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- Efficiency, sustainability, and digital natives accelerate paper's path to digital
- As people spend more time consuming information digitally at home and at work, reliance on paper continues to decrease. But how far are we across the Digital Divide? In 1975, George E. Pake, then head of Xerox Corp.’s Palo Alto Research Center, predicted that in 1995 his office would be...
- Tags: Word-processing, Sustainability, Whiteboard, Tool, Forrester Research Inc., iWorkers, Productivity, Sheri McLeish
- Blog posts 2009-12-04
- HP Pavilion dv4-2045dx
- Great in all the features.If anyone's looking for a great relation in performance, cost and design, this laptop from Hp it's a wonderful choice to consider. It's very portable. It's not as light as i thought it would be, but against any others, this is great, also the size makes...
- Tags: Keyboards, Wi-Fi, Hewlett-Packard Co., Bluetooth, multimedia, HP Pavilion
- Discussion threads 2009-12-03
- MSI A6000-029US (Core 2 Duo T6600 2.2GHz, 4GB RAM, 320GB HDD, Windows 7 Home Premium)
- Very Bad Experience with MSILet me try to summarize the situation. Last month I was considering purchasing a new computer. I looked at Apple's and Dell's websites, but I also decided to go to the local Office Depot and look at the computers they had. I spent about...
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Notebooks, Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium, Intel Core 2 Duo, MSI, XP Mode, Microsoft Windows 7, computer, Microsoft Windows XP, recovery disk, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2009-12-01
- sbFirstDay - Netbook 2.1 (Windows)
- sbFirstDay-Netbook is appointment-based business software for the independent service professional Book appointments; create and send stunning, high impact marketing e-mails to your customers, track inventory, run reports (income statement, sales detail, sales tax reports, inventory reporting). Create standing appointments, e-mail appointment reminders. Complete video training fo r every window in...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, Netbook, Rhino Heaven Software, sbFirstDay-Netbook, E-mail, Sales Strategy, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Sales Force Management, Online Communications, Sales, Hardware
- Software downloads 2009-11-26
- Apple seeks injunction to end Psystar Mac clones ... oh, and $2.1m
- Let's cheer the death of competition!!!Competition is good... as long as it doesn't hurt Apple. Cue the double standards...Apple, congrats for winning in the legal court. Maybe you can take that $2.1M (that you won't get) and add it to your PR budget to repair the damage you've done in...
- Tags: Apple Inc., Psystar, gizmo
- Discussion threads 2009-11-25
- Does virtualization equal cloud computing?
- I would say yesThere is no need to buy 'stand alone' servers any longer in functionality when you can put it in a Blade 'name your flavor' chassis.Virtualization with VMware/RHEL or some vendor is the best way to get it off bare-metal...Doing baremetal rebuilds is time consuming and it takes...
- Tags: Data centers, Servers, Utility computing, server, cloud computing, virtualization, cluster
- Discussion threads 2009-11-25
- Parse.ly: better feeds with less garnish
- I haven't figured out a way to manage Google Reader. I tried using Fever, but it doesn't find news that matters to me... and it cost $30. Techmeme is my home page, but I think it needs an upgrade. I would like a feed...
- Tags: E-mail Providers, Engineering, Cloud Computing, Internet, Andrew Mager
- Blog posts 2009-11-24
- HP Pavilion p6130y
- p6130y SupportHave had this pc for a while and find it does most of what I need (email, web, office apps) but had to purchase a separate app for photos. There is plenty of room to upgrade and the change of memory from the older HP models helps (doesn't...
- Tags: Desktops, Hewlett-Packard Co., HP Pavilion
- Discussion threads 2009-11-24
- HP vs. Dell: Showdown at the Windows 7 upgrade corral
- Well, the great thing is all the competition. I like to see Acer squeezing them both from below, and of course competing with each other. Of course also great to see all the pressure on MS to innovate and lower prices.Google Chrome_OS will be hard to beatWell, with Google_Chrome_OS it...
- Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Hewlett-Packard Co., Dell Computer Corp., Microsoft Corp., Windows 8, Microsoft Windows, XPS, Microsoft Windows 7
- Discussion threads 2009-11-24
- Best Buy adds $197 HP laptop to Black Friday lineup
- I hate agreeing with linuxbut alas I must do it this time :( He's right, this is some cheap hardware. Intel celeron? Who uses that anymore? I guess its good for kids, but any power user will not want this laptop. I'm holding out for a...
- Tags: Notebooks, Processors, Black Friday lineup, laptop computer, Intel Celeron, Best Buy Co. Inc., Black Friday, HP Laptop, Hewlett-Packard Co.
- Discussion threads 2009-11-24
- Is it time to go quad-core?
- I need a new laptop. My oldest son's laptop finally bit the dust, and he's pretty well attached to it, both for personal and school purposes. As a likely film major, my Mac would serve him well (at least through the first year of college, at which point he'll...
- Tags: Quad-core, Processors, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2009-11-23
- Michael Dell sticks to Windows 7 big bang theory
- too old?"Windows XP is 8 years old"So What? If it ain't broke don't fix it!Windows 2000 is ten years old and still does almost everything I need. Everyone around me runs XP or newer, yet I have far fewer problems.What is good for the computer industry is not...
- Tags: Operating systems, theory, Dell Computer Corp., Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2009-11-20
- Microsoft finds security hole in Google Chrome Frame
- HAHA! Way to go Microsoft! They basically just told Google to suck it! The best part is they were right the whole time. Yet people blindly defended Google. It would seem Google has more software issues than anyone else.RE: Microsoft finds security hole in Google Chrome FrameI'm not...
- Tags: Web browsers, security, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp., attack surface, Google Chrome
- Discussion threads 2009-11-19
- Microsoft opens Windows Marketplace to Windows Mobile 6.0, 6.1 phone users
- Might be a reason to upgrade to WM6I've held off upgrading to WM6 from WM5 on my almost 3 year old Samsung Blackjack...might do that yet. Still, I've not ran into much that WM5 cannot handle, and if I do I can use my desktop when I get home....
- Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Smart phones, Mobile operating systems, Handhelds, Mobile applications, Wireless and Mobility, Microsoft Corp., Omnia II, phone, High Tech Computer Corp., HTC Touch, Microsoft Windows Mobile, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2009-11-16
- Dell's answer to Apple's Mac mini - The Inspiron Zino HD
- People Actually Buy These Things?Almost a $1000.00 for a cutsey, low powered designer computer? Do people actually buy these things? Maybe they should check out your Very Best Kit list.adrian please 959$ you dont put 959 for a low-end entry level machine you can have...
- Tags: Desktops, Apple Mac Mini, Dell Inspiron, Dell Computer Corp., Apple Inc., Apple Macintosh
- Discussion threads 2009-11-16
- Is it OK to use OEM Windows on your own PC? Don't ask Microsoft
- RE: Is it OK to use OEM Windows on your own PC? Don't ask MicrosoftI built my current desktop in July and purchased/installed an OEM version of Vista Home Premium. I also took advantage of Microsoft's free upgrade to Windows 7 Home Premium which I installed on the same PC....
- Tags: Microsoft Windows 7, Desktops, Operating systems, cost difference, Microsoft Corp., OEM, Is it OK, Microsoft Windows, PC
- Discussion threads 2009-11-15
- B&W Zeppelin Mini Speakers for iPod
- Back in 2007, Bowers & Wilkins brought out the uniquely styled Zeppelin iPod speaker, which we described in our review as being every bit as sophisticated as Apple's iconic player, with detailed sound that largely lived up to B&W's high-end reputation. That Zeppelin remains on the market, but now it's...
- Tags: Digital music, Digital media, Zeppelin Mini, Apple iPod, B&W, Apple iPhone, speaker
- Product reviews 2009-11-13
- The stupid network will get a hearing
- Leave my bits aloneIf I pay for unlimited service up to a certain speed that's what I expect to get. The fee I pay is supposed to cover the level of service I order. If a company is investing in a service I didn't buy, they neeed to get their...
- Tags: ROI/TCO, carrier, network
- Discussion threads 2009-11-13
- Spend 3 minutes with free EBS ROI Tool - and Save Thousands
- This free, interactive tool can quantify the benefits of an upgrade to Oracle E-Business Suite R12 on IBM hardware. Quickly show your CFO how an upgrade can: Lower cost of ownership Deliver greater business intelligence Improve capabilities across all business areas Offer sustainable out-of-the-box...
- Tags: IBM Corp., Tools & Techniques, Pricing, Business Intelligence, Operational Accounting, Enterprise Software, Management, Marketing, Software, Data Management, Finance
- White papers 2009-11-12
- Epicor's implementation cost drive: what does it really mean?
- Epicor's announcement Monday that it has created a shared benefits program for implementations looks like a step in the right direction for those of us that want to see lowered implementation costs. On the face of it, the offer is compelling. According to the press release:...
- Tags: Epicor Software Corp., Customer, Benefits, Roi/Tco, Outsourcing, Human Resources, Finance, Managerial Accounting, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2009-11-11
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