Nov 20, 2008 | business, computers
The publisher of PC Magazine announced the end of the print edition – the last copy will be printed in January. I ended my subscription and wrote a eulogy for PC Magazine earlier this year but it still makes me sad to see it go – I’m old school and I...
Nov 19, 2008 | computers, Microsoft, OneCare, SBS, security, software, Vista, WinXP
That rumbling you feel is a seismic shift in the field of security software. This will affect every single one of you and cause major changes in the entire industry. Microsoft announced today that it will deliver free antivirus and anti-spyware software for all...
Nov 11, 2008 | business, computers, mail, security, spam
Spammers can turn a profit even if they only get one response from every 12 million emails they send. When you see a ridiculous spam message and think, who in their right mind would respond to that?, the answer is, almost no one – but it only takes a handful of...
Nov 4, 2008 | business, computers, file_sharing, Google, Internet, mail, Microsoft, mobile, Outlook, photos, software, web_services
“Windows Azure” is a terrible name but you need to be aware of it anyway. Windows Azure is a breathtakingly ambitious platform outlined by Microsoft at last week’s Professional Developer Conference, another attempt by Microsoft to position itself to...
Oct 28, 2008 | computers, hardware, Vista, WinXP
If you don’t have enough memory (“RAM”) in your computer, it will run very, very slowly. Once you have a reasonable amount of memory, performance won’t change very much if you add more. Memory has been so cheap for the last few years that most...
Oct 21, 2008 | computers, Dell, Internet, Microsoft, mobile, phone, photos, remote, SBS, software, web_services
Access everywhere! Lots of interesting services are being set up to make it easy for you to have access to files, folders, photos, and computers from anywhere, whether it’s working on an office computer from home or bringing up pictures from your home computer...
