Watch CBS News
I have a lot of balls in the air all the time -- a ton of projects I'm working on myself, but I also assign stuff to other writers and rely on an ad hoc collection of handwritten notes, stuff in OneNote, and e-mail to keep track of it all. There has to be a better way -- and there is. I recently ...
We've made much ado here in recent months about the cataclysmic financial conditions, and we're always on the lookout for stuff to help you get your next job. I was thus quite happy to see that MakeUseOf recently rounded up a slew of Web sites with free resume templates you can download and use w...
Having trouble sending a large attachment through your company's size-stingy mail server? Try switching over to your Gmail account. The maximum Gmail attachment size is now an impressive 25MB. Of course, that's only half the equation: The recipient's mail server must support attachments of th...
If your appetite was sufficiently whetted by last week's video peek at Firefox 3.5, get ready to feast: Firefox 3.5 is now available for download. In case you missed the video, here's a quick overview of what's new in this fairly major update: Available in more than 70 languages. (Get you...
Remember the Pepsi Challenge? You'd sip soda out of unmarked containers, only to discover that Pepsi tasted better despite your longtime preference for Coke. Blind Search is a mash-up that is doing for search engines what the Pepsi Challenge did for cola. Enter a search term at Blind Search, and ...
Word has some many features that no one ever uses about 80% of them. But that doesn't mean they're not incredibly useful -- it's just that most of them remain relatively undiscovered. Did you know, for example, that you can embed a watermark (like your company logo, or the word "draft") in the bac...
Calling all spreadsheet jockeys: The Pointy Haired Dilbert blog has seven productivity boosters for Excel, all of them based on double-clicking in places you probably never though to double-click. For example, did you know that 2x-clicking the Office button (the big icon in the upper-left corner)...
So you made it through the week with only one regret: You didn't spend as much time perusing Business Hacks as you wanted to. No worries: We've corralled some of the most killerest posts from the past seven days. Read 'em and geek! Find a Job Fast at TweetMyJobs 5 Tips for Buying an Ergonomic ...
The open beta for Microsoft's Security Essentials came and went like a thief in the night. Which is too bad, because it's hard to find an article that didn't like the program; every review I've found complimented both its effectiveness at finding malicious software and the overall performance and fo...
Are you a small business with 5 PCs or less? Then you qualify for the chance to get a free copy of Office 2010 in exchange for what sounds like a combination of beta testing and a PR opportunity. If you're selected, Microsoft will supply you with the Tech Preview version of Office 2010 on a l...
What price Windows 7? That's been the question for the last few months, and Microsoft has finally dished out some answers. For starters, if you buy a PC starting tomorrow, June 26, you're eligible for a free upgrade (assuming the vendor is participating in the program -- check first). If you e...
Still waiting to see if the Palm Pre has what it takes to become your next phone? For many people, it all comes down to the app selection, so come with me and take a short visual tour of the Pre's App Catalog (Palm's name for the in-phone app store). Start the tour in the Pre's Card View We...
Most of the time, security means password protecting Windows itself, and perhaps bolting your computer hardware to the desk. But there are any number of scenarios in which programs and data might be exposed to unauthorized personnel. For those situations, consider using Empathy to encrypt and passwo...
The latest version of Firefox, 3.5, is pretty close to release. Rather than reading some dull list of new features, why not watch this three-minute video? It spotlights the highlights of Firefox 3.5. I have to admit I'm dubious about claims that Firefox 3.5 is "much faster," as I've never fou...
Arguably one of the best free IT tools of all time, Spiceworks provides network management and monitoring, a user helpdesk, equipment inventory, and more. The just-released Spiceworks 4.0 makes a good thing even better. Here's a rundown of just a few of the new and improved features: You...
