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Keith Schoolcraft at a COUPLE of GURUS

Synergistic Instant Messaging

As you might expect from a bunch of Technical Gurus, we utilize technology to converse all day. Lync, from Microsoft, is an Instant Messaging and Presence platform designed to conduct business. At a moment’s notice, employees can glance at Lync to see if someone is available and then shoot them ...

Finally… Office Mobile for iOS – Is It Worth It?

[img src="/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2013/07/Office-Mobile-for-iPhone.jpg" class="aligncenter"] Ever since the iPhone was introduced just a few short years ago in 2008, every business user was looking for a way to view and edit their Microsoft Office documents on their iOS devices.  Certainly, when the iPad came out, this desire was intensified.  There were a ...

ACOG Engineers Respond to HP Stock Drop

Recently HP Stock has seen a decline in value.  Although this has something to do with HP's management and sales issues they have had recently, the stocks of PC manufacturers in general are not faring to well.  Here are some comments from some of our engineers in response to this ...
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Don’t Just Unplug Your USB Device

How to Safely Remove USB? A USB connection is one of the most common ways to connect peripherals to your computer. You can connect a multitude of things, including your phone, external hard drives, mice, and keyboards. When you plug in a device using a USB connection, your computer and ...

Your Windows XP Computer Will Fail – Why Should You Care?!

This month’s newsletter is really centered on Windows XP.  In case you haven’t heard the news yet, Microsoft is ending support and updates for Windows XP on April 8th.  Although that may not seem like a big deal to some of you, it is actually a very big deal to ...