Koru Computing Sponsors Computer Science Teachers Association of Kansas
For Immediate Release Special to the Courier Koru Computing Sponsors Kansas Teachers When the Computer Science Teachers Association of Kansas needed computer assistance they called Jeremy Finney, of Koru Computing in Winfield. With approximately 100 members across Kansas, CSTAKansas is a chapter of the Computer Science Teachers Association. Computer Science Teachers Association of Kansas is a membership organization that supports and promotes the teaching of computer science and other computing disciplines. This organization came about due to state and national demand to prepare high school...
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Nothing can take the place of parent’s actively/personally monitoring their children’s online activities. That said, these resources can help you: OpenDNS – This free dns service can be set on your home’s broadband router to block adult sites. it effects any devices that access the home’s internet connection. http://www.opendns.com/home-solutions/parental-controls/ Set your router’s DNS IP addresses to: 208.67.222.222 208.67.220.220 NetNanny – This application installs on computers or android mobile devices. It provides detailed content blocking and...
read moreGetting started with Windows 7
So you just bought a new computer from Koru Computing… what now? A good place to start is Microsoft’s getting started videos: Getting started with Windows 7 http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/help/getting-started Tour of Windows 7 http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/products/tour Windows 7 Help and How To...
read more“Only secure content is displayed” annoyance
If you use Internet Explorer 9, chances are that you are getting to see this “error” at the bottom of your browser window quite often. Its not actually an error, it’s a security feature warning you about an issue. In a better world, I guess more websites would be following the security guidelines that can prevent this alert from occurring, but as it stands, many many websites will give you this alert. So I recommend turning this alert off (it’s off by default in Firefox). go to the setting button in the upper right hand corner of IE9. then select internet options. then select the...
read moreMagento Go doesn’t “go”
why is this now a blog post instead of a forum winge? because the magento Go community forums system wouldn’t even work! after logging in… when I tried to submit feedback: magentogo looked promising but I’ve found it just too difficult to setup. i consider myself technical as I do IT for a living, though admit I do not consider myself a web specialist. here are a few examples of initial failures that convinced me to move on to another hosted ecommerce product (bigcommerce). starting off with my sites layout, i see directions on turning off the free shipping callout...
read moreGetting your business online… in “the cloud”
It’s easier than ever to set up world-class computer services like email and websites in “the cloud”. While lots of advertisements talk about seemingly limitless benefits of “the cloud”, it’s not often made clear what “the cloud” is. Today I’ll to try expose some of the hype surrounding “the cloud” and we’ll dig into some of the features of a cloud based product called Google Apps. For the sake of de-mystifying the cloud, I’ll give you my take on the term. The cloud, or cloud computing, is more of a recent marketing innovation rather than a particular technical advancement. The cloud simply...
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