Feb 2, 2014 | computers, Internet, security, Vista, Windows7, Windows8, WinXP
These are the rules for being safe using a Windows computer in 2014. The bad guys are even scarier this year. You will get phony email messages that look perfect – nothing to give away that the messages don’t really come from your bank, the IRS, UPS, Microsoft, or,...
Jan 12, 2014 | Android, Apple, computers, Google, hardware, laptops, Microsoft, mobile, tablet, Windows8
The world is changing. Here’s an anecdote to help you understand just how fast it’s happening. My wife was at a conference last week attended by a hundred medical and legal professionals. Each person had a device for viewing the speaker slides and taking notes. Three...
Dec 11, 2013 | computers, Dell, hardware, HP, laptops, shopping, Windows7, Windows8
For reasons that I can’t comprehend, it is almost impossible to buy Windows 8 on many mainstream business desktop PCs. The tech press finds it endlessly entertaining to chart the slow sales progress of Windows 8. The most recent collection of articles from last week...
Nov 19, 2013 | computers, hosted desktops, remote, web_services
Previously: Looking Forward: Why You Might Never Buy Another Computer This is one possible future for small business computing. WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE TO COMPUTE WITHOUT A COMPUTER You sit down at a monitor and keyboard. There’s no computer in sight but there’s a login...
Nov 17, 2013 | computers, hosted desktops, remote, web_services
Science fiction readers are familiar with novels that describe a near-future built on an outlandish concept, followed by an Afterword where the authors reveal that they are describing very real technology that is further developed than you realized. (Recent examples,...
Sep 26, 2013 | computers, Microsoft, Office, tablet, Windows7, Windows8
Here’s the story of why the Windows Desktop will disappear. It’s now widely understood that small, mobile devices will be the focus of everyone’s attention for the next few years. Tablet and smartphone manufacturers (Apple, Samsung) are sharply increasing their sales...
