We have had several clients who have had problems with displaying video in Internet Explorer 9. Disabling hardware acceleration can sometimes help.
 
G5Leadership has some excellent webinars for business owners or managers. They are currently offering a free trial.  Some of the talks: Emotional Talent; Good Boss/Bad Boss; MOJO. I have listened to 2 so far, both were excellent.
David Burkus, one of the G5Leadership speakers, has some excellent articles on management, also for free. 
 
PDF-XChange Lite 4 – another PDF editor - is free for home and academic use.
 
QuickBooks 2012 is on Release 3. Be sure to update the server as well as your PC. The server update is not automatic – download from the support website.
QB 2011 is on Release 8, 2010 is on Release 13.
If you see: QuickBooks can’t start because it is already running when you try to start the program, you may have the Leave QuickBooks running for quick startups feature turned on. The workaround was to turn that preference off (in General preferences).
 
QuickBooks is discontinuing their Time and Billing add-in, and discontinuing Time Tracker. Some alternatives suggested by the Sleeter Group.
 
http://otixo.com claims to integrate all of your online data, including Dropbox, Google Docs, and Amazon S3.  This has been a big barrier to adopting cloud applications, with isolated data stored on proprietary servers.
 
Ceton InfiniTV and the HD Homerun Prime are CableCARD tuners, which allow you to use your PC as a DVR, rather than the proprietary set top box offered by your TV vendor. They save you money, but are tricky to get set up.
 
Dexpot.de allows you to save multiple desktop configurations and swap between them. 
 
More kids can use smartphones than know how to tie their shoes.
 
Sproutsocial.com is yet another tool to track your social media marketing and manage sites from one place.
 
See how your website looks on amobile device with this tool from Google.

SECURITY

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Windows Updates were released November 8^th.  All can be installed.  Install the optional Root Certificates update.

An emergency Windows Update was released early this month to mitigate a flaw in Truetype Fonts that is being exploited.
 
Java, Acrobatand Flash have updates – install when prompted.
 
QuickTime current version is 7.7.1 – this is a manual update with iTunes.
Be sure to update iTunes as well to version 10.5.1

iOS 5.0.1 was released Nov 10^th.  If you upgraded to iOS 5, install this update.
If you are eligible, the iOS 5 update has some great new features.
 
Firefox has released version 8 – Be sure to check compatibility with your favorite add-ins before updating.  Add-ons will be disabled by default when you upgrade.

More SSL Certificate vendors compromised. Sites with HTTPS:// may not be secure. Update your browser by installing the optional Root Certificates update in Windows updates.
 
Facebook now allows you to set a separate password for every application it integrates with. This is a good idea if you tie Facebook to anything that involves email or money.
 
Some PC users have recently received suspicious e-mails with Word documents attached. Hidden within the Word docs was a zero-day (no fix yet) bug that automatically installed itself when the documents were opened. A Nov. 1 Symantec blog gives a detailed explanation of how it works.  You can check suspicious emails by checking the “header” to see the actual origin of an email.
PocketKnife Peek lets you peek into Outlook's header file immediately. Then go to the iptrackeronline.com website and paste in the header to get an analysis. (Or call us for help. )
 
Ads on some websites have been replaced with malicious links tied to malware. FBI operation Ghost Click.

NEWS

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