If you hate handing over a chunk of money to Uncle Sam every year (and who doesn't!), then listen up.
     If you upgrade your computer network before December 31st, you can claim a BIG tax deduction THIS YEAR.
     And, to sweeten the deal, we've uncovered a number of rebates and discounts on workstations, servers, and laptops to save you even MORE money on a network upgrade.
     Plus, as a bonus to anyone doing a complete network upgrade, we are giving away 3 FREE months of our network monitoring and maintenance service. This service is designed to keep your network always up, always fast, and always secure. After all, you don't want your data to become corrupt or lost due to a virus, hardware failure, or a software glitch. With the tax savings, discounts, and free support, NOW is the absolute BEST time to upgrade those old computers.
     But hurry! You only have until December 31st to make the upgrade!

Microsoft Provides and Amazing Deal for CPA's and Accountants

(Microsoft Professional Accountants Network (MPAN) - CPAs and Accountants can get tens of thousands of dollars in Microsoft software and training to use in their business's by signing up..

The MPAN program is designed to encourage the wide scale adoption of Microsofts entry into the tough personel Accounting and Finance segment ruled by Intuit. Called "Small Business Accounting" the progarm integrates tightly with Miscrosoft Outlook and other Office applications. Since many small businesses use Outlook to keep their schedule and contacts, Small Business Accouting will allow for the creation of Invoices dirvetly from the Outlook Calendar. This is a very handy feature and can be done without opening another program. The program is also much less expensive than Quicke books and does not have the same limitations on concurrent users and will continue to work after 3 years. MPAN has 2 leveles of membership The Free version gets

- Free unlimited support for Small Business Accouting until September 2009
- complimentary license of Microsoft Office Accounting Professional 2008
- One complimentary license of Microsoft Office Small Business Edition 2007

The Paid Version Entitles you to the same benefits above and gets you an additional $30,000 in software, CPE credits and much more. Check out this website for the details

Why would Microsoft give away $30K in software? Simple. It wants you to help get Small Business Accounting into the hands of your clients and to familiarize you with the product before the new the new year. An accounting package that is supported by your accoutant is pretty much useless.

Take advantage of this season and prepare your business for the new year. Use this fantastic offer to gain and edge and improve you busienss infrastructure at the same time. Contact PC MedEvac for more information - service@pcm edevac.com

"You can have everything you want in life if you'll just help enough other people get what they want."
- Zig Ziglar

We believe that Zig is absolutely correct-and during the holiday season, we want to take a moment and thank everyone who has helped us this year. We look forward to helping you get what you want -or at least eliminating your computer problems!

     Thousands of viruses are currently circulating on the Internet with more being discovered daily. So how does a virus get it's name?
     There is no official government body or organization that names viruses. In most cases, the anti-virus company that discovers it gets to name it; and, it's a very competitive race to see who can discover new viruses first!
     The criminals creating viruses like to leave clues as to what they want their virus to be named, but researchers who discover (and fight) them don't give their authors the satisfaction of keeping the name. To hackers, creating a destructive, difficult to disable virus is a badge of honor. So instead of giving these cyber criminals the publicity they crave, virus researchers will name a virus based on the type of system it attacks, what it does, or other random reasons.
     For example, the Code Red virus got its name from an eEye Digital Security researcher's beverage of choice -- the cola variety of Mountain Dew soft drink. Apparently he was drinking this the night he cracked the corruptive code.
     Creativity aside, most anti-virus companies have policies and letter-number formulas for naming viruses because it's becoming more and more difficult to come up with unique names for viruses. Symantec's Norton anti-virus software currently has a catalogue of over 58,193 known viruses-and the number grows every day.

     The holidays are right upon us and there's a good chance some of your relatives will want to use your computer while visiting. If you want to give them access but don't want them viewing your personal files, then you'll need to set up a guest account. This will give them access to your programs, but not to your personal files. Here's how -
     Click the "Start" button then "Control Panel". Double- click "User Accounts", then click the "Guest Account" button. On the next window, click "Turn on the Guest Account". That's it! The next time you log on, you'll be given a choice of your regular accounts or the Guest Account. Just have the in-laws select the Guest Account and your files are safe from their prying eyes. If they're really nosy, put a password on your account. Simply go back to the "User Accounts" window and click "Change an Account". Choose your account, then click "Create a Password". Enter the password twice, and a hint if you like. Finish by clicking "Create a Password" and repeat those steps for any account that you want to protect.

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JPEG, JPG, TIF, TIFF, GIF, PNG, BMP. These are graphic file extensions that are associated with different file formats. There are many graphic file formats, and for many people, not enough time to learn how each file format is to be used. This article takes a quick minute to lay out the differences.

First, choose graphics file formats based on type of publication, then, by type of image.

Graphics come in many formats but not all are suitable for all purposes. There are graphic formats suitable for printing and those for screen viewing or online publishing. Within each group there are also formats that are better than others for the same task.

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     With the holidays here, I'm sure you are doing some of your shopping online. After all, who likes being stuck in mall traffic jams, going out in the cold, and standing in long checkout lines?
     However, with identity theft and online scam at an all- time high, you may want to consider "virtual credit cards" to ensure a safer shopping experience. Citibank, Bank of America, and Discover all offer virtual credit card numbers that have spending limits. Once the limit is reached, the card will decline and the transaction will be rejected. This will prevent someone stealing your card and charging large amounts.

Worker to Boss: "I'd like a raise."

Boss: "I would like to give you one but in the fiscal gridlock of this overwhelmingly competitive economy, it would be monetarily unsound and irresponsible to escalate the underlying overhead of the currently productive infrastructure before maximizing the outflow contribution to the distribution network."
Worker: "Uh, I don't get it"
Employer: "Exactly"

As retold from "Good Clean Jokes," by Anne Kostick, Charles Foxgrover and Michael J. Pellowski

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