U.S. Broadband Efforts Not So Broad
In fact, we're looking pretty lame for a so-called super power, folks. The internationally renowned organization "The Information Technology & Information... Read story
Renee Oricchio
Social Networking; The New Golf Course For Men?
Okay, maybe that's stretching it a bit. But a new survey, put out by Rapleaf ,invo... Read story
Microsoft and Yahoo!: Not Happening!
Happy Monday. While we were all out golfing, going to our kids' soccer games and shopping at Costco; negotiations in the deal of the year ended in no deal... Read story
How To NOT Lose Small Tech Devices
Everything is getting smaller, meaning everything's getting easier to lose. Think about it; any combination of your cell phone, Bluetooth, thumb d... Read story
5 Things You Should Consider About Browsers
Browsers are obviously on my mind this week, given yesterday's posting "Two Browsers Are Better Than One," There's much obsessing about browsers w... Read story
Pay-as-You-Go with Cloud Computing
Some of the biggest names in computing have been targeting small and mid-sized businesses with “cloud computing” services – also known as utility compu... Read story
Money for Nothing: Audit Your Telco Bills
Many businesses are overpaying for telecommunications services -- such as cell phone accounts from former employees that were never closed. Third-party audit... Read story
Two Browsers Are Better Than One
If you Google "browser war", n... Read story
A One Year Reprieve for Vistaphobes
Here's a new word for you; Vistaphobe. I just made it up. It's a Windows user terrified of upgrading his or her PC to Vista. Apparantly there are... Read story
The Real American Dream
We've always heard the "American Dream" is home ownership; preferably in the 'burbs with a picket fence, two car garage and walk-in closets for everyone i... Read story
Microsoft Quietly Launches Web-based Office in Beta
The headline says it all, but I'll say more of course. After many months of rumor and speculation, Micrsoft is now offering an "all-in-one" subscr... Read story
Windows Vista Service Pack on the Down-Lo
It's finally arrived of, sort of. Vista users have been waiting months for that first service pack from Microsoft after numerous delays and false starts. ... Read story
Going Back to 1994
For those of you that read yesterday's posting (whine-fest) of my trials setting up a new Internet connection in my new home office; don't think that was ... Read story
Why I Didn't Blog on Friday
Subtitle this: Setting up new Internet service shouldn't be this difficult. People with home offices just get no respect from their internet servi... Read story
Get Some Help Thinking Up New Passwords
There's software to organize your passwords and put them in one place for safe keeping. People like me like to write up tips on keeping track of all your ... Read story
Rumor Mill: Microsoft Stores?
It's just a rumor folks. So, take it with a grain of salt. But, I can't let this one pass by without comment. Apparantly, the 'softies in Redmond are thin... Read story
Link of The Day: Filing For a Tax Extension
It's April 15th. If you know there's no way in h-e-double hockey sticks that you're going to make it getting your taxes done and filed online or by snail ... Read story
Grand Central's Grand Oops!
At least it happened over the weekend. Still for $50 million, Google probably doesn't expect it's new Web 2.0 media darling and online phone company to go... Read story
Spring Fever: Deal With It!
The great thing about wi-fi is that you're not only no longer tethered to a desk; you're no longer tethered to the inside of the office itself. Me... Read story
Working From Home, Er Uh, Starbucks
Business culture has come a long way in ten years. First working from home was impractical, if not impossible. Then it was a perkf for an elite few at the... Read story
What You Need to Know About The People Who Read Your Blog
A new study on the habits of blog readers, conducted by The University of California at Irvine, is quietly making the rounds at conferences and Read story
Where Real Estate is Booming
Hint: It's not beach front property or prime mountain real estate in the Carolinas. Nope, it's domain names. Pizza.com was auctioned off recently ... Read story
Microsoft Turns Up The Heat on Yahoo!
In case you missed it over the weekend, Microsoft has sent a very public letter to Yahoo's board of directors giving them three weeks to work out a deal t... Read story
The Real Story on Corporate Blogging
Back in the mid-90's, as the Internet became a household word and past time, companies felt tremendous pressure to get a corporate site for sales or to us... Read story
Recession Tip for eTailers: Think Coupons
Worried about the recession driving down your online sales? This might be a way to not only ride the recession, but actually grow your customer base. ... Read story
TextTailers? The Next Thing?
Amazon has launched a new way to impulse shop; just send a... Read story
April Fool's Day: A Good Day To Avoid Your Computer
Somewhere along the line, personal computers became the preferred target for April Fool's jokes. Some aren't so funny, like viruses and denial of service ... Read story
Coming Soon? Microprojectors?
Most cell phones now have the capability to take pictures, even shoot video. But, what if they had a tiny projector on board to beam it out on the nearest... Read story
Generation Text
There are over three billion cell phone accounts worldwide. Realizing some people have more than one account, some are lapsed and never got shut down; tha... Read story
Microsoft is Losing Me
This is how ridiculous Microsoft products have become. I made the mistake of upgrading (I use the term loosely) my Internet Explorer browser recently. Boy... Read story
Do Not Reply to Chet
We've all seen this address a thousand times; blank@donotreply.com. Spammers, newsletter authors and companies who legitimately send out mass emai... Read story
Rational Thoughts on Rationing Around The Office
One of the great ironies of the technology age is that all of this "stuff" was supposed to make us so much more efficient and paper-free that time would f... Read story
How Fast is Broadband?
For years the FCC has set the bar at 200K bps (as in bits per second). Ten, eleven years ago that was considered really fast considering most of us were t... Read story
Ode to Hal 9000
Hal 9000, the creepy supercomputer from the book and movie "2001: A Space Odyssey", was Arthur C. Clarke's most famous fictional character and most recogn... Read story
Blackberry Vs. iPhone Smackdown: Round 392
Watching Blackberry and iPhone duke it out is the new black. Windows vs. Mac is soooo five minutes ago. Ding Ding! Here they are coming out of the... Read story
Sometimes Small Business Gets Really, Really Small
As in petty, selfish and shamelessly exploitative. Here's a prime example. A California couple, the Fiddlers (let's name names on this story) is ... Read story
5 Things To Do Every Friday
... to make life easier when go back to work on Monday. 1. Make a "to do" list of top priorities for Monday morning and leave them taped to your d... Read story
Blogging the Lines of Truth and Fairness in Reporting
Being a professional journalist who blogs, as opposed to a professional blogger who attempts journalism; I tend to get on my high horse about the dangers ... Read story
Happy Birthday MP3
Kudos to Alice Hill's Real Tech News blog for marking the 10th anniversary of the mp3 player. <... Read story
Every Company Needs an In-House Graphics Police
The smaller the company, the less likely there's enough budget to hire a full or even part-time graphics person. Still all companies need someone to be th... Read story
