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Getaway day: How to secure your laptop for holiday travel

Getaway day: How to secure your laptop for holiday travelNot for Vista Home Premium!Why not tell people that this does NOT WORK encryption radio button grayed out in Vista Home Premium - only suckers who paid for M$ for the Ultimate or business/enterprise editions!RE: Getaway day: How to secure your...

Tags: Notebooks, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), laptop computer, holiday travel, TrueCrypt, Getaway day, Getaway

Discussion threads 2008-07-03

Encrypt File or Parent Folder (How to encrypt data on your laptop for holiday travel)

Encrypt File or Parent Folder How to encrypt data on your laptop for holiday travelencryptionso hard to used, how about a printable form, all pages...this might have been useful.RE: Encrypt File or Parent Folder How to encrypt data on your laptop for holiday travelOR you could just right-click on the...

Tags: Notebooks, SECURITY, Encrypt File, Parent Folder, holiday travel, laptop computer

Discussion threads 2008-07-03

Additional Resources

Comfy Hotel Reservation 3.1 (Windows)

Comfy Hotel Reservation assists hotels, apartments, b&b accommodations, motels, guest-houses or holiday homes in managing and maintaining reservations. The system is fully scalable and designed to provide extensive flexibility and varied choices. Hotels and travel agents can achieve maximum time efficiency and best costs in processing reservations. This modern and...

Tags: Reservation, OrgBusiness Software, Comfy Hotel Reservation, Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA), Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Outlook, Real Estate, Hacking, Human Resources, Gender And Diversity, Operating Systems, Software, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Business Operations, Security

Software downloads 2009-11-26

Sony VAIO VGN-NW270F/S

Editors' note: This review is part of our 2009 Retail Laptop and Desktop Holiday Roundup, which covers specific fixed configurations of popular systems found in retail stores.The Sony Vaio VGN-NW270F/S is a stylish, spacious laptop for high-definition fans with low budgets. For a reasonable $699 at Best Buy, the Vaio...

Tags: Desktops, Sony Vaio, laptop computer, Sony Corp.

Product reviews 2009-11-24

Comfy Hotel Reservation for Workgroup 2.5 (Windows)

Comfy Hotel Reservation for Workgroup, with all of the features of the standard version, but with the additional capability to share data in real time over the network. The program assists hotels, apartments, b&b accommodations, motels, guest-houses and holiday homes in managing and maintaining reservations. Hotels and travel agents can...

Tags: Reservation, OrgBusiness Software, Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA), Real Estate, Microsoft Windows, Human Resources, Gender And Diversity, Business Operations, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2009-11-24

Dell Inspiron i1470-3282CRD

Editors' note: This review is part of our 2009 Retail Laptop and Desktop Holiday Roundup, which covers specific fixed configurations of popular systems found in retail stores.At what cost to battery life? That's the question we're left asking Dell after testing its Inspiron 1470-3282, a $729 laptop sold at Best...

Tags: Notebooks, Processors, Dell Inspiron, laptop computer, processor, Dell Computer Corp.

Product reviews 2009-11-21

Black Friday '09: Motorola Cliq, $79; Samsung 50" plasma HDTV, $699; Sony 15" dual core laptop, $399

Black Friday '09: Motorola Cliq, $79; Samsung 50" plasma HDTV, $699; Sony 1I'd love to score one of the 32" lcd tv's and that $399 sony laptop but I'll be out of town on Friday. That will make it a bit hard to travel with those items :-/If it's a...

Tags: Digital cameras, Digital photography, TVs, TV & Home Theater, Monitors & displays, dual-core, Sony Corp., HDTV, Motorola Inc., Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Black Friday

Discussion threads 2009-11-17

Toshiba Satellite E105-S1802

Editors' note: This review is part of our 2009 Retail Laptop and Desktop Holiday Roundup, which covers specific fixed configurations of popular systems found in retail stores.Toshiba's latest Blue Label laptop from Best Buy, the Satellite E105-S1802, is an exact replica of the company's earlier Satellite E105-S1602 model with one...

Tags: Notebooks, Toshiba Corp., Toshiba Satellite, laptop computer, satellite, battery

Product reviews 2009-11-16

Gateway NV7802u

Editors' note: This review is part of our 2009 Retail Laptop and Desktop Holiday Roundup, which covers specific fixed configurations of popular systems found in retail stores.Gateway continues to offer some of the best bang-for-your-buck retail laptops. The NV7802u is a fine example: It's a 17-inch wide-screen model with a...

Tags: Processors, Notebooks, Intel Core 2 Duo, Gateway Inc., Intel Corp., laptop computer

Product reviews 2009-11-13

Viewsonic premieres the VPD400 MovieBook media player for $130

Just in time for holiday shopping, Viewsonic has announced the availability of their sleek new portable media player that can fit in the palm of your hand: the VPD400 MovieBook.  The MovieBook hosts a 4.3-inch, 800 x 480 resolution screen along with 8 GB of internal memory...

Tags: ViewSonic Corp., Battery, Media Player, MovieBook, Geek.com, Media Players, Corporate Communications, Engineering, Digital Music, Digital Media, Keyboards, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Marketing, Hardware, Peripherals, Rachel King

Blog posts 2009-11-11

Google providing free airport WiFi this holiday season

And Google also accumulates data onwhere you travel to, now.It appears they are not matching donations for free...RE: Google providing free airport WiFi this holiday seasonDoesn't the Las Vegas airport Mc Carran International Airport always provide free wi-fi?!Same as the following...businesses know where we travel: Our credit card company, when...

Tags: Financial services, Google Inc., airport wifi

Discussion threads 2009-11-10

Holiday Gift Guide 2009: Laptop computers

This year the laptop list was a tough assignment for several reasons. First, the emergence of a new class of ultra-thin laptops--spawned by lower-cost processors from Intel and AMD--has made things more complicated. Second, there's a fresh crop of Windows 7 laptops, and...

Tags: Processor, Hard Drive, Performance, Apple MacBook, Memory, Graphics, Laptop Computer, Netbook, Computer, Intel Corp., Compaq Computer Corp., Compaq CQ61z, Timeline 1810T, Notebooks, Microsoft Windows 7, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, John Morris

Blog posts 2009-11-01

Trick or Treat: Five fun orange gadgets

With Halloween just a few days away, it doesn't hurt to get in the mood a little with some pumpkin-colored gadgets for the Fall holiday. Here are five orange treats to go with your costume this weekend: 1. Sony Webbie HD MHS-PM1: If you...

Tags: Hard Drive, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Apple iPod Nano, Camera, Gadget, Keyboards, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Digital Music, Memory, Digital Media, Hardware, Peripherals, Personal Technology, Semiconductors, Components, Consumer Electronics, Rachel King

Blog posts 2009-10-29

News to know: Office Web Apps; Palm; AMD-Intel; Andreessen; Win7 for students

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage. Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft Office Web Apps go to testers: Ten things to know Zack Whittaker: Office 2010 for...

Tags: Larry Dignan, Hewlett-Packard Co., Palm Inc., Web Application, Andrew Nusca, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Sam Diaz, Intel Corp., Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software

Blog posts 2009-09-18

ViewRanger GPS (for touchscreens) (Mobile)

ViewRanger turns your phone into a fully-featured off-road satnav with detailed topographic mapping. This pack includes tokens to download topographic maps directly to your phone.ViewRanger is ideal for tourists, walkers, cyclists, mountain bikers, horse riders, geocachers, river boaters - in fact anyone who enjoys the outdoors.Topographic map data available with...

Tags: Touch Screen, Facebook, Phone, Mobile, Photograph, Token, GPS, Telecom & Utilities, Handhelds, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware

Software downloads 2009-08-22

Paris DK Eyewitness Top 10 Travel Guide & Map (BB Storm) (Mobile)

DK Eyewitness Paris Top 10 Travel Guide & MapFrom the Sacre Coeur to the Arc de Triomphe, your holiday to Paris starts from the moment you open your guide, plus you get Paris maps and transport maps.Discover the best cafe terraces, unmissable museums and galleries, loveliest parks and gardens, best...

Tags: Paris, Map, Telecom & Utilities

Software downloads 2009-05-25

Four great camcorders for summer

Sometimes pictures aren't enough to capture some of those special summer moments. Here's a rundown on four camcorders for any type of summer vacation and holiday: Kodak Zx1 HD Pocket Video Camera: For a basic digital mini-camcorder, you can't beat the price of the Kodak Zx1 HD....

Tags: Camcorder, Video, Corporate Communications, Marketing, Rachel King

Blog posts 2009-05-22

Barcelona DK Eyewitness Top 10 Travel Guide & Map (BB Storm) (Mobile)

DK Eyewitness Barcelona Top 10 Travel Guide & MapFrom Gaudi's mind-boggling buildings to the Gothic Quarter, your holiday to Barcelona starts the moment you open the guide, plus Barcelona maps and metro maps.Discover unmissable museums and galleries, walks and itineraries, fascinating modernist buildings and best tapas to suit every budget...

Tags: Map, Barcelona, DK Eyewitness Barcelona Top 10 Travel Guide & MapFrom Gaudi, Telecom & Utilities

Software downloads 2009-05-21

The just shoot me vacation: Stay tethered; Forget two weeks; Install a fax in your room

This in from outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas: You must bring your smartphone, laptop and every other work-tethering item on your vacation. If not you'll just worry about being laid off.  Here's what America has come to---a two week vacation is deemed too long and you...

Tags: Vacation, Phone, Cell Phone, Challenger Gray & Christmas Inc., E-mail, Fax, Telecom & Utilities, Cellular Phones, Online Communications, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-05-20

Barcelona DK Eyewitness Top 10 Travel Guide & Map BB Storm 2.20 (Mobile)

DK Eyewitness Barcelona Top 10 Travel Guide & MapFrom Gaudi's mind-boggling buildings to the Gothic Quarter, your holiday to Barcelona starts the moment you open the guide, plus Barcelona maps and metro maps.Discover unmissable museums and galleries, walks and itineraries, fascinating modernist buildings and best tapas to suit every budget...

Tags: Map, Barcelona, DK Eyewitness Barcelona Top 10 Travel Guide & MapFrom Gaudi, Telecom & Utilities

Software downloads 2009-04-30