The Chamber Of Commerce Business Showcase was a great success this year, and we’d like to thank everyone that visited our booth. We look forward to returning next year.

Computer BYTES has retained the ASU Preferred Vendor Contract for Personally Owned Computers for the 2004-2005 school year. All faculty, staff, and students are welcome to come by our store to receive a FREE 7′ CAT5e blue or yellow ethernet cable at any time during the school year. We also offer discounted rates for any type of in-store and on-site service should you need computer repairs or upgrades.

**Important** Don’t connect that new PC to the Internet before taking security precautions, researchers at the Internet Storm Center warned Tuesday. According to the researchers, an unpatched Windows PC connected to the Internet will last for only about 20 minutes before it’s compromised by malware, on average. That figure is down from around 40 minutes…

Read more: Study: Unpatched PCs compromised in 20 minutes

Microsoft Windows XP SP2 was officially released by Microsoft today. SP2 provides new proactive security technologies for Windows XP to better defend against viruses, worms, and hackers. In addition to a more robust security infrastructure, SP2 improves the security configuration options of Windows XP and provides better security information to help users faced with security decisions. Feel free to stop by our store to pick up your free copy.