Watch CBS News
When I look for a photo to reuse in print or on the Web (such as right here in Business Hacks), I always dash off to Flickr, since that site makes it easy to search only for photos that are licensed for commercial use. My options have just expanded, because Google now lets you filter your results by...
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 Amazon Kindle. Recent headlines haven't done the beloved device -- or the company that sells it -- any favors. How can Amazon recover from this PR fi...
About a year ago, LG's Decoy introduced a clever idea: a cell phone with a built-in Bluetooth headset. Well, not so much "built-in" as "clipped onto the back." The MoGo Talk brings that same idea to the BlackBerry: It's a headset that rides piggyback (and charges!) inside a custom battery-door re...
Word 2007's ribbon might make a lot of things easier, but applying a template to a document isn't one of them. Stop pulling your hair out -- watch this short, exclusive video to see how to apply a template in about a dozen clicks, give or take. Don't forget that we've got a veritable tr...
Some years ago, I was sitting at my PC when a power failure struck, and my PC went down, along with a half dozen unsaved documents. Which was weird, because my foot was literally resting on a functioning UPS, which should have kept the computer running. I found out the hard way that it simply wasn't...
Fact: Twitter has turned into a great marketing tool for businesses savvy enough to leverage it properly. (This despite Dave's shortsighted claims to the contrary.) Of course, there's a Catch-22: The more followers a business attracts, the harder it becomes to manage responses to customers' tweet...
Good news for presentation-building Google Docs users: Now you can add tables to your slides. Here's how: Open a presentation and click Table, Insert table. Select the dimensions for your table. To learn how to add rows and columns to your tables, edit cells, and more, see the Google Docs h...
A friend of mine once said, "Getting a gig is easy. Delivering the project is easy. Getting paid is hard." I can vouch for that; I was once left in a lurch by an unscrupulous client for a staggering $20,000. And in today's uncertain economy, getting paid is getting harder, not easier. That's ...
Looking for an easy way to sort and organize your e-mail using more than one criterion, such as Sender and Date, or Subject and Size? Watch this exclusive video to learn exactly how to set up Outlook to send automated e-mail. E-mail nirvana is only 90 seconds away. Don't forget that we've g...
We've talked a lot about how you can use Facebook as business tool and Twitter as a business tool, but what about LinkedIn -- you know, the social-networking service that was actually built with business users in mind? Over at Web Worker Daily, you'll find 33 tips for using LinkedIn to find jobs,...
Problem: Your iPhone, BlackBerry, Palm Pre or whatever goes missing. Some honest person finds it and wants to return it, but can't figure out how to contact you. (Does your Pre have a good place to write your name and phone number? Mine doesn't.) Enter BlueRetriever, a free service that aims...
Still using Lotus Notes? You're not alone. I know a lot of folks using Notes, but oddly enough, I don't really know anyone that actually likes it. Be that as it may, Google has made it easier to part ways with a new migration tool that moves Lotus Notes data into Google Apps. Want to learn more? ...
If you've been around the Windows block, you almost certainly know about TweakUI, one of Microsoft's most beloved Power Toys for Windows XP. There's no modern equivalent, but The Windows Club is filling the void with the Ultimate Windows Tweaker, a free utility with dozens of ways to optimize Window...
Here's what happens: A pop-up window warns you of newly discovered security threats on your computer -- and offers to help you remove them. The window looks like an honest-to-goodness security program (if not an alert from Windows proper), and all it wants to do is scan your PC or "block the atta...
Good heavens, is summer half over already? (Here in Michigan, it feels like it never really got started.) Ah, well, no matter -- we keep the hacks coming all year 'round. Here's a look at what you may have missed last week: Fix Outlook Features That Have Stopped Working Gadget Lust: Flush-Moun...
