Summer Is Not The Only Thing That's Hot!!!  
July 2009 - Vol 2. Issue 1    
In This Issue
Cool Gadget
Good Deeds
Sony Camera
Method Home Care
Internet Explorer v8


Joanna Sobran, President
jsobran@mxotech.com
www.mxotech.com

Cool Gadget
A cool gadget that we really like is the car-finding key chain, such as the IDC Ecco Intelligent Digital Compass Personal Pocket GPS locator that will help you locate your car from afar. Parking garages can be some of the most confusing places in the world and if you forget your exact location, you will spend hours trying to locate your car.

The pocket GPS system is a key ring that makes sure you never lose your car again. The mini GPS will remember your car's location and works anywhere from ten feet to over nine thousand miles. This remarkable gadget costs around $89.99 on Amazon.com.

Good Deeds

Mercy Home for Boys & Girls has a remarkable program called "Friends First". This program is dedicated to helping children in high risk areas team up with someone who can make a positive influence in their lives.The mentoring program is a good way for you to give back to chicagoland's youth. For more information go to www.mercyhome.org/mentor

Let's bring in the summer season with a free Sony Webbie HD Camera and a cool gadget that everyone can use. Help us support our environment with non-toxic products by Method and explore why Internet Explorer 8 is not all it's cracked up to be! 

"A perfect summer day is when the sun is shining, the breeze is blowing, the birds are singing, and the lawn mower is broken". 

~James Dent

Sony Camera Giveaway
We want to thank our friends and clients who have been supportive of our business. To show our gratitude, for the next thirty days anyone who sends us a referral will receive a free Sony Webbie HD Camera*. The Sony Webbie HD camera is able to record HD MP4 video and 5MP images that can be easily uploaded directly to the web. This ultra compact camera features a unique lens system that can swivel up to 270 degrees, allowing for easy self-shooting if you like to post videos. The individual "movie" and "still" buttons and dual capture allow you to switch from video recording to still photo capture with the simple press of a button. One of our Network Administrators will personally deliver the camera to you.

*The referral must lead to a maintenance agreement or a project with MXOtech.
Please send all referrals to jsobran@mxotech.com

Method
Recently Method has become a client of MXOtech. We are very supportive of their non toxic products. Method is the leading innovator in nontoxic, eco-friendly home care. They incorporate design into all of their products, providing a healthy and stylish alternative to traditional cleaning products. They can be found at major retailers, including Target, Lowe's, and Whole Foods. For more information about Method or where to buy their products, please visit www.methodhome.com.

Click here to access the method coupon or click on the picture below:
Microsoft Internet Explorer 8
Microsoft last month released Internet Explorer 8, the company's latest entry into the browser market, proclaiming that this latest version sports new features, faster page loads and a compatibility viewer that it hopes will eliminate the issues that occurred with previous web browser introductions. On closer inspection, a little web surfing has shown a number of problems rendering pages even in compatibility mode. It is true that when compared to Internet Explorer 7, the new IE8 loads web-pages faster but it is still sluggish relative to Mozilla and downright plodding compared to Google's Chrome. We offer the following alternatives (all of which are free to download from their respective sites):
  1. Stick with Internet Explorer 7. You can ignore Windows Automatic Update's request to install IE8 by going to http://update.microsoft.com/, clicking the "custom" button and deselecting "Internet Explorer 8 install." If you've already installed IE8 and want to revert back to IE7, simply go to your control panel and double click "add/remove programs" and select "Uninstall IE8."
  2. Firefox by Mozilla is currently the second most used Internet Browser, offers speedy page loads and numerous amounts of add-ons to customize your browsing experience and provides the most compatibility outside of IE7 in rendering pages.
    http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/firefox.html
  3. Google's Chrome is a newcomer to Internet browsers but has proven to have the quickest pages loads out of all the major browsers. It also sports a sleek minimalist design retaining the style of Google's other programs.
    http://www.google.com/chrome
  4. If you're looking to have a web browsing experience similar to your iPod/iPhone check out Apple's latest, Safari 4, which introduces a new home page setup similar to the ubiquitous music player's cover-flow.
    http://www.apple.com/safari/

    Andrew Armonaitis, Help Desk Administrator
Joanna Sobran and the MXOtech Team
 
Method Coupon