked, this symbol will take you to your homepage. You can manually set your homepage to a website of your choice or leave it on the default. The...
read moreWindows 8
According to Laptop Magazine, Microsoft is definitely blurring the line between mobile and desktop operating systems with Windows 8, which combines an attractive Windows Phone-like interface that’s optimized for touch with the versatility of traditional computing (when you want it). The developer preview is set to release soon; here are just a few of the highlights: *Touch screen, Mouse or Pen, you decide, how you interact with the OS changes i.e. start button will appear in a different location when using a mouse. * Windows 8 comes...
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