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Solid State Drives (SSDs) will increase productivity & save you $$$

When people start coming into our shop requesting something with regular frequency, it is usually the time to devote a blog post to.  More are more people are asking when they purchase a custom built computer or a previously owned commercial...

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Back to School Computer Qualifies for Tax Credit

  A perfect gift to get your student off to a good start this year.  In addition to the education tax credit, businesses too could explore Back to School is here.  A custom-built computer or previously owned commercial-grade...

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Did the June 27th Ransomware Attack Get Your Attention?  It should.

A new ransomware attack brought many businesses to their knees on Tuesday, June 27, 2017. This PetrWrap virus is a strain of Petya ransomware, discovered by Kaspersky Labs in May. (Russell Brandon, A new ransomware attack is affecting airlines,...

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Ransomware Protection

RB's Computer Service can help! A massive global ransomware attack known as WannaCry (aka WCry) caused extensive damage and major inconvenience to businesses in nearly 100 countries using Microsoft Windows on Friday, May 12, 2017. According to...

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Protect Yourself Working Remotely: Commercial VS Consumer Grade Routers

Having secure remote access to your company can be beneficial to you being able to work on the road, on vacation, at home or at a customer or client’s location and enter data remotely.  The key thing to concentrate on is secure access...

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Elk River Health Care Provider Pays Ransomware. Are You Next?

  Last August I wrote about what Ransomware is, shared statistics to highlight the urgency for health care providers and small businesses to take action to protect themselves, and offered our Managed IT Service Agreement as a solution to...

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2 Reasons to Custom Build your Next Computer

2017-Time to Embrace Windows 10 | PC’s the Size of Credit Cards

Happy New Year!  Like every year, there is no shortage of news to share as it relates to personal and business computers.  For the defenders of Windows 7 & 8 & the resisters to Windows 10, NOW is the Time to Act if you want a new or...

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2 Great Christmas Gift Ideas

Intel’s Compute Stick; it is not “like a computer.”  IT IS A COMPUTER.   Intel’s Compute Stick is a full Windows PC computer, just a bit larger in profile than a Memory Stick.  To use it, one simply needs to...

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