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The Dumbest Products of the Decade
The 2000s were a decade of great innovation. These products weren't part of it. Remembering Crocs, the Segway, and other comical wares that will keep us laughing for years to come.
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A New Way to Access Files Remotely
GoToMYPC and LogMeIn are tools that let you access your files from anywhere
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The Biggest Tech Disasters -- and How to Avoid Them
How to respond: Your response depends on what you have done up front. For about $40 and up per laptop per year, services such as MyLaptopGPS and Absolute Software's Computrace LoJack for Laptops may be able to get the computer back. If you have installed one of these programs, the stolen machine will report its location to the authorities as soon as the thief connects to the Internet. Some services let you remotely wipe all data from the hard drive or will even covertly download files from the stolen laptop for you.
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How to Leapfrog from XP to Windows 7
Most small companies will be upgrading from Windows XP to Windows 7 this year – basically bypassing Vista. Here's what that entails, between reinstalling s... Read more
Windows 7 Tips n' Tricks for Business
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When's Your Tech Refresh?
It's been some five months since the release of Windows 7 and according to Microsoft sales are brisk. So far, more than 90 million copies of Windows 7 hav... Read more
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 more
Windows Live Bloggers To Go To Wordpress
Microsoft today announced it will be phasing out its blogging platform Windows Live Spaces, which currently serves about 30 million users. Starting today,... Read more
Lessons From Windows XP
A new survey from Forrester Research shows that 75% of all business-owned computers in the U.S. are running Windows XP. Compare that to Windows 7, which i... Read more
The Dumbest Products of the Decade
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Five Tips to Make Your Hardware Last Longer
At a time when few businesses can afford new equipment, there are several ways to get longevity out of your desktop. Read more
Windows 7: Should You Upgrade?
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Has Microsoft Lost Its Mind
Microsoft is keeping mum on this one, so far, of course. But according to Darrel Ward, a Dell product manager from its business client program (in other w... Read more
What's For Launch?
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Eight Years of Windows XP
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What Exactly Is A Netbook, Anyway?
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Windows XP to Windows 7: Fuhgedaboudit
Even Microsoft is recommending that XP users just scrap their PC's and start over with a new one pre-loaded with Windows 7 when it comes out this Fall.Read more
Is Your PC Windows 7 Ready?
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The Long Era of Windows XP
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Acer Eyes Small Business
The new Extensa 4620 notebook is designed and priced for small businesses and home offices. Read more
Samsung Introduces Laser Printer for SMBs
The upgraded ML-3470 series has speeds of up to 33 pages per minute. Read more
Microsoft, Citrix to Deliver Virtualization
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Microsoft Launches Small Business Server
The Windows Small Business Server 2008 offers more security, simplified server and PC backup technologies. Read more
Ericom Launches PowerTerm WebConnect Special Version
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Microsoft Enhances Smartphone Experience
The updates add desktop-grade Web browsing to Windows Mobile phones. Read more
Microsoft, RIM Offer Windows Live on Blackberry
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Accounting On the Go
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Bye Bye Vista
Some business computer users who hate Microsoft Vista are uninstalling the Windows operating system software and switching back to XP. Read more
Just What Is a "Vista Capable" Computer?
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Operating Systems: You Do Have Choice
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Free Tips to Protect Data on the Go
There are a growing number of ways to protect your sensitive business data -- and sometimes customer data, too –- with tools that won't cost you nothing. Read more
Imaging Software: When Image is Everything
Imaging software can reset a malfunctioning computer to a standard configuration, backup an entire hard drive onto a USB, and simultaneously deploy new or up... Read more
Putting a Price on Software "Savings"
Software companies make extravagant claims about how their products benefit your bottom line. Here's how to make sense of it all. Read more
Netbooks: The Smartphone Alternative?
Small-sized and small-priced PCs are taking off with consumers. But are they ideal for your business? Read more
The Pestilence called Microsoft Vista
Note to my readers: Don't make the mistake of allowing the pestilence called Microsoft Vista through the gate of your company -- if your experience is lik... Read more
Forget the Environment, Save Windows XP
If Microsoft's chairman, Steve Ballmer, had hair; it would definitely be rubbed backwards right now. While the 'softies continue to spin their Vis... Read more
Microsoft In Denial About Vista
Bill Gates was the opening keynote address for this week's Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas - perhaps for the last time (I suspect that's the Rollin... Read more
Windows Vista and the NeoTechs
I would just like to follow up on yesterday's posting on the petition to save Windows XP - due to be retired in June of this year. Windows Vista i... Read more
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 more
Microsoft Avoiding New Vistas
Can you blame them? I don't think that I'm going out on a limb by saying Windows Vista is the Read more
Waiting for Windows 7
This is all but the death knell in Vista's coffin. Speaking at the Gartner Symposium ITexpo in Orlando, Fla last week, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer acknowl... Read more
Good News and Bad News for Windows
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World's Richest Man Unveils New Computer Program
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