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1. Booking Capability: Microsoft has launched the new booking capability solution for people to directly book time with you. This feature is currently active in the USA and Canada. It will be available in NZ later this year.  2. BitLocker Encryption: All windows devices will protect against data theft or exposure if a protected device is lost or stolen. 3. Data loss... more...

Action now or you could lose email access. On October 31, 2017, Microsoft are changing the way Office 365 works. You've received this message because you use the Office 365 Platform. Click here for further information and to take your next step more...

HP announced a worldwide voluntary recall and replacement program in cooperation with various government regulatory agencies for certain AC power cords used with AC adapters shipped with HP and Compaq notebook and mini notebook computers, as well as with AC adapters provided with accessories... more...

We’ve listened to your feedback and are pleased to announce starting Monday 29th July our new helpdesk hours will be 7.30am-8.00pm Monday-Friday. Our helpdesk is available for support issues and remote assistance, so our extended hours will give you more flexibility to call us... more...

On April 2nd 2013, Think I.T. acquired the Highland Park and Devonport branches of IT Force. Michael Inglis (Highland Park Owner) and Ryan Thatcher (Devonport Owner) have been jointly working on a new Primary Health software program called ‘ConnectMed’. “The time has come... more...

We are pleased to announce the launch of our new Business Analytics and Business Intelligence division, Think Insight. All businesses have lots of data, and in some cases truly vast amounts of data, gathered from usual business operations. Think Insight provides a range of services centred... more...

Further to my last post, LinkedIn confirmed that “some” passwords have been obtained and LinkedIn will email compromised members. We have also seen some industry pundits pointing to a website to check if your password is one that has been hacked and decrypted. Both of these ideas... more...

Do you use LinkedIn? If so a group has claimed to have obtained around 6 million passwords and is trying to break the encryption on them for nefarious purposes. There has been no confirmation that a security breach has actually occurred but if you use a Cloud service it is prudent to... more...

Seagate and Western Digital are both planning the release of 12Gbps Solid State Drives for Enterprise which will double the current 6Gbps throughput over the SAS interface. The drives will have 2 data paths so if one fails the drive will still function. These should hit the market in 2013 and... more...

Both the desktop and Server operating systems will be released some time this year. It has been confirmed the Server Operating System is to be called “Windows Server 2012” and we believe the desktop operating system will be called “Windows 8” We will post further... more...

Think I.T. has signed a reseller agreement with Orcon Wholesale, enabling us to sell the full range of Internet access, Wide Area Network and Telephony solutions from Orcon. By implementing a... more...

Today is a year on from the earthquake that took so many lives in Canterbury. We remember the 185 people who lost their lives on the 22nd, and many hundreds more who have been left with deep... more...

It appears that the threatened February 2nd deletion of all Megaupload's users' data has been postponed for at least two weeks. In this Computerworld report the two hosting providers used by... more...

The first seminar topics for the 2012 Seminar Series have been announced. How to get more from Excel- First Steps, Intermediate and Advanced will run in afternoon and evening sessions from 16... more...

Many of our customers have received phone calls purporting to be from Microsoft or having been referred to the customer by Microsoft. The caller will usually claim that they or Microsoft have... more...

Happy New Year to everyone, and welcome back from holidays (unless of course, you are still on holiday you lucky thing) and I trust you have had a refreshing break. 2012 is shaping up to be an... more...

Drive pricing hits larger vendors – expect more large vendors to be impacted On Friday EMC released a statement about how the “tragic, persistent flooding in Thailand has impacted... more...

We now offer a fixed fee Medtech upgrade management service. In addition to installation of all Medtech upgrades as required, we perform regular Interbase backup-and-restores outside of normal... more...

We are pleased to announce that Think I.T.has "adopted" Te Papapa School. For some time we have been looking for a way to concentrate our diverse charity spending. Our criteria were:... more...

Adobe changing upgrade eligibility From the end of 2011 Adobe customers may only be able to upgrade from the latest version – so when CS6 is released only CS5 products will be eligible... more...