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Augmented Reality – The Long Road
See if I have this right. You read the last article and you agreed completely that you can ignore virtual reality, because that’s what you wanted to hear. But you can’t imagine why I say that augmented reality is going to be a big deal, so you skipped that part....
Law Firms In The Cloud: Rocket Matter
Rocket Matter is one of the most likable online services for small law offices. It handles case management, timekeeping, and billing in clean, well-designed screens presented in...
Law Firms In The Cloud: Credenza
Small law offices have had few appealing options for case management and billing in the last few years. The only choices have been old warhorses that are showing their age badly,...
Three New Lightweight Notebooks
Attentive readers will recall that a new platform for thin and light notebooks was announced by Intel a couple of months ago. The first Ultrabook notebooks are hitting the market...
New iPhone, New Android Phones, New Windows Phones
A new model of phone has been introduced roughly every day in 2011 but none of them have been very interesting. Until now. Let’s take a look at three big developments in the...
Dropbox–Tech’s Hottest Startup
Previously: Sync Files With Dropbox Dropbox For iPad, Android Dropbox, Androids, And Security Dropbox Updated To Version 1.0 Sharing Files With Dropbox Dropbox is profiled in the...
Improved Wireless Performance And Range With Cisco Business Products
Recently I set up a Cisco RV220W wireless router, and a Cisco WAP4410N wireless access point. They are part of Cisco’s small business line and cost roughly twice as much as...
Operating System Market Share Might Be Different Than You Think
Apple’s brilliant success since Steve Jobs returned in 1997 has made it the largest company in the world by almost any measure, with a market capitalization that exceeds...
PayPal Messages Cause Outlook To Hang
This is likely to be a short-lived problem but perhaps knowing about it will help a few of you avoid some anguish. PayPal sends email messages about transactions in your PayPal...
Privacy And Geotagged Photos
Many people instinctively protect their privacy. In their minds, it’s not anybody else’s business where they shop, who they visit, what they talk about, or what movies they...
Patches And Updates Are Essential To Computer Security
Keeping your computer up to date with patches has become the most important element of being secure online. New studies show that fully patched systems have significantly more...
Making Millions With Scareware
If you’ve ever wondered what motivates the creators of malware, you should read a fascinating article by Benjamin Wallace over at Wired.com, “How Two Scammers Built An Empire...
Small Business Server 2011 Essentials, Part 3: Backups
Previously: Small Business Server 2011 Essentials, Part 1: Overview Small Business Server 2011 Essentials, Part 2: Remote Access Small Business Server 2011 Essentials has one...
Small Business Server 2011 Essentials, Part 2: Remote Access
Previously: Small Business Server 2011 Essentials, Part 1: Overview Microsoft has done more than anyone else to promote remote access to small business networks. Almost ten years...
Small Business Server 2011 Essentials, Part 1: Overview
Small businesses are finally in a position to set up Microsoft Small Business Server 2011 Essentials, the perfect server for many small businesses with fewer than 25 users....
Comparing The Tablet Home Screens
Here are representative screen shots of what tablets present and future look like side by side. Apple iPad 2 Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 (standing in for all the Android tablets)...