January 30, 2011
If you run a small business, a home business or a huge company, there are phrases you or your employees may be using in the company’s email messages that are getting caught in spam filters.
According to the Boulder, Colorado-based Inst... continue reading...
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winner June 15, 2010
With Twitter's recent announcement that they are integrating Foursquare and Gowalla technology so people can give exact locations of their tweets, parents need to think about whether or not this is a good thing for their kids.
Here are 5 top ti... continue reading...
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Technology June 8, 2010
Ah, summer - lazy days, no homework, lots of free time...which is exactly what can cause problems for parents and kids.
With so much free time, kids may spend too much time on on-line entertainment that isn't exactly healthy - and may even lead to an addiction. A recen... continue reading...
May 6, 2009
Antivirus is no longer enough
Every day, tens of thousands of new viruses appear in security companies' labs. Traditional security software products that rely on "signatures" to detect and block viruses by identifying each one just can't keep up. You need something more to protect you when yo... continue reading...
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tens of thousands,
traditional security October 20, 2008
The world of software has changed rapidly since I put my first commercial website on the web ten years ago.
Back then, your software choices were simple: write your own, or go closed-source.
True, freeware has always existed, but there's a big difference between freeware and... continue reading...
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web terminals October 16, 2008
***Edit: It has been brought to my attention that the site I featured was a PAY site. Instead of offering Open Office for free, it charged. My apologies. The link at the end now points to the FREE site.***
Open Office Suite version 3 is out, and it ROCKS!
I've been an OO user since versi... continue reading...
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slicker September 3, 2008
History was made today.
More furniture was probably tossed and more obscenities likely blasted through the air in Steve Ballmer's office.
A rumble took place in the very depth of the computing world, setting off seismographic alarms at expert blogs all over the web.
Google has announced Google C... continue reading...
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windows users September 1, 2008
Everybody's systems are prone to crash.
Regardless of whether you are running Windows, Linux, or Macintosh, any number of things beyond your control could cause your system to go belly-up.
That's when you need a plan. Specifically, a CrashPlan.
CrashPlan offers a very affordable and innovat... continue reading...
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windows linux August 22, 2008
In 2007, Microsoft released Vista amid much hoopla.
Today, over a year later, Vista has been called a triumph by a select few.
It has been reviled by many, many more.
Vista supporters claim that its nbumbers compare very favorably with those of XP a year after its 2001 releas... continue reading...
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windows networks May 19, 2008
Just think about it.
Way back when, you had to pay for your copy of Netscape, unless you met certain restrictions.
Without Netscape, you didn't surf the net. True, there were other browsers out there, but Netscape was the standard by which all others were judged.
Then, Microsoft took one of the... continue reading...
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