May 17, 2010 | computers, laptops, search, Vista, Windows tips, Windows7
A lot of people are buying Windows 7 computers! Here’s a roundup of articles about new features to discover and some of the ways that Windows 7 is different than Windows XP. Click on the pictures or the titles for the original articles with all the details to help you...
Apr 29, 2010 | computers, hardware, laptops, mobile, phone
HP is buying Palm. Synergy! Patents! Engineers! Vision! Innovation! New smartphones computers tablets slates operating systems! Whee! I was idly reading stories about the deal when a sentence jumped out at me from the New York Times this morning. If this is true, it...
Apr 19, 2010 | computers, hardware, Microsoft, software, Vista, web_services, Windows7, WinXP
Microsoft has started broad beta testing of Microsoft Fix It Center, an automated tool for fixing common problems with Windows. I don’t know that everyone will want to rush to install it (I’d hate to have my clients forget that I am their automated tool for...
Mar 31, 2010 | computers, Dell, hardware
I’ve got Pure Sine Waves! Woo hoo! If you had asked me last month, I would have bet heavily that I would never use the words “pure sine wave” in a sentence. And yet here I am, gloating because I have pure sine waves and you don’t. What an interesting world! The...
Mar 15, 2010 | computers, Dell, laptops, shopping
I’m not going to mention every product announcement that comes along, but Dell has introduced some small business laptops and desktops that look particularly appealing. The Dell Vostro 3000 line of laptops come in a variety of screen sizes and weights (13”, 14”, 15”...
Mar 5, 2010 | computers, Dell, laptops, netbooks, shopping
Dell has added the Latitude 13 to its business notebook lineup, with a design that is identical in virtually every respect to the Vostro V13 introduced in December. The “Latitude” brand name is used by Dell to indicate that the notebook includes features for...