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Well, tomorrow's the big event: Windows 7 launch day. Though we've covered the new OS time and again over these many months, it's time for one last roundup of helpful stuff: CNET helps you tackle the tricky question, Which Windows 7 is right for you? An accompanying chart breaks down the key fea...
Don't look now, but the Kindle just got its butt kicked. The new Barnes & Noble Nook matches the Kindle 2's $259 price tag but offers such amenities as a color touchscreen (in addition to its main e-ink screen), Wi-Fi, book lending, PDF support, and a memory-expansion slot. Gizmodo has a pret...
Welcome to Guy Vs. Guy! In this recurring feature, Rick and Dave square off on the business and technology issues of the day. This week's topic: The startling, sudden, and nearly disastrous loss of data on T-Mobile Sidekick phones. Obviously someone screwed up, but do users share some of the blame...
PDF documents are great for ensuring that recipients see a document formatted the way it was intended, and for making it relatively difficult - but by no means impossible - to muck around with the contents. But what if you want to take the information in a PDF and repurpose it in a new text document...
Sometimes I feel like Google treats its task manager (a.k.a. Tasks) like the red-headed stepchild. That's slowly starting to change, as Tasks has not only graduated from Google Labs, but also gained integration with Gmail and Google Calendar. As of today, Google Tasks has its own iGoogle gadget. ...
Microsoft has long known that what you see when you press Alt-Tab to switch programs is really weak - the icons are small and it's hard to tell what's going on. That's why Vista gave us Flip3D and Windows 7 brings a smarter taskbar. They're all attempts to improve application switching and wean u...
It doesn't matter if your motive is to save the earth or to save money on consumables - either way, you're no doubt interested in tips that help you squirt less ink onto paper. And you probably already know a bunch. You know you can use n-up printing to put multiple pages on each sheet of paper, for...
Sorry if that headline is confusing, but hear me out, because this is really cool. And there's a freebie involved. If you're upgrading from Windows XP to Windows 7 or buying a new PC with the latter preinstalled, you face the same tedious chore: reinstalling all your apps. That means digging ...
Like free/cheap stuff? Then you must have loved some of last week's posts! We showed how to turn a cardboard coffee-cup sleeve into an iPhone stand, how to narrate and share presentations online, how to score thousands of dollars' worth of Microsoft software for mere pennies, and more. Check it out:...
If I've learned anything in my life, it's that you can never have too much money, Pokémon cards, or clipart. After all, when it comes to clipart, you don't want the visuals in your PowerPoint and Word documents getting stale. And all things considered, the clipart that comes with Office is pretty l...
If your entire life is stored on your phone, it's reassuring to have a way to locate and possibly even remotely lock or wipe its contents if it's ever lost or stolen. Apple, of course, offers that sort of service for the iPhone with MobileMe, but at $99 per year, it's an expensive peace-of-mind i...
Freelancing rocks. So does telecommuting. But if you're new to either one, there are challenges aplenty. WebWorkerDaily addresses these challenges on a daily basis, but now the site has culled some of its best posts into a free e-book: Web Work 101: How to Escape the Cubicle. Here's a sampling of...
Need a five-minute game break to refresh your brain but can't risk getting caught by the boss? Head to Can't You See I'm Busy, where you can play three familiar arcade games that look exactly like work. First up is Breakdown, a Breakout-style game that takes place in a faux word processor. Instea...
Last week I told you about Gist, an online contact management tool that aggregates your contact information from Outlook, Gmail, LinkedIn, Salesforce, and other locations. It has a Web-based component, and, if you install the Outlook add-in, it also behaves a lot like Xobni. We really like Gist, ...
Around the office, I'm generally known as the Visio Guy. I like to visualize processes and procedures, so I tend to create a lot of drawings. And while everyone tends to assume I am working in Visio, the truth is that I find that program too expensive and a bit too complicated. That's why I love tra...
