Michael Fitzgerald


Are Your Passwords Too Weak?

Hacked passwords can compromise company data security. Strategies for creating the best passwords  Read story

One Company's Budget: Getting Back Into Shape

An exercise equipment retailer overhauls the IT department budget, swapping old programs for hosted applications.  Read story

Technology: When the Forecast Calls for Clouds

Is cloud computing right for your company?  Read story

Ask Inc.

Helping employees deal with rising gas prices; developing partnerships with bigger companies; and Bob Galvin on implementing Six Sigma.  Read story

Help! Somebody Save Our Files!

No one comes to work expecting an IT crisis, but heart-stopping technical meltdowns or security breaches happen every day. How to handle and prevent the most...  Read story

Go Ahead and Take It

Free stuff for the office.  Read story

What Are You Trying to Say?

Translators for your business.  Read story

Bar Hopping

Your numbers at a glance.  Read story

On Beyond Powerpoint

Presentations get a wake-up call.  Read story

Clicks for Cash

Earning more from your website.  Read story

Let's Get Together

Making contacts with social nets.  Read story

Nice View, Rough Terrain

Microsoft's Vista looks pretty, but it's a challenging upgrade.  Read story

Organic Chemistry

Attracting web searchers the new, old-fashioned way.  Read story

Beyond Words

New printers can do it all.  Read story

Case Study: When a Guerrilla Marketing Campaign Backfires

Sam Ewen sure got people talking. The police called his agency's marketing campaign "unconscionable." Was it time to get less edgy?.  Read story

The Best Spam Fighters

Six ways to protect your E-mail.  Read story

Computing On the Go

New laptops for every purpose.  Read story

Analyzing Your Website

What your traffic really means.  Read story

Winning the Numbers Game

Software to boost the bottom line.  Read story

Does Your Business Need a Second Life?

Why are companies like Toyota (NYSE:TM) and Dell (NASDAQ:DELL) and Starwood Hotels (NYSE:HOT) getting immersed in this pixilated fairyland? Why did IBM (N...  Read story

My Second Life Life

After 20 minutes in Second Life, I'm stuck on the place. Literally. I've blundered into a tree and I can't escape. Or rather, my avatar has, that being th...  Read story

How I Did It: Philip Rosedale, CEO, Linden Lab

"Second Life was just unfundable," says the man who dreamed up this virtual world. Funny how things change when you give people the ability to fly. Now every...  Read story

Trouble Spots

Doing business overseas is always a challenge--but nowhere more than in these countries, which ranked last in a 2006 World Bank survey.  Read story

Into Africa

Yes, you can do business there.  Read story

The Storage Solution

Do you know where your data is?  Read story

CRM Made Simple

New Software To Supercharge Your Sales.  Read story

A Workspace Makeover

Your desktop doesn't have to be drab.  Read story

Something for Nothing

Cool new software, free of charge.  Read story

The Road Warrior's Arsenal

Take your office with you when you go.  Read story

Put Some Wow In Your Website

New graphics, sounds, and more.  Read story

Data Lockdown

Keeping your computer network safe.  Read story

Data Lockdown

Keeping your computer network safe.  Read story

VoIP Comes Calling

It's not just for cheap long distance anymore.  Read story

VoIP Comes Calling

It's not just for cheap long distance anymore.  Read story

Case Study: Going Up Against Google

Sifry's instincts told him to stick to his plan. But could he really change nothing?  Read story

Going Up Against Google

Sifry's instincts told him to stick to his plan. But could he really change nothing?  Read story

Honorable Mention: The $2.6 Billion Men

In 2002, Niklas Zennstrom and Janus Friis launched Skype, a free Internet phone service. In September, they sold it--for a sum that still has Wall Street and...  Read story

Anatomy of a Merger

Thought you couldn't buy property in China? So did Tim Jenks. Then he cut a deal to acquire a Chinese manufacturer.  Read story

Why Cornice Said No, Thanks, to Apple

Apple wanted Cornice to supply tiny hard drives for a new device, the iPod Mini. Would it be completely nuts to say no?  Read story

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