Monthly Archives: February 2010

Google Apps (GAPE) – A happy 3 year old!

Posted on February 28, 2010 by GAFYDguy

“Google Apps” the cloud computing solution from Google Inc. was first released for use late August 2006.  I know because, in that week I registered one of the first issued Google Apps domains (www.GAFYD.net). The formal business version, known as … Continue reading →

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Look for “httpS” in the address, it means "Secure"

Posted on February 21, 2010 by GAFYDguy

Security is an ever present topic to Internet/Web users, especially business users.  It has many flavors and degrees of complexity but some is always better than none.  Starting mid January 2010 GAFYD.net solutions (Google Apps accounts) will include use of … Continue reading →

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Crank it up to a GIG! Experiment by Google

Posted on February 10, 2010 by GAFYDguy

Google announced a plan today to build and test ultra high-speed broadband networks in a number of trial locations across the United States (between 50,000 – 500,000 households).  So what is ultra broadband? The ORANGE line in the chart shows … Continue reading →

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Retire IE 6.0 to PROTECT YOURSELF

Posted on February 1, 2010 by GAFYDguy

“Penny wise and Pound Foolish” is an old proverb it seems most everyone can identify with at some point in life – maybe even Google!   If  Google had taken its own anti-IE6 advice to heart before hackers broke into … Continue reading →

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