Aug 5, 2007 | broadband, network, wireless
The Wall Street Journal wrote an article last month about wireless networks, expressing a sentiment many of you have probably felt – namely, they’re a pain in the neck. It doesn’t help that the vocabulary has gotten muddled. There are now four basic...
Jul 30, 2007 | backup, file_sharing, mail, network, remote, web_services
Slowly but surely the world is migrating away from software running on your computer to services hosted online. The only divisions at Microsoft that are profitable rely on sales of software – Windows, Office, and Windows Server – but even Microsoft has...
Jul 26, 2007 | broadband, mobile, network, wireless
Broadband coverage is stalled. If you don’t have access already to DSL service or cable Internet service, there’s no reason to think it will be available tomorrow, or next year, or ever. Paul Krugman recently summarized the statistics – broadband...
Apr 26, 2007 | backup, computers, hardware, Home_Server, Microsoft, network
I’ve mentioned Microsoft’s upcoming Windows Home Server appliance before, but it bears repeating – this has the potential to define a new category of home appliance that will be more interesting than you expect. It’s hard for you to imagine why...
Apr 12, 2007 | network, printers
I have long insisted that scanners had to be tethered to a computer because it wasn’t feasible to control a scanner across a network.That began to be eroded by the floor-standing copiers that could scan sheet-fed documents at the speed of light and deposit PDFs...
Apr 8, 2007 | file_sharing, network, Office, SBS, software
All right, now I’m getting angry.Like most of my business clients, my documents are stored on a network server. When I click on “My Documents,” I’m taken to \brucebserverusersbruceb. My clients store business documents in \serverCompany or...
