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DST – Is it worse than Y2K on your technology?

Daylight Savings Time. In my world it does not save much daylight, makes it difficult to get out of bed those mornings when it is dark again, and also causes some technology headaches. I made a comment last week that I've seen more recent technology disruptions caused...

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HDTV – A Buyers Story

Everybody wants one. OK, maybe just the guys want one. We cannot help but want to get a big flat screen TV after watching so many commercials and hearing about them. Remember just a few years ago when picking out a TV was pretty much just an exercise about the size of...

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Is Outlook 2007 slow for you?

This seems to be the month of Outlook tips. This one found by Mark in my office. Definitely worth doing if your Outlook is having problems and is running slower than you think it should. Essentially a lot of programs, especially Microsoft ones, add components of...

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Hot Tech Toys from the Past

It always amazes me that technology often changes so rapidly and we become quickly accustomed to it. Whenever I run into articles like the below, it is fun to see what I thought was cutting edge just 10 years ago, looks rather ridiculous today.If you have a few...

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Worlds thinnest laptop – do you want one?

The Apple MacBook Air - 0.16 to 0.76 inch thin (that is VERY thin), a light 3 pounds, 13.3 inch screen (quite large for that size laptop), a peppy Core duo processor, 2 gigs or RAM, 802.11N wireless (the latest and greatest soon to be standard), and a 5 hour battery....

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Want the holidays in your Outlook Calendar?

A new year brings in a new set of holidays that need to be in your calendar. Adding holidays for Outlook 2003 and 2007 is VERY easy to do by following the below directions. For Outlook 2000 or 2002 it is a bit more challenging, but can be done by using a file that has...

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Why would I want to write on my laptop??

The tablet PC has been around for years for Windows, but now there is a Mac version. This can be a very good thing for many Mac users that need this type of functionality.What exactly is a tablet you may ask? The simple answer is that a tablet allows you to write on...

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Surfing the net while in the air….

Finally, it looks like Internet connectivity has come around to the airlines. If you are like me, and do business travel throughout the year, one of the frustrating things about getting on the plane is loosing communications for duration of the flight. Having the...

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