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Lately we’ve seen a trend amongst higher level employees at companies – they keep every e-mail in their inbox! When we ask them why, their response most of the time was “I need to access old e-mails frequently”. This theory is quickly disproved by showing...

Adobe’s MAX conference is this week in California. Adobe usually takes this time to show off it’s suite of products that will be coming soon. This year they made a turn that we all saw coming – they are going fully cloud based. Last year Adobe started with Adobe...

Apple has released a development seed of 10.8.4 to AppleSeed testers. These AppleSeed testers are higher level developers than the general, registered OS X developers (which people pay $99/year for). More than likely registered developers will see this beta in the next few days....

Apple CEO, Tim Cook, spoke at the Goldman Sachs Technology and Internet Conference in San Francisco this morning.  While there were no earth shattering announcements, he did discuss sales, economics, and marketing.  Below is a summary of some of the main points.  You can find the...

Happy Humpday everyone! It’s the holiday season and you purchased a brand new 27″ iMac with the awesome new 3TB Fusion Drive. You are ready to rock and roll. You are ready to use your computer like a speed demon. You are ready to install Boot Camp to play some awesome...

In the wake of Hurricane Sandy, Email Phoenix has come onto the scene. Email Phoenix, according to their launch page, is an emergency Kerio Connect server program. In case your Kerio Connect server goes offline for whatever reason, say a power outage, Email Phoenix will keep it...

Apple released their newest operating system 10.8 a.k.a Mountain Lion yesterday. At a price tag of $19.99, it has really rocked the OS world, competing with the dominant Windows (which costs between $99 and $299 depending on which version). Mountain Lion’s release, much...

So many clients hate running Software Updates. I have to admit there have been maybe two bad Software Updates since I’ve been doing consulting professionally, but that being said clients should run their own Software Updates. Here’s why: NOTE: I use the word...

We hope everyone had a great holiday season as we move into the new year!  We have undergone some changes in the past month and wanted to share them with you. First off, Virtua Computers has a new office on 38th and 8th.  The location is centralized to our clients and has proven...

What is it like to be a woman in IT support? By Caroline Green, IvanExpert Inc. I have been working in IT support, specifically in Mac support for small businesses and home users in NYC, for over three years. While much of what I do is marketing and business development, I also...