Traditional Job Sites Don't Get It
When was the last time you thought about Monster.com or Careerbuilder? Okay, you gave them both a passing thought last weekend when you saw their... Read story
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Is Microsoft Patch Crashing Windows XP?
If the user forums on Microsoft are any indication, there's something rotten in the State of Denmark re: this month's "Patch Tuesday (Microsoft's monthly ... Read story
iPad And "Nimble" Pricing
Nimble? Apparantly, that's Apple-speak for price cuts regarding the iPad. Here's where it comes from: a meeting earlier this week between Credit S... Read story
Windows 7 Laptop Battery Mystery Deepens
Microsoft is reporting its latest findings into a possible link between Windows 7 and failing laptop batteries. And the latest findings are.....Read story
Facebook Gets A New Face Lift
Facebook is doing a partial roll-out of its new redesign this weekend. I say "partial"; partial being 80 million people! That sounds lik... Read story
Google Toys With Store View 360 Feature
Okay, think about Google's street view feature for a moment. You know; the ability to zoom in via Google Earth and get a 360 degree street level view of a... Read story
Batteries On The Bum And Windows 7
Microsoft announced this week that it is formerly launching an investigation into complaints that Windows 7 is adversely affecting laptop batteries in a v... Read story
Anti-Social Networking Bad For Business
Unless you've been on an island (without WiFi or 3G coverage), you are likely aware that social networking sites and tools like Facebook and Twitter have ... Read story
Google To No Longer Support IE6
Attention Internet Explorer hold-outs; you're about to get another firm push to upgrade to at least Internet Explorer 7, if not 8. Google. has an... Read story
Tip: 123456 Is A Bad Password
And yet, it is apparently the most popular password in circulation. Imperva, a company that makes software for blocking out hackers, had the uniq... Read story
If Blackberry Had Launched The iPad
First of all, I'd like to think that parent company RIM would have listened to the women on staff and not named it the iPad. It would have been s... Read story
The Deets On Apple's iPad
Score one for the rumor mill. By the time Apple unveiled the iPad today, there were very few surprises left; mostly confirmations. Yes:... Read story
What's Hot In IT Jobs
Overall, the story is grim for IT professionals. According to Forrester Research, IT recruiting is as flat as a pancake. But if you have the righ... Read story
Why Apple Tablet May Bomb
The short answer is (deep breath and a sigh) what is always Apple's achilles heel: it may just be too darn expensive! A Read story
Apple Tablet Goes To Verizon
None of this will be comfirmed until the actual unvieling of the Apple tablet on January 27th. But, here's the latest dish, according ... Read story
Blackberry and Lotus Sitting In A Tree
K-I-S-S-I-N-G. First comes love... and you know the rest! I bless this match and so do their parent companies, RIM and IBM, apparantly. The two so... Read story
AT&T And Verizon's New Price War
If you watch any television, you've probably seen their dueling coverage maps bringing a whole new meaning to red and blue states. Now, AT&T and V... Read story
Down To Your Last Server
Your business just might be and you don't know it, yet. The tech research giant, Gartner, is predicting that one in five businesses will no longer... Read story
How to Help Haiti
Like most people, I am distracted and heartbroken by the overwhelming tragedy that has struck our Haitian neighbors. And though I normally write a... Read story
XP Users Warned To Update Adobe Flash NOW
It's a slow month for Microsoft, in terms of "Patch Tuesday". It came and went this week with only minor security patches and software fixes to download. ... Read story
What Your eTail Customers Want
Remember that scene in "The Godfather" when Michael says, again, "It's not personal, it's business." Well, fuhgedaboudit. Those two terms... Read story
USB 3.0 Addresses The Need For Speed
Google's Nexus One Android smartphone got a lot of attention last week at CES. 3D television got a lot of attention. A wide of array of eReaders; uh huh, ... Read story
CES Hits, Runs and Errors
Needless to say, The International Consumer Electronics Show is in full swing right now in Vegas. My friend and PR maven, Martha, who was on her w... Read story
Trade Shows I Can't Quit You
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer will kick off The International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas tonight. O... Read story
Don't Blink Or You'll Miss Skiff
With the countdown to the opening of the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas just a couple of days away comes the onslaught of launch previews. <... Read story
New eReader Called Skiff Enters The Fray
With the countdown to the opening of the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas just a few days away comes the onslaught of launch previews. The ... Read story
New Lenovo Thinkpads Just For SMBs
Think small Thinkpads for small businesses, I presume. The Consumer Electronics Show doesn't open until the end of this week. But, of course, tech... Read story
Ten Tech Predictions For 2010
No need for set up on this posting. It's that time of the year and here we go with my tech predictions for 2010, suitable for throwing back in my face 12 ... Read story
Google Phone As Early As Next Week
Don't anticipate a slow January in the tech world. It looks like 2010 is going to rocket out of the gate. The Read story
Apple Unveiling On January 26th
It looks like the hottest tech rumor of 2009 may have a coming out party scheduled for January 26th. I'm talking about Apple's highly anticipated ... Read story
AT&T iPhone Mystery Deepens
Where's Holmes and Watson when you need them the most? What we have is a full-on mystery. Read story
No iPhones Available In NYC
All I can give you on this one is "this is what we know, so far" facts. You can buy an iPhone off the AT&T web site using a zip code from, it appe... Read story
Who's Getting Coal This Year
Tech, like any other industry, has it good boys and girls and its not so good boys and girls. So, who's getting coal in their stocking this year?<... Read story
5 Chores Before The Holidays
Hopefully, you hours or even minutes away from beginning a much needed holiday break. Before you run out the door, here are five things... Read story
Tweet It Forward
One of Twitter's best uses is its ability to pay it forward virally to a lot of people really fast. 'Tis the season. So, let's try this. ... Read story
How Goes The Smartphone Wars
As the year comes to a close; what I would call the "Year of The Smartphone", let's take a look at how all the major players are doing.
Hot Fixes For Those Iced Out Of Office 2003
Microsoft has issued a slate of hot fixes for Office 2003 users finding themselves unable to access their own files. The story was first reported ... Read story
Twitter Now Growing By A Twickle
It was inevitable. Twitter, according to ComScore, is ending the year with fairly flat numbers in unique visitors each month compared to its meteo... Read story
The IT Position You Shouldn't Cut
Hint: It's the position or team of positions that determine whether your IT department is just a support staff for the rest of the business or an integral... Read story
Office 2003 Files Inaccessible For Some
Here's a glitch that could wreck your day! Microsoft documents from the Office 2003 version may suddenly be inaccessible to you. A glitch was disc... Read story
