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With sincere appreciation for your continued support through the year, the management and staff would like to extend our best wishes for a happy and healthy Holiday Season and looking forward to a great 2010!
Wishing you and your family the very best this holiday season.
VODA Computers is proud to announce that we are now an Authorized Education Reseller for Microsoft products. As an Authorized Education Reseller, VODA Computers is now able to provide additional Microsoft products to its existing and growing customer base in the Education market.
Top Five Reasons to Upgrade your PC to an HP.
In 2010, we will be giving you tangible reasons why refreshing your hardware in 2010 can affect your bottom line. For now, know that new HP PCs with Windows® 7 Professional will bring you up-to-date with the latest technology, enabling you to truly get more done with less. Here's how:
Simplify
HP PCs with Windows 7 Professional feature things like Quicklook 3 and Quickweb, making it possible to access vital information on your desktop or the web in a matter of seconds, without having to boot up.
Get more done
A new HP desktop with an Intel® Core™2 Duo processor & Windows 7 Professional can run nearly 3 times faster than your old PC while using half the electricity. Also, compared to an older laptop with Windows XP, a new HP business laptop with Windows 7 can deliver up to 68% increase in performance power.
Reduce costs
A new HP desktop can consume up to 55% less energy than an older desktop.
Maximize uptime
PCs older than three years can experience much more downtime than new ones. With new PC's, you can experience much more uptime, which in turn means more productive work-time and more profitability for your business.
Improve your return on technology
Gain maximum value from HP. HP Access gives you over $1,000 in FREE offers with every hardware purchase while services like HP's Trade-In Program that gives you cash back for your old PC's – up to $100 when you trade-in and upgrade your notebook* and 0% financing** make transitioning to new PCs easy and affordable.
Optimus Tactus Keyboard - a tough surface keyboard similar to iPod Touch
Curved iMac Concept
E-Paper Slap Bracelet
Nintendo Wii 2010 Style
Spherical Mobile Office
VODA Tip
New Year Maintenance Tips for Your Laptop
1. Clean Your Hard Drive
Over the course of a month it is easy to accumulate a lot of unnecessary files on your laptop hard drive. Take the time once a month to go through your hard drive and examine the files there. Determine which should be saved elsewhere for future reference and which can be trashed. If you download programs on a regular basis to try new things or just to have access to new programs for projects, properly un-install those programs when no longer needed. A cleaner hard drive runs smoother.
2. Defrag Your Hard Drive
Defragging your hard drive is another step to ensuring your laptop will run more efficiently. Taking the time to defrag once a month will allow your programs to run more quickly and make better use of the space on your hard drive. When you defrag your laptop hard drive on a monthly basis you should notice fewer software crashes or freeze ups and programs will run better.
3. Keep Your Laptop Clean
Cleaning your laptop helps prevent overheating and those nasty dust bunnies from building up inside your laptop fans and exposed ports. Cleaning the screen also means you'll always view your data clearly and it's much easier on the eyes. Keeping your case free of dust and dirt buildup will help your laptop by preventing that dirt from getting inside the laptop.
4. Full Back-Up 
Full back-ups should be conducted on a monthly basis and you should have a secure, fire-proof location to store your back-up. There are a variety of software and hardware options available. You should choose the method that is easy and can be done without fuss on a monthly basis. It may require trying different methods before you find the best back-up system for your needs.
5. Software Updates
Just as you keep your anti-virus and firewall software up-to-date, you should also keep your software programs updated. For many programs the updates will address security issues which help keep your laptop and data protected while on the road.
Quote of the Month
The words that enlighten the soul are more precious than jewels.
— Hazrat Inayat Khan
Product of the Month
The Barracuda Web Application Firewall is a complete and powerful security solution for Web applications and Web sites. The Barracuda Web Application Firewall provides award-winning protection against hackers leveraging protocol or application vulnerabilities to instigate data theft, denial of service or defacement of your Web site.
- Protection against common attacks
- Outbound data theft protection
- Web site cloaking
- Granular policies
- Secure HTTP traffic
- SSL Offloading
- SSL Acceleration
- Load Balancing
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The Barracuda Web Application Firewall protects Web applications and Web services from malicious attacks, and can also increase the performance and scalability of these applications. The Barracuda Web Application Firewall offers every capability needed to deliver, secure and manage enterprise Web applications from a single appliance through an intuitive, real-time user interface.
- Single point of protection for inbound and outbound traffic for all Web applications
- Protects Web sites and Web applications against application layer attacks
- Delivers best practices security right out of the box
- Monitors traffic and provides reports about attackers and attack attempts
Backed by the worldwide leader in email and Web security appliances, the Barracuda Web Application Firewall will continue to dominate the market by breaking technology barriers.
Ask the VODA Expert
Q: What is the main difference between the different versions?
A:
Windows 7 Home Basic
- Broad application and device compatibility with up to three
concurrent applications.
- Safe, reliable, and supported.
- Home Group makes it easy to share media, documents and printers
across multiple PCs in offices without a domain.
- Improved taskbar and Jump Lists.
- Live thumbnail previews and enhanced visual experience.
- Advanced networking support (ad-hoc wireless networks and
internet connection sharing).
- Mobility Center is included.
Windows 7 Home Premium
All of the functionality listed above in Starter and Home Basic Editions
- Aero Glass and advanced windows navigation.
- Easy networking and sharing across all your PCs and devices.
- Improved media format support, enhancements to Windows Media
Center and media streaming, including Play To.
- Multi-touch and improved handwriting recognition.
Windows 7 Professional
All of the functionality listed above in Starter, Home Basic and Home
- Domain Join enables simple and secure server networking.
- Encrypting File System protects data with advanced network
backup.
- Location Aware Printing helps find the right printer when moving between the office and home.
Premium Editions
- Domain Join enables simple and secure server networking.
- Encrypting File System protects data with advanced network
backup.
- Location Aware Printing helps find the right printer when moving
between the office and home.
Windows 7 Enterprise and Ultimate
All of the functionality listed above in Home Basic, Home Premium and Professional Editions
- BitLocker protects data on removable devices.
- DirectAccess links users to corporate resources from the road
without a virtual private network (VPN).
- BranchCache makes if faster to open files and Web pages from a
branch office.
- AppLocker easily restricts unauthorized software and enables
greater security.
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