Peanuts to Profits With Thor Schrock
Peanuts to Profits With Thor Schrock

Ok, so maybe the title is a little misleading, but it was fun to write! A couple days ago I was driving through a Taco Bell drive thru picking up a highly-nutritious late evening dinner. Right in front of me is a red SUV with magnetic Pete Ricketts signs on the side and www.peterickets.com across […]

If you have awesome technical skills and a passion for customer service, Schrock Innovtaions is looking for another full-time technician to help us handle our on-site computer repair business. As a full time technician with Schrock Innovations you will have the opportunity to work on computers in homes and businesses dealing with everything from virus […]

Unless you are living under a rock, you probably already know that the home of the Machacek and Fullerton families in Lincoln, NE is currently being demolished by Ty and the gang with Extreme Home Makeover Edition. What you probably have not thought about is the technology it takes to keep a build like this […]

I am proud to announce that Schrock Innovations has just teamed up with the Nebraska Chamber of Commerce to handle their technology needs! The Nebraska Chamber of Commerce and Industry is the organization that “protects you from the people you elect.” They are the watch dogs that ensure your livelihoods remain strong and sustainable.

Mozilla released a new version of Firefox yesterday hoping to steal the spotlight away from IE7 with their Firefox 2. Firefox 2 has new security features that include anti-phishing technology and a completely redesigned interface made up from user feedback and input from organizations like NASA.

This afternoon I had a conversation with one of our web development customers about the placement of her website in Google. She was concerned that she was not close enough to the top of the results in Google, which puzzled her given that she ranked well in Yahoo and MSN.

I explained to her that saying she does well in Yahoo and MSN but not in Google is like saying the Huskers can beat any Texas high school team out there, just not the college ones.

Computer hackers based in East-Europe, Asia, and Thailand have successfully hacked into thousands of TD-Ameritrade, E-Trade, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab user accounts in what is being called the biggest single identity theft crime in history.

The heist is currently being investigated by the FBI, the SEC, and the National Association of Securities Dealers, and with good reason. New York-based E-Trade spent over $18 Million to compensate its users for losses and Nebraska-based TD-Ameritrade (formerly run by Pete Rickets) also lost an undisclosed amount of money as a result of the intrusion.

Microsoft has officially released its newest member of the Internet Explorer family, IE 7. While the reviews from many industry leaders are mixed, as usual you can count on me to give you an unbiased evaluation of the new web browser.

As a preface, a few months ago I started recommending that all Windows users who currently use Internet Explorer should also install Mozilla’s FireFox browser. While there are FireFox proponents who claim the open-source browser is safer than IE, we do not recommend it for that reason. I feel it is important to have alternatives should either browser malfunction. Since IE is built into Windows already, installing FireFox as an alternative makes good preventative maintenance sense.

With that said, Microsoft has introduced some features that are new to IE users. These features have been present in browsers like FireFox for some time, but they are a definite improvement to IE 6. The new version of IE includes the following new features:

* A redesigned interface
* Tabbed browsing
* A built-in RSS feed reader
* A new Favorites Center
* Anti-Phishing Technology
* Other Minor Improvements

I had the opportunity to attend last Tuesday’s LIBA lunch, and boy am I glad I did. There was a lively debate between Jeff Fortenberry and his Democratic opponent. As far as debates go, it was fairly informative and there were just enough political jabs going back and forth to make it entertaining.

But I have to say the best part of the event was when I had the opportunity to award a brand new notebook computer to Paige from Strictly Business Magazine. Paige recruited 19 new members for LIBA’s membership drive, besting all others in the effort.

With all of the talk about the bad things you can find on www.youtube.com, I thought I would find something funny and entertaining that would show you how this technology can be used to entertain as well.

The Colbert report is a news-like show on Comedy Central that takes the news of the day and addresses complex issues tongue-in-cheek.

In this episode, Colbert hosts Nebraska District 2 Congressional Representative, Lee Terry. This one is pretty funny, so take a few minutes to have a look!