What's New?
Smartphones
A Smartphone is any electronic handheld device
that integrates the functionality of a mobile phone, personal digital
assistant (PDA) or other information appliance.
Daylight
Saving Time
Daylight Saving Time begins earlier and lasts
longer starting this year. So how is this going to affect your computer?
Dell
Notebook Battery Recall
On August 15th,
2006, Dell announced a notebook battery recall for specific batteries
affecting multiple Dell notebook models.
Vista
Microsoft recently
released Vista, its newest operating system (OS). The ITU expects to complete
testing by the Fall of this year. In the meantime, please do not purchase
a computer with Vista. The ITU is not ready to support Vista.
Office
2007
The 2007 Microsoft Office system introduces a new file format. You will
not be able to open Word 2007, PowerPoint 2007, or Excel 2007 files with
the 2003 (or previous) versions of these programs unless you install a
“compatibility pack.”
Gateway
Notebook Battery Recall
On June 19, 2007, Gateway, Inc. announced that it has recalled approximately
35,000 notebook computer batteries because they have the potential to
overheat and catch fire.
