As you probably know, Backslash Technologies has closed its doors. However, Chris and Kevin have both joined the Cure Solutions Crew and would love to continue to help with all of your computer needs! Cure Solutions is proud to offer systems from Dell, Lenovo, and Apple and will service any brand. The Cure Crew can also help with your networking, website development, and other technology needs… That’s right, they make...

We’ve been blessed with over 12 years in business, but unfortunately the time has come to close Backslash Technologies. But this isn’t a farewell post. I’m going to continue to offer many of the computer services that home users and business owners have come to expect from Backslash such as PC and Mac repair, wired and wireless network design and implementation, website development, DVD production, and more. Please...

While we at Backslash are honored to be nominated for Fort Madison’s Small Business of the Year, we would like to give a special congratulations to the other nominees and especially the winners announced this morning. Small Business Person of the Year Nominees Aaron Feagain, Air Evac Lifeteam Bill Faeth, Faeth’s Cigar Store Dr. Kristin Maus, Drs. Smith, Smith, & Maus Optometry Bonnie Howard, The Bookmark Diane Spiekermeier,...

Recently I submitted an article to the website known as Lockergnome, a network of blogs about a variety of topics (mostly tech-related). And today, it’s being featured on the main page of the site! I’ve been a fan of Lockergnome for a long time, and even knew Chris Pirillo when we both went to the University of Northern Iowa. We weren’t best friends or anything, but he did hang out at the computer lab a lot (go figure) and...

Congrats @TechDaddyK for your Fort Madison Chamber Small Biz nomination That was one of the tweets greeting me when I fired up my Twitter client this morning. And that’s how I found out that Backslash Technologies was chosen by our peers as a nominee for the Fort Madison Area Chamber of Commerce’s Small Business of the Year! We’re very grateful to those that nominated us and appreciate the recognition of our dedication to...

You know how you get that great idea for a website, rush out and grab the domain right away, and then promptly forget all about it? Huh, must just be me. Well, I have a bunch of domains that I had every intention of using but never got around to building the sites. Rather than let them wither on the vine, I thought I would put them out there for sale so that someone with a bit more time (or ambition?) can put them to good use. I’m not...