WebGems and NiftyClicks, Part 3: Mind Mapping, Jinging, Survey Monkeying, and More - 6/24/2009 Our WebGems and NiftyClicks series continues as Andrew Lock, marketing wizard and founder of Help! My Business Sucks, shares four more cool new tools and apps you can use to make your life a bit easier as you run your business or just surf for fun.
Staying Secure on the Go with Seven Must-Have Firefox Add-Ons - 6/18/2009 You're extra vulnerable when you're on the go and away from your friendly home network. Learn how to stay safe on strange networks with seven key Firefox add-ons that stop malware and help guard your privacy.
Peachtree by Sage 2010: Accounting Season in the Air Again - 6/4/2009 With accounting season in full swing we take a look at the expanded features and customization available in the annual refresh of Sage’s venerable accounting software.
WebGems and NiftyClicks, Part 2: DeadLink, Skype, PhotoBucket, and More - 5/21/2009 Our new WebGems and NiftyClicks series continues as Andrew Lock, marketing wizard and founder of Help! My Business Sucks, shares more cool tools and apps you can use to make your life a bit easier as you run your business or just surf for fun.
Windows 7 RC First Impressions: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly - 5/7/2009 Based on the Release Candidate, Windows 7 looks to be a major step past Vista, with a few important quibbles that can't be overlooked. We take a hard look at what the new OS has to offer users. Plus: a fix for the taskbar problem.
Is Windows 7 Really Mojave? (Part II) - 5/4/2009 Is Windows 7 really "Mojave" — Vista warmed over and sold with a shiny new package? The answer is: sort of.
WebGems and NiftyClicks, Part 1: Cool Web Tools and Resources - 4/22/2009 Welcome to our new WebGems and NiftyClicks series. Marketing maven and Web wunderkind Andrew Lock offers up six Web clicks that can help you be more productive, efficient, and knowledgeable as you run your business or just surf for fun.
Internet Explorer 8: Does the Dominant Browser Have the Goods to Continue Its Reign? - 4/16/2009 With its official release, Internet Explorer 8 promises a browser that's faster, easier, more private, and more secure than ever before. Continued market dominance rides on Microsoft's ability to deliver, as IE's place on top is by no means assured. Does IE8 deliver the goods?
Klix Online Accounting: Take Your Accounting to the Cloud - 4/9/2009 Klix Online uses the Internet as the ultimate office network to provide decent accounting capabilities at a reasonable price for businesses with up to 100 users.
Songbird: Singing a New Tune in the Media Player Scene - 3/19/2009 With the open source music player Songbird finally making its official debut after two years in development, the big question swirling around Songbird is whether or not this Mozilla-based player will be able to give iTunes a run for its money.
Windows 7 Early Looks: Networking with the Windows 7 Beta - 3/18/2009 Microsoft's forthcoming Vista replacement is set to bring more convenient wireless networking and simpler resource sharing. Read on for a sneak peak at some of what Windows 7 has in store in this area.
Exploring Office 2007: Word 2007 Table Tips & Tricks - 2/25/2009 In our latest Exploring Office 2007 article Helen Bradley offers some handy tricks and techniques for creating attractive, professional-looking Word 2007 tables.
Get Your Free On: 65 Free Apps for Your iPhone - 2/19/2009 Get your iPhone download on and take your pick from the very best free iPhone apps: tools, games, search apps, Facebook, music, and more.
Office Suite Round-up: iWork '09 vs. Office 2008 vs. Google Docs - 2/11/2009 Which of these three major office suites will work best for your needs? We take a hard look at the features and functionality in the office suites from Apple, Microsoft, and Google to help you decide.
Windows 7 Early Looks: Win7 Security - Good, Bad or Ugly? - 2/5/2009 Unlike Vista, the IT community seems to be rolling out the red carpet for Windows 7. We offer an early look at whether the new security enhancements in Windows 7 will provide a solid footing or the potential to trip up adoption.
Exploring Office 2007: Outlining a Worksheet in Excel 2007 - 2/2/2009 Our latest Exploring Office 2007 article illustrates how you can summarize important data in your Excel 2007 worksheets and reduce the data to more manageable levels with the ultra-efficient outline tool.
FileZilla: The Feature-Rich and Fancy Free FTP Client - 1/20/2009 Any time we see online user reviews that include phrases like "thunder god" we are at once both skeptical and curious. Can an FTP client really be that good? Adam Stone puts the freeware FileZilla to the test.
Exploring Office 2007: Teamwork Tools in Microsoft Word 2007 - 12/17/2008 Our latest Exploring Office 2007 article discusses the options in Microsoft Word 2007 for tracking changes in documents. When working on documents with others, the ability to track changes has the potential to save time in your workday while also helping to keep others well informed and on the same page.
OpenOffice Tips and Tricks, Part 4 - 12/8/2008 Our OpenOffice.org Tips & Tricks series of hidden timesaving treasures in Open Office continues by highlighting OOo Options you may want to consider changing, discussing the PDF exporting feature, and illustrating how to overcome two issues you may encounter when working with images in OOo.
7-Zip: The Digital Equivalent of a Sledgehammer and Crowbar - 12/1/2008 A good compression tool like the freeware 7-Zip can be a helpful friend that saves storage space and reduces upload and download file transfer times. The real question is how 7-Zip stacks up against its well-entrenched competition, WinZip and PKZip.
Windows Vista Tips & Tricks: Keyboard and Desktop Shortcuts - 11/26/2008
Our popular Windows Vista Tips & Tricks series continues with a handy cheat sheet for some common quick-access keyboard and desktop functions and tasks in Windows Vista.
iPod Touch 2nd Generation: The Funnest iPod Ever? - 11/19/2008 The newest version of the Wi-Fi-enabled iPod touch is billed as "the funnest iPod ever." And who couldn't use a bit of fun right about now?
Exploring Office 2007: Crafting Eye-Catching Charts in PowerPoint 2007 - 11/12/2008 Our latest Exploring Office 2007 article illustrates how PowerPoint 2007's new charting features can help you create charts that are much more sophisticated and attractive than you could create in earlier versions of PowerPoint using the MS Chart tool.
OpenOffice Tips and Tricks, Part 3 - 11/6/2008 Our OpenOffice.org Tips & Tricks series of hidden timesaving treasures in Open Office continues with a look at how to insert WordArt (actually called Fontwork), diagrams, and page numbering in OOo documents.
Top 10 Open Source Productivity Apps - 10/30/2008 Our open source guru offers up a quick look at OrangeHRM, Task Coach, Inforama, Onepoint Project, Collabtive, GroupOffice, and other open source applications designed to help you boost your business.
Network Magic Pro: Your Key to Network Nirvana? - 10/23/2008 Need an easier way to connect, secure, share, and troubleshoot your network than the tools Windows provides? Look no further than the handy Network Magic from Pure Networks, an easy-to-use app that (in most cases) adeptly handles many of the most complicated and potentially frustrating network management tasks.
Exploring Office 2007: Filtering Data in Excel 2007 - 10/15/2008 Our latest Exploring Office 2007 article covers tips and tricks for using Excel's Filter tool as well as some of the new filtering features available in Excel 2007.
WordTracker: The Key(word) to Effective SEO? - 10/8/2008 WordTracker is a handy service that helps you identify effective keywords and phrases while studying the competition in order to help optimize your Website for search engines.
OpenOffice Tips and Tricks, Part 2 - 10/1/2008 Our OpenOffice.org Tips & Tricks series of hidden timesaving treasures in Open Office continues with tips on how to import the MS Office custom dictionary, save docs in the MS Office format, and use MS Office templates in OOo.
