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Building PowerPoint-style presentations in your browser is nothing new, but that hasn't stopped Adobe from throwing its hat into the ring: Acrobat Presentations lets you create and collaborate on slideshows. And unlike most Adobe products, this one's free (for now, anyway). Though currently i...
Surely by now you've heard about Wolfram Alpha, a revolutionary search engine that doesn't just aggregate Web sites which appear to keyword match your input, but instead uses expert systems to actually answer the question you ask. The real question -- and one Wolfram Alpha couldn't answer (I tried a...
Getting a group of co-workers together can be like herding cats. Well, put your kitty lasso away, because MeetingMade makes meeting scheduling easy. The premise of MeetingMade is simple: Just specify some attendees and some dates and times that work best for your meeting. Then each attendee g...
Microsoft took the wraps off the Bing search engine, heir apparent to the unfortunately named Live Search, a few days early. Quick verdict: better, but far from a Google-killer. Before I explain that, you might want to watch Microsoft's promo video, which dubs Bing a "decision engine" that helps ...
At the risk of excessive horn-tooting: Wow, did we post some killer stuff last week. Like what, you ask? Well, like this: Edit Your Google Docs Offline in Microsoft Office with OffiSync Fight Conficker, Other Security Threats with OpenDNS Nail Your Response to an Online Job Ad Verizon MiFi...
Given the number of times I've told you about tools and tricks to avoid sending a message without its attachment, you might think me somewhat obsessive. But I've finally found the Holy Grail of attachment detectors for Outlook: Forgotten Attachment Detector is the ultimate tool for preventing embarr...
Despite tons of stiff competition, TechSmith's Snagit is perhaps the best screen capture tool available. And you can get a copy for free through the end of day Friday, June 5 -- with a caveat. Screen capture tools are a dime a dozen. Indeed, Windows Vista even comes with Snipping Tool, an awe...
We've done social networking. We've done cell-phone bans. We've done instant-messaging and PC power conservation. In fact, we've covered a whole host of topics in our mega-popular, smash-hit, even-our-Moms-like-it Guy Vs. Guy debates. And now we want to hear from you: What should we do next? We'v...
The jury's in: Twitter has bona fide business value. Of course, as heavy users quickly discover, it's not always the easiest service to manage. Enter Splitweet, which helps you manage multiple Twitter accounts and monitor your brand. Specifically, the free service lets you tweet to one or mor...
If you're like me, you are routinely frustrated by the sharp line that separates your near-obsessive Star Trek role playing from your professional life at work. Well, no more: Sophos has released a real anti-virus app that just happens to be in Klingon. Don't believe me? Check out the video. ...
Sure, any number of services can sync your files to "the cloud," but most of them revolve around uploading and downloading. ZumoDrive stores your files online but makes them accessible in real-time, effectively giving you Web storage that behaves as if it's local storage. That's a potentially kil...
If you've been tinkering with Windows 7, you've probably discovered Jump Lists: context-sensitive pop-up lists that provide quick access to recent documents/Web sites or frequently used tasks. It's a terrific feature that quickly becomes indispensable once you start using it. Alas, while there's ...
There are all sorts of Outlook pitfalls that can make you look like a doofus. I've already told you how to avoid forgetting to include the attachment, but this week I have a short tutorial on how to prevent blank subject lines that scream: "I wasn't paying attention when I sent this e-mail." Watc...
The average PowerPoint deck can get crazy insane big -- megabytes of images, video, and other rich media can make your presentation too large to e-mail, and even bog down a slugging network connection. I found some useful tips at ghacks for making your PowerPoint presentation as thin as a supermod...
The Palm Pre is just around the corner, and for many a breathless business user, the make-or-break feature is e-mail. Will it be all clunky like in Windows Mobile (yeah, I said it), all unintuitive like on a BlackBerry (yeah, I said it), or cool and elegant like on the iPhone (what, me biased?)? ...
