This price increase is global and the increment will be 7% for .COM domains and 10% for .NET domains. This increase will be passed on to domain registrars and unfortunately, to consumers like you. The price increase is for new registration and renewal of current holding domains of yours.

We understand your need for these domains and we understand that the price increment might be too sudden for you to take action with it, so, in order to smoother the price increase, we will NOT make any changes to our prices for the .COM and .NET domains until August 1st, 2010, and during this time, you still get to enjoy the same price for your new registration or renewal for the .COM and .NET domains.

Yes, we are absorbing the price increment for ONE whole month and as many domains as you need!

Do act now before we increase our price too and you can even purchase or renew for multiple years to lock in long-term savings. Don’t wait to pay more.

Contact us here and tell us which domains you are eyeing on and we’ll give you a quotation for it.

It is our 2-prong promotion with special discounts of up to 15% off for Microsoft OLP Licences and on top of it, you get to enjoy our purchase-with-purchase promotions, offering tremendous discounts for other computer peripherals! See our promotion details as follows:-

i) Business Productivity Solution Stack Discount Structure

Redeem for Microsoft Office 2010 training voucher with every purchase of Microsoft Office 2010 (max claim of 5 seats per customer) and get up to 15% discount for every Microsoft Windows Server applications.

Microsoft Office 2010

Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2

Microsoft Exchange Server 2010

Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2

ii) Purchase-With-Purchase Promotion

Buy the following products with exceptional pricing and great discounts when purchased together with your Microsoft Open License purchases.

Terms & Conditions

• This product purchase-with-purchase promotion is valid till May 28th, 2010
• This offer is only applicable for Microsoft License purchased under Microsoft Open Business and Open Value programs
• Limited to 1 claim per customer per qualifying PO value Tier
• Minimum purchase of S$2,500 on Microsoft Open/ Open Value licenses
• Not applicable for Microsoft academic and charity license purchases
• Purchases under this promotion are not returnable and not exchangeable
• We reserve the right to terminate this pr0motion or amend the “Terms & Conditions” at any time without prior notice
• The “Free Microsoft Office 2010 Training Workshop” is limited to 5 seats claim per customer only.
  • customers to claim directly through the Training Centre with a copy of our invoice
  • Workshop session would commence from June 4th, 2010.

Our new office address is now at:-

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Ubi TechPark (Lobby D)
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Please update your contact records. Thank you.

The WORM component spreads through computer devices that are detected by infected systems and will automatically execute an autorun.inf file as soon as a user activates an infected device. In addition, the malware deploys a stealth technique by using a rootkit component to prevent itself from being discovered.

The main payload of this attack is an URL to establish a connection to a malicious website that may enable cyber-criminals to gather information and to further compromise an infected system.

If you have receive such an email, please delete the mail without opening the attachment. If you suspect your system is already infected or you have already open the attachment and not sure whether your system is infected, please contact us so that we can schedule our technician to check your system.

End of Life: As of January 4, 2010, Symantec Corporation will begin to End of Life (“EOL”) the product(s) identified in this notification, including any Maintenance Packs and/or patches for each version, in all released languages.

End of Availability: End of Availability will be January 4, 2011. At this time no additional product licenses will be available for purchase.

Standard Support: Provided the customer maintains a current maintenance contract for the products, Symantec will provide Standard Support for issues at all severity levels until July 4, 2012.

End of Support Life: As of July 4, 2012, Symantec will cease providing any and all levels of Standard Support for all versions of Symantec AntiVirus 10.X and Symantec Client Security 3.X.

* The End of Standard Support will also be the End of Support Life for the products identified in this notification. Partial Support will not be made available for Symantec AntiVirus 10.X or Symantec Client Security 3.X.

Additional resources

For more information regarding Content Updates or the services provided in Standard Support or Partial Support, please refer to the Symantec Enterprise Technical Support Policy at the link below or contact your Symantec Account Manager:

http://pacificlanworks.com/contact-us

To receive timely notification on updates and the support lifecycle for your Symantec product, please sign up at the following link to receive Symantec Technical Support News Bulletins:

http://www.symantec.com/enterprise/support/news_bulletins/

We also recommend that you periodically check Symantec’s website for End of Life and End of Support Life information for your specific Licensed Software:

http://www.symantec.com/business/support/all_products.jsp

How to get more information

We are committed to helping our customers achieve success with their Symantec solutions. If you have any questions regarding this notice, please contact us.

Thank you for using Symantec products and services.

“It signals the Government’s ongoing committment to help businesses create a pro-family environment for Singapore and reaffirms the Government’s goal in making Singapore the best place for families and children,” said Mrs Mildred Tan, Co-chair of Business For Families Council (BFC).

Businesses can apply for funding support to help defray costs incurred in infrastructure, traning and business consultancy to make their business more family-friendly. Since introduced in 2007, 30 buinesses have received funding support under the grant.

This scheme was actually enhanced in January 2010 to allow firms to claim up to 70% instead of 50%, of the costs incurred in adopting family-friendly measures for customers.

Car Times human resource manager Agnes Cheng said the local car dealership plans to use the grant to make showrooms safer for children and more comfortable for the elderly, who sometimes accompany their customers.

For more information regarding the grant, please visit Business for Families Grant website.

For example, say you are importing a column of data from an Access database table that contains fractions such as 1/50, 2/70, and 30/65. You will need to format the column of cells containing the data to an appropriate fraction format before importing. Follow these steps:

• Select the column that will contain the fractional data.
• Right-click the selection.
• Select Format Cells.
• In the Number tab, under Category, select Fraction.
• Under Type, select Up To Two Digits (21/25), then click OK.

Now, when you import the data to that column, Excel will format each entry as a fraction. Keep in mind that if the data contained fractions such as 30/750, you would select Up To Three Digits (312/943) in Step 5. If you wanted to display your data as fractions over 100 (for example, 30/65 displayed as 46/100), you would select As Hundreds (30/100) in Step 5.

Alternately, if you won’t be using the fractions in calculations, you can prevent Excel from changing your entries to dates by applying the Text format to the cell before you enter the data. In that case, in Step 4 select Text under the Category list, and then click OK.

1. Open the form in Design view.
2. In the Design tab under Forms Design tools, click the Insert Chart tool in the Controls group.
3. Click and drag in a blank area of the form to create the chart.
4. Click the Queries button under View and then select the November Hours Worked query and then click Next.
5. Double-click the Last Name and Hours Worked fields.
6. Click Next four times.
7. Enter Total Hours Worked In November for the chart title.
8. Click the No, Don’t Display Legend button and then click Finish.

As you click through each employee’s record, the Graph control will display a bar chart for the employee, showing the total hours they worked in November 2007.

Follow these steps:

• Select the chart title.
• Click the Format tab under Chart Tools.
• In the WordArt Styles group, click Quick Styles and then select Gradient Fill, Accent 4, Reflection from the list.
• Click the Text Fill button and select Green.
• Click the Text Outline button.
• Point to Weight and click the 2-1/4 line.
• Click the Text Effects button.
• Click Full Reflection, 8 Pt. from the list.

In addition to the Text Fill, Text Outline, and Text Effects buttons, you can access more WordArt options by clicking the Word Art Styles button to launch the Format Text Effects dialog box.

To ensure that the printer was working fine, they did some test prints on the printer and it seems that it prints out alright, perfect quality everytime. However, the long beep happens again. They printed again. It sounds again. They remove the toners, shake it, put them back, test print, and it beeps again.

After half-a-day of meddling, they called for me to go to their Tuas office to check for them. So I went.

I think a test print on the printer, and yes, there is a loud and continuous beep that seems to emit from the printer, but that tone don’t sound like it is from the printer, especially a Samsung printer which we have been selling so many of it.

I went to the printer this time and ask somebody to test print something, and the beep happens again, and there, I noticed, that the LED indicator on their UPS (Uninterrupted Power Supply) turns red and when it turns red, the long beeping sound appears.

That sound did not come from the printer, it came from the UPS (Uninterrupted Power Supply), which is located under the desk where they placed their printer!!

I looked at the UPS closer and the indicator signals that during that time, it was actually under-voltage, and that’s why it beeps!!

I looked at all the connections and found that someone has reconnect the printer power source to the UPS output socket, meaning that the UPS is actually powering the printer itself!! This is a definite no-no because by doing so, it’ll drain the power from the UPS battery very fast and it cause the battery to have a very much shorter lifespan.

I asked and they told me probably their CCTV cable cable guys have swiped the cables without bothering when it came from and where the power is going to.

So, just to share the knowledge with you, if you want to extend the lifespan of your UPS battery, you must at least do the following:-

1. Make sure that you keep your APC UPS in a dry location with plenty of ventilation. Leave roughly one to two inches on each side for proper airflow.
2. Keep your UPS in a cool temperature. Ideally, the temperature where your UPS is kept should not exceed 75° F (24° C). As a guideline, every 8 Deg C (15 Deg F) rise in temperature will cut the battery life in half. A battery which would last for 6 years at 24 Deg C (75 Deg F), will only be good for 3 years if operated at 33 Deg C (95 Deg F). Do note that the battery temperature inside your UPS will always be warmer than the ambient temperature of the location where the UPS is installed.
3. Only perform runtime calibrations on your UPS one or two times a year, if necessary. Consistently performing battery calibrations can significantly decrease the life expectancy of your UPS battery.
4. If you buy UPS batteries for spare, make sure you do not store the  batteries for extended periods of time. New batteries can be stored for 6 to 12 months from date of purchase. After this period, the battery should be used or it will lose a great deal of its charge . It is not advisable to store batteries that have already been in use.
5. Do not utilize your UPS above 80% of its rate capacity. Once you exceed it, your runtime battery life will be shorten and if there is a power failure, a fully loaded UPS will drain and discharge much faster, and the lifespan of the batteries will also be shorten.
6. The final point, and most important one, NEVER connect your laser printer to your UPS battery backup outlets. You MUST connect them to the “surge-only” outlets of your UPS. If you do not have a “surge-only” outlet, consider getting a separate surge suppressor for your printer.

If you do not have a UPS or if your UPS do not have a “surge-only” outlet, do contact us to purchase at least one for your computers.