May 25, 2012 | business, computers, Dell, hardware, WinXP
Many small businesses are clinging to ancient Windows XP computers in the belief that they are saving money by putting off the cost of replacing them. Typically the old computers have been passed down to the lower level employees – the ones who actually do the...
May 23, 2012 | computers, hardware, laptops, shopping
Intel’s Ivy Bridge chipsets will be available in new Ultrabooks very soon. There are persistent rumors that the first ones will be on the market after an announcement on June 5 at Computex, an important laptop trade show in Taiwan. Ultrabook is the marketing term for...
Apr 23, 2012 | Adobe, Android, Apple, backup, broadband, business, computers, Dropbox, file_sharing, Google, hardware, iPad, laptops, Microsoft, mobile, Office 365, shopping, software, tablet, web_services, Windows7, Windows8
Let’s gather up all the things that are on the verge of changes large and small. It covers just about every category. The common thread is that not one of them is ready now. Everything is in play. Anything that you buy now will seem like a poor decision in hindsight...
Feb 23, 2012 | computers, Microsoft, Windows8
Previously: Windows 8 And Post-PC Computing Windows 8 And The Metro UI Windows will continue to be the dominant platform for enterprises and professionals but it runs the risk of becoming irrelevant – or at best, just another equal but decreasingly important...
Feb 21, 2012 | computers, Microsoft, mobile, phone, tablet, Windows8
The Start screen on your Windows 8 computer will look something like the screen above. If Microsoft is successful is finding a place in the market for mobile devices, this is what the Start screen will look like on your next tablet: And the Start screen on your...
Feb 14, 2012 | backup, computers, web_services
There is a lot of interest in online backups but they are only one part of a bigger picture. Let’s take a quick look at the options you have for backups. Backing up the data on company servers is serious business for another article. Let’s assume that you have some...
