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Facebook Goes Meta
Facebook changed its name to “Meta.” Been reading the tech news? You’ve probably seen all kinds of speculation about the reasons for the name change. Most journalists figure that Facebook is just looking for a distraction from its problems. And it has problems!...
Your Computer Will Restart Tonight
A large collection of patches and updates will be delivered tonight, Patch Tuesday, the second Tuesday of the month. Last month was a paltry bunch of updates, not really worth...
Google, Speech Recognition, And Android Phones
A fascinating article in Slate this morning about Google’s research in speech recognition. If you've got an Android phone, try this: Hit the microphone icon on the home screen,...
Enable Outlook 2010 Search And Indexing On Windows 7
I fixed a problem today with Outlook 2010 that has never come up before and won’t have any relevance to any of you. This description may help someone who finds it in a Google...
Quickbooks And The Online Payments Annoyance
How are we supposed to use our computers without screaming? I installed an update for Quickbooks 2010 in March. Perfectly typical for Quickbooks - when I clicked on the icon to...
Syncing Bookmarks And Favorites With Xmarks
Previously: Battle Of The Browser Updates Comparing The New Internet Browsers, aka Microsoft And The LastPass Problem Syncing Bookmarks And Favorites With Firefox 4 And Chrome 10...
Syncing Bookmarks And Favorites With Internet Explorer 9
Previously: Battle Of The Browser Updates Comparing The New Internet Browsers, aka Microsoft And The LastPass Problem Syncing Bookmarks And Favorites With Firefox 4 And Chrome 10...
Syncing Bookmarks And Favorites With Firefox 4 And Chrome 10
Previously: Battle Of The Browser Updates Comparing The New Internet Browsers, aka Microsoft And The LastPass Problem Many people are building imposing lists of bookmarked web...
Comparing The New Internet Browsers, aka Microsoft And The LastPass Problem
Previously: Battle Of The Browser Updates The latest and greatest versions of the three major Internet browsers have been released. Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 Mozilla Firefox...
Little Microsoft Annoyances
My goal for you is simplicity. I want you to use wonderful tools that are easy to use and easy to keep up to date. Little things make me irritable. Here’s a story of a little...
Dropbox Sharing Addendum
Previously: Sharing Files With Dropbox Yesterday I described how to share any file in Dropbox by right-clicking a file or folder, then clicking on “Get Shareable Link.” If you do...
Sharing Files With Dropbox
Dropbox is the essential free program to sync files among each of your computers and mobile devices. If you’re not a Dropbox user, you probably should be. Go read one of my...
Apple Makes A Move Into Small Business
It’s obvious by now that nothing pursued by Apple should be underestimated. Apple has had its share of unsuccessful projects over the years that languished or died, but it has...
Which iPad 2 Should You Get?
If you’re considering an iPad, you must read this article by Marco Arment. Everything you need to know, in plain English. Verizon/AT&T or wi-fi only? 16Gb, 32Gb, 64Gb? Black...
The Apple Ecosystem And The Post-PC World
When I’m lonely and bored, I like to go back and read my old articles and marvel at how well I’ve been leading you through the fast-changing world of technology. It was just a...
Battle Of The Browser Updates
It’s probably a coincidence that major updates are being released for Internet Explorer, Firefox, and Google Chrome within a few days of each other. It’s also not very meaningful...