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Pending better weather, we plan to re-open at normal time on Thursday morning.

What's New Happy New Year - 2013 is behind us and we're excited about the opportunities that 2014 will bring.  The good news is, we made it through another year.  The other news is that we still don't have affordable flying cars or one of those cool Rosie house-cleaning robots like the Jetson's had.  With the maker movement seemingly in full swing and making a significant impact at CES this year though, neither may be too far off.  If you're into the maker movement or would be interested in getting together with a few like-minded folks to talk tech and tinker with things like the Raspberry Pi, Arduino, Beagle Board, etc., hit us up on Facebook and let us know.   Policy Changes for 2014 - We've made some changes…

With the 8 April 2014 deadline for retiring Windows XP, Office 2003, Exchange Server 2003 and other end-of-life'd products rapidly approaching, it's important that people currently using these products understand exactly what is happening.  Microsoft has done a good job of explaining it to the tech-types but I don't believe that we have done an adequate job of getting the information out.  Below is a link to the Microsoft site explaining what's going on but the short story is the following: On 8 April 2014, Windows XP, Office 2003 and a number of other products will receive their last updates. Vulnerabilities in these products not patched in the updates released on 8 April 2014 will never be patched by Microsoft. If you have sensitive data on your computer or network…

We are in the final stages of decomissioning all of our production web and email hosting servers.  In the process of doing so, a number of clients whose sites were hosted on one of the servers (DC3S1) received an email with the subject "Subscription event notification: The subscription term is about to expire".  These messages were sent in error and can be safely ignored. 

Cyber Tech Cafe Christmas and New Year Holiday Hours We will be closing at noon on Christmas Eve and will be closed until Thursday, 2 January 2014.  If you need support during this time, please send an email to support@cybertechcafe.net and include the word 'Emergency' in the subject.  This will page our on call technician.  Please note that time will be billed at double time and there will be a 2 hour minimum.

What's New Exciting Changes for 2014 (Please Read)- We are making some significant changes in 2014.  All of the details are on our website here. Closed for Christmas - We will be closing at noon on 24 December 2013 for Christmas and New Year and will not reopen until 2 January 2014.  We will be available for emergency support only during this time. Stay up-to-date with our Facebook Page, Support Center and email list-  Like us on Facebook, bookmark the Support Center and join the mailing list (the subscribe link is at the top left) to get near-real-time updates on the latest in technology.  If you haven't been getting our monthly emails (if this is the first that you got in a while), take a moment to re-subscribe to our mailing list. Buyer Beware, scammers will be out…

We've mentioned it time and again before, but Microsoft is officially killing off Windows XP (and a slew of other older products) on 8 April of 2014.  There are plenty of details in the earlier article here if you're interested.  This article though is for the folks that have Windows XP on good hardware and they don't want to replace their current computer and they don't want to pony up for an upgrade to Windows 7 (or Windows 8).  If this is you, grab a cup of coffe and let's talk a little about penguins.   Linux is a free, Unix-like operating system that will run on computers that currently run Microsoft Windows.  

We've mentioned it time and again before, but Microsoft is officially killing off Windows XP (and a slew of other older products) on 8 April of 2014.  There are plenty of details in the earlier article here if you're interested.  This article though is for the folks that have Windows XP on good hardware and they don't want to replace their current computer and they don't want to pony up for an upgrade to Windows 7 (or Windows 8).  If this is you, grab a cup of coffe and let's talk a little about penguins.   Linux is a free, Unix-like operating system that will run on computers that currently run Microsoft Windows.  

Just wanted to let you know that we are seeing the fake Windows support call scam making the rounds again.  Below is a link to the Microsoft article on the issue but the short story is, if you get an unsolicited call from someone offering to 'fix' your computer for you and they just need for you to give them remote access to your computer, it is likely a scam.  Hang up.  Be forewarned and spread the word, we've seen several of these in the past week. Tech Support Scams : What you need to know  

Microsoft is ending support for Windows XP on 8 April 2014.  If you still use Windows XP, it's important that you know what's happening and what your options are. On 8 April 2014, Microsoft will release the final update(s) for Microsoft Windows XP.  The tech industry has worked hard to tell people that this is happening but hasn't done a good job of answering the question "What does this mean for me, the end user?".  I'm going to do a quick recap of what is happening and then attempt to answer the important question of what the end of XP means to you. First, a quick recap.  Windows XP was launched in October of 2001, now 12 years ago.  Microsoft provides patches and updates to Windows XP in it's monthly…