Monthly Archives: October 2012

CHA$E BANK – “We’re Sorry this website is temporarily unavailable” with a like button!

I spent some time down at the local Chase branch today with a couple of the best bankers on the planet.  (Disclaimer: I don’t know that many bankers.)  They are not only very friendly, but personable as well.  These Chase … Continue reading

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Microsoft Surface With Windows RT vs. Apple iPad – Specifications and Comparison

Microsoft is challenging Apple for it’s mostly dominant position with the iPad.  Microsoft is doing so with its Surface tablet, Windows RT.  Windows RT is appealing to iPad users, with a sleek design, touch driven operating system, and a new television ad filled with snazzy colors and eye candy to lend the new … Continue reading

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“Your Computer has been locked!” – Fake FBI Virus Removal Guide

  This guide will describe the process I used to rid myself of the “Your Computer has been locked!” Fake FBI Trojan Virus on my Windows 7 computer.  If you’d like to learn more about the symptoms of this virus, … Continue reading

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“Your Computer has been locked!” – About the fake FBI Warning Ransomware Virus

As an ardent supporter of Windows, its subsceptability to malware attacks is still a sore black eye.  Fortunately for me, I followed this advice to minimize the impact of a virus.  Specifically – my account was a standard user account, … Continue reading

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Why is my internet so slow?

The Internet is a wonderful, magical and useful thing.  The internet connects us to the rest of the world.  The Internet has enough throughput to support a wide variety of tasks from sending emails to streaming videos.  We depend on the Internet to be fast … Continue reading

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Look for ITWURX in the Beach Cities area on Google.com

ITWURX has published an ad campaign with Google’s AdWord program.  This ad will appear in top of Google’s webpage in the Sponsored Results section starting October 8th, 2012 to users in the cities of Palos Verdes, Redondo Beach, Hermosa Beach, Manhattan Beach, Torrance, Lomita, Lawndale, … Continue reading

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IT Support Company – Does my small business need one?

As a small business who doesn’t usually command the resources that our larger competitors with it support specialists on staff do, we are required to be multi talented, multi-taskers and wear multiple hats.  In the small business, it is usually … Continue reading

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Look for ITWURX on thumbtack.com in Walnut, CA.

ITWURX has published a listing with thumbtack.com.  This listing will appear whenever somebody is searching for Computer Services using the thumbtack.com website. See the lising at – ITWURX – Computer Repair, Service & Networking thumbtack.com – Find & Book Trustyworthy … Continue reading

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Look for ITWURX on facebook.com in the Beach Cities area

ITWURX has published an ad campaign with facebook.com.  This ad will appear in the right hand column of the facebook.com website starting October 3rd to a distribution of 250k in the cities of Palos Verdes, Redondo Beach, Hermosa Beach, Manhattan Beach, Hawthorn, … Continue reading

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Look for ITWURX in the SouthBay Area Easy Reader Newspaper

ITWURX has published a modest ”in print” ad campaign with Easy Reader.  This ad will appear in the Billboard section of their Easy Reader publication, starting October 11th, which has a distribution of 50k to 75k (depending on the week) in the cities … Continue reading

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