Gas is expensive but the higher it gets the more reason we'll have to innovate solutions. In this country we don't tackle a problem until a crisis is staring us in the face - but we're wired that way.  More...
Ubuntu's deep software catalog, focus on usability and active community combine with long-term support to put desktop Linux's best face forward.  More...
You know about backing up files at work, but when you get home it is easy to overlook the home computer, which in so many cases has insinuated itself into household routines. You come home, you check your email. You need to write a quick thank you to a friend, you run to the computer to pull up her address. You want to keep up with your nieces and  More...
It's a frighteningly common myth - small businesses who falsely believe their data is safe. After years in IT, featuring numerous calls from people asking to be rescued, I assembled this quick guide which can help any small business avoid the misery.  More...
Whether you're running the Home or Professional version of Microsoft's Windows XP operating system, keep these dates in mind. June 30, 2008: If your mind's set on using XP (like 60-plus percent of these poll-takers), this is the last day Microsoft will let hardware vendors and retailers install it on new computers, other than on budget-minde  More...
Public embarrassment at a hacking contest and vulnerability disclosures for a new browser made for a discouraging week for Mac security folks.  More...
Here's something I think more of us can relate to as technology improves! “Where did I put that document?” is often a common plaint when desks are stacked with piles of paper. However the same thing may happen with our electronic files even though, being out of sight, they don’t scream for organization. The best way of handling electronic doc  More...
The social network provides important lessons for executives—and a key forum for innovation and experimentation  More...
From article: I've tried out nearly all online photo editors, and although some were good, I wasn’t perfectly satisfied with any of them. Adobe’s online, lightweight version of Photoshop, dubbed Adobe Photoshop Express, unfortunately falls under the same category, although it’s one of the sleekest such applications out there. First thing you  More...
Not only can going green save you money, but it’s a great way to give something back to your country. Our country is at war; young American men and women are fighting and dying every day in Iraq. Not wanting to make this a political position piece, I will go so far as to state that the war in Iraq has something to do with oil. And what is oil?  More...
THE e-commerce bandwagon bypassed millions of carpenters, massage therapists, lawyers and other service providers, mostly because it is impossible to drop an appointment into a shopping cart without unleashing a scheduling nightmare. Now that a set of Internet start-up companies has emerged to help solve this problem, though, small businesses c  More...
Could Facebook ever be a place where serious business is done? Or does it pay to maintain two separate network profiles -- one for work and one for play?  More...
With its ability to lower the cost of voice applications and spur additional deployments, open source VoIP could be the solution smaller businesses have been looking for.  More...
From the Page: "When a Kansas City woman sought advice from The Today Show on supplementing her household income with a part-time job, Today’s Money 911 reporter Jean Chatzky topped her recommended work at home list with Virtual Assistant. Who would have thought? Finally, Virtual Assistants are gaining the respect they deserve. "  More...