Javascript City/State/Zip Selector.

One of our clients recently needed to implement a search based on a users location.  We were using Drupal 7, location module to implement this but currently this module only allows proximity search based on a zipcode.  We wanted the user to be able to use a select box to select the state, which would [...]

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Dropbox drops the ball on security

Dropbox has been one of the tools that I use to keep files stored in the cloud for easy access. Because I worry a lot about where my stuff is stored I have not stored anything sensitive there, but I have put files I have been working on, pictures, presentations, etc. up there so that [...]

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Why I chose Softwyre…and why you should, too

Hello!  My name is Troy Brazile – the newest addition to the Softwyre staff.   I am a 22 year veteran in the IT industry, and have worn many hats during my career.  In those 22 years I have: Sold Commodore PET, C64′s and Amigas to Arkansas schools, Repaired printers, computers and monitors back when it was [...]

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Here at Hardwyre and Softwyre we LOVE a good deal.  Especially if it means our friends and customers get a great deal on something they REALLY need like backup software, or anti-virus software.  The internet is just full of these things and when we see one that we find hard to pass up, we try [...]

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Facebook brings ‘open source’ to the data center

Generally when IT companies talk ‘open source’, they are referring to software.  However, last week Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg made an open source announcement regarding… hardware.  Yes, hardware. Facebook opened the doors of their new Prineville, Oregon data center to the public. This is one of the same data centers that Greenpeace identified as ‘wasteful’ [...]

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