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The Three E’s Of Security
Educate. Encourage. Enforce. It’s all about security. That’s today’s job for a small business IT consultant. There’s been a consistent curve to technology adoption over the years: enterprises build their businesses around giant-sized technology-based processes, then...
SMALL BUSINESS SERVER 2008 IS COMING
Small Business Server 2008, the successor to SBS 2003, will ship on November 12. The first few months will reveal any lingering issues and clarify the procedure for migrating to...
LIVE MESH OPEN FOR TESTING
Microsoft is developing a platform capable of lots of interesting tricks. I wrote about Live Mesh a few months ago; now an updated version is ready for testing and it's quietly...
WINDOWS MOBILE & LIVE SEARCH
Few people browse Internet pages on a mobile device with a three inch screen. A few sites have pages that are optimized for a mobile device but they're pretty hard to come by....
DELL & YOUR TECH TEAM
I still buy most computers from Dell - it's not perfect, but in my experience it's still a step ahead of the other manufacturers in quality and support. It's easy to get Vista...
ONECARE UPDATE – DON’T PANIC!
If you are using Windows Live OneCare, it will be automatically upgraded to version 2.5 in the next few days. You don't need to do anything. The new version does not change...
iPHONE 2.0
The new iPhone will be available next week, including support for Microsoft Exchange and Windows Mobile/ActiveSync. That means businesspeople in companies run by Small Business...
WINDOWS VISTA SMALL BUSINESS ASSURANCE
Small businesses (less than 50 employees) can get free telephone support from Microsoft for any Vista-related issues on new PCs running Vista Business or Vista Ultimate purchased...
MANUAL INSTALLATION OF VISTA SP1
Vista Service Pack 1 was delayed briefly when it was discovered that a handful of hardware device drivers occasionally kept the service pack installation from finishing...
MICROSOFT EQUIPT
On July 15, Microsoft will begin selling a product that many of you should consider for your next computer. Microsoft Equipt includes Office 2007 Home and Student, Windows Live...
ACROBAT READER 9
Adobe has released Acrobat Reader 9, the new version of its PDF reader; the full version of Acrobat 9 will follow shortly. We'll be pressured to install the new version by...
WHICH VISTA VERSION?
[Originally posted June 7, 2007] Many people should buy the Business edition of Windows Vista, even for home computers. Here's Microsoft's chart comparing the features of the...
WINDOWS LIVE SKYDRIVE
[Originally posted February 26, 2008] Microsoft has upgraded Windows Live Skydrive, its service offering free online file storage. You now can store up to 5Gb of documents,...
COMPUTER SHOPPING 2008
[Originally posted November 26, 2007] Thinking about a new computer - home, home office, small business? Let me give you some generalizations that will help you get started. (As...
RESPONSIBILITY FOR OUR COMPUTERS
[Originally posted October 30, 2007]I wish we could count on the software and hardware vendors to play fair and treat us well, but it's not happening. We have to take...
LIFE WITHOUT THE NETWORK
[Originally posted March 13, 2007] From Max Barry's marvelous book Company, about corporate life in the weeks after the computer network goes dead: "Two weeks ago the network...