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Discussions from The Gang on a variety of topics
Electronic Voting And Mission Critical Apps
I’m sure you’ve been seeing all kinds of articles on ‘Russian Hackers’ in the News. Several States that have dumped their fancy new electronic voting systems in favor of good old fashioned paper ballots. As a company that also makes mission critical software apps, this is something we look at with very keen interest because,... Read more.
OS/SAFE For Android Is Here!
We are very pleased to announce that OS/SAFE is now available for Android devices! Two years ago, when we first offered OS/SAFE for iOS, the iPhone was the dominant mobile device for our customers. But not any more. Android devices are now more than 50% of the mobile devices market and we have heard you!... Read more.
Web Site Update
If you’re reading this you can see we’ve made some noticeable changes to the web site. Most of these have been to make the site work better with various mobile devices and to more quickly process payments. As you probably know, this site runs on our O/S SAFE product so it’s something of a working... Read more.
Now’s The Time To Get Windows 10
After lots of hemming and hawing, we’re finally ready to formally suggest that all users update their client systems to Windows 10 (and before the free update window closes at the end of July!) Just to be clear: all our products have been Windows 10 compatible since day one. Our issue has been more with... Read more.
Windows 10: Don’t Click The Button!
As you may have noticed, Windows 10 is now ready and eager to update your system. Maybe a bit too eager in fact. We’ve already had a number of calls about people who inadvertently started the update process. So here’s a quick reminder: you do not need to upgrade to Windows 10 now. In fact,... Read more.
Windows 10 In Your Tray
We’ve been getting a lot of questions over the past week with the recent mystery Windows 10 icon which appeared in millions of PC Trays last Tuesday. We’ll have more info on Windows 10 in the coming weeks but what we want to say right now is: THERE IS NO RUSH! (Sorry for shouting.) Despite... Read more.
Happy New Year!
2015? Why just yesterday it was 2014. 😉 We hope 2014 was a great year for you. If you’ve received one of our informal surveys we hope you’ll complete it and let us know how you’re doing and what we can do to make 2015 better. As established customers know, we like to get a... Read more.
Happy 29th Anniversary!
What are the jokes about turning twenty nine? You’re one year away from being ‘old’. But every year we try and stop to take stock of the fact that not many software companies of any size make it this far. We’ve decided to not make too big a deal out of this particular anniversary, deciding... Read more.
Time For A Security Review
We’ve all seen the stories over the past year about ‘NSA Spying’, ‘Privacy’, ‘Target Break-In’, etc. Our position on how this affects sites like yours has done an about-face in recent months. For years, we’ve told small site owners to not worry too much about hackers and people in dark bunkers, primarily because, despite all... Read more.
Windows XP End Of Life Is April 8, 2014
Well, it’s finally here. Windows XP is officially over on April 8th. We’re slightly concerned that this is coming as something of a surprise to so many people.But you need to take action. No, your Windows XP machine will not dramatically self-destruct as in Mission Impossible or stop running. But there will no longer be... Read more.
