Ok – here’s a tool you need to check out. It’s called CCleaner, a great utility for optimizing and cleaning your Windows PC. It protects your privacy online and makes your computer faster and more secure. Best of all, it’s absolutely FREE. Download CCleaner here Once you’ve installed the program, open it and take a [...]

Our very own Chief Tech, Ivan Mladenovic, was featured recently in GablesHomepage, a hyper-local online magazine for the City of Coral Gables. Learn more about Preemo’s business model and how we’re changing the technoogy game in South Florida. Read the entire article here. Special thanks for Irina Patterson for a wonderful article. Check out her [...]

If you’re like most computer users, your PC or Mac is loaded with a gazillion family photos and other prized documents. Some of you may be sleeping peacefully believing that the external hard drive you picked up at Costco is backing up your data every night, but have you ever checked to see if it’s [...]

Office Depot (NYSE:ODP), a leading global provider of office products and services, is urging small businesses to take the simple and affordable steps necessary to get prepared for the 2010 hurricane season. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) forecasts 14 to 23 named storms this season and eight to 14 hurricanes – three to [...]

Is your PC running slow? Does it take forever to start up or shut down you computer? Does it freeze all the time and you keep getting the blue screen of death error? If this is the case, then you need to fix your slow computer and improve its performance by following these 5 tips: [...]

Apple recently announced a hard drive repair program as part of an extended warranty, for Macbook owners who have had hard drive failures. The laptops in questions are both black and white MacBooks models bought between May 2006 and December 2007; according to a page on the company’s support site, the hard drive failures can be [...]

In a video led by Firefox’s creative lead Aza Raskin, check out this new form of information phishing. It’s called “tabnapping” – and according to Aza, here’s how it works: “A user navigates to your normal looking site. You detect when the page has lost its focus and hasn’t been interacted with for a while. [...]

Update: Although we had a pretty small crowd, the event was actual great. We met some great Yelpers who had technology questions, and two people actual brought laptops with issues. We were able to solve all the issues presented, and I think Pikkolo Mondo did a fantastic job of hosting. Mojitos everywhere, lots of delicious [...]

I was introduced to the story of Jose “Kike” Belavar by Ana Oliva, owner of Pikkolo Mondo. Kike is an 8-year old shooting victim from Puerto Rico, who has been moved to South Miami to save his life. He still has a bullet lodged in his skull, and requires constant care from his strong mother, [...]

I was invited to speak at Palmetto Middle School’s career day yesterday. Arrived on time at 8:30am for orientation and breakfast, and was asked by my two student escorts: “Are you Sebastian The Ibis?” Apparently, they noticed the UM decal on the back of my car – and no, I’m not a professional mascot, thank-you. [...]