Dec 5, 2010 | security, web_services
LastPass is the truly essential utility, a free tool to help you remember the passwords that fill our lives. Personally, I’ve got LastPass keeping track of a couple of hundred memorized passwords; I have all my address and credit card information memorized so LastPass...
Nov 24, 2010 | backup, business, computers, domains, hardware, Home_Server, mail, Microsoft, network, Office, remote, SBS, web_services
Previously: The Future Of Small Office Technology History Lesson, Part 1: Small Business Server History Lesson, Part 2: Windows Home Server Looking Forward: Small Business Server 2011 Standard I have a long article for you about an exciting new platform for small...
Nov 20, 2010 | Amazon, business, shopping, web_services
Just in time for the holidays, Amazon has made it easy to give a Kindle book as a gift. You can purchase a Kindle book and have it delivered to the email address associated with the recipient’s Kindle account. Mostly that will be Kindle owners, but not exclusively....
Oct 27, 2010 | mail, Microsoft, photos, software, video, Vista, web_services, Windows Live, Windows7
The good news is that Microsoft has released Windows Live Essentials 2011, an updated collection of free programs that are well designed and useful additions to Vista and Windows 7. The bad news is that you almost certainly don’t want all of them, and Microsoft has...
Oct 14, 2010 | broadband, IE, Internet, network, web_services
I stand by my reconsideration of Firefox, but I think my criticism of Internet Explorer was unjust. Some of my browsing problems were likely not caused by IE at all. They appear to have been caused by OpenDNS, some settings deep in my office network that affected my...
Oct 4, 2010 | Apple, Google, mobile, phone, remote, security, web_services
Verizon has introduced a new service that anyone with an Android phone should set up right away. It significantly enhances the security of the phone and adds some important features to make the phone easier to use. Oh, and it’s likely to be free for most of you....
