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As more of us use online software applications such as Yahoo mail or Google mail or Google Docs the questions and concerns about safety come up. This is a common discussion among not only IT people, but also among business and even casual users. Peter Nulty of Wells Fargo recently had an discussion about the…
I initially looked at Microsoft Steadystate as a method for preventing employees from visiting websites on single purpose computers. Though it did not satisfy that need directly, I was intrigued by the promise of the software. Steadystate is available via Microsoft’s download site, and it is free for users of Microsoft Windows XP and Vista….
Everyone is trying to wrap up their books as we close another year. All of a sudden your Quickbooks company file is unavailable. This is not good. It seems to be a common problem with Quickbooks in a shared environment. The fix is simple, but not obvious. 1. Log into your server.2. Open the Quickbooks…
I am impressed with the OpenDNS service, and I use it where ever possible. I have ran into a small problem in using OpenDNS. When using it with heavy traffic applications such as Microsoft Exchange or a Microsoft SQL database you can run into connection issues. It might be intermittent connections or some cases no…
As you are shopping for computers either as gifts for family or to burn through the rest of your year-end IT budget you might be running into SplashTop. SplashTop is a trade name for an small, instant-boot operating system that can be found on many notebook and desktop computers. I recently had an opportunity to…
A reader posted a comment to our recent Yammer post about another option Present.ly. I loved the question feature and the ability to attach files to messages. Present.ly looks like a good alternative to Yammer for businesses and other groups. Like Yammer, Present.ly has a good over view video on their site. I did not…
You may or may not be familiar with Twitter. Twitter is what is called a micro-blogging site. It allows you to post short messages that answer the questions – what are you doing? You can access twitter via the Twitter web site, your mobile phone, or a number of desktop applications. The messages called tweets…
Rackspace which is a large provider of rented servers and hosting has acquired Jungle Disk. Jungle Disk is a software program that we have referenced in the past for performing low-cost data backups online to Amazon’s data storage solution. Jungle Dave indicates that his reasons for entering the agreement was to continue to innovate and…
A reader left this comment about SMEStorage… I notice that you can also sign up to use your own Amazon S3 Keys or use Google Mail for free as your storage platform – I’m using a new Google email account I setup and now get unlimited storage for free and some cool file tools and…
Consumer Reports has a great article outlining a few steps to make the online world a bit safer for your personal identity. We have discussed one of the points about maintaining a different password for each online account.
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