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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: dialing and driving. More and more states are ordering drivers to put down their phones. For many businesspeople, that's a tough act-of-government to swa...
Google just took the wraps off a kick-ass new addition to its bread-and-butter search engine: Search Options are tools that let you "slice and dice" your results to produce new, more targeted views. Watch and learn: To access Search Options, just click the eponymous link at the top of your se...
Thanks to the various online collaboration tools out there, you have one less way to contract Swine Flu. Throwing its hat into the let's-avoid-touching-or-meeting-face-to-face ring: Collaber, a shared collaboration space that tries to replace a bevy of communication and sharing services, including...
Prepare to be jealous: We've got ourselves a Verizon MiFi. In case you missed our post from last week, the MiFi is a compact, freestanding 3G modem card that doubles as a Wi-Fi router. It has the potential to be a killer accessory for road warriors, especially those who frequently need to share Inte...
If you have a pulse, you have passwords. Probably a lot of passwords. But how secure are they? You probably already know some obvious passwords tips, like avoiding names, dates, and personally identifiable numbers like zip codes and your SSN. But now you can test your password strength with Microsof...
I've never been impressed with Twitter as a micro-blogging site -- I simply don't want to read Rick's witty observations about his lunch -- but even I will admit that it has its uses, like getting tweets from the Mars Rovers. Now there are even better ways to use Twitter, like as a remote control ...
We know that an increasing number of companies are vetting potential employees by examining their social-network profiles -- meaning if you're not careful, Facebook could cost you a job. But could it go the other way? Could social networking actually help you land work? Yes indeedy. PC World has ...
There are a lot of unexpected goodies in Internet Explorer 8, Microsoft's newest browser. One of them is the ability to open multiple, independent sessions simultaneously -- which lets you log onto Web sites that track your identity in different tabs. Suppose you have Gmail open in your browser ...
Happy day! Kick-ass information-management service Evernote is now available for BlackBerry. I suspect I could end the post right there and just watch the 'Berry crowd turn cartwheels down the street, but I'll fill in the blanks (and show an amusing little promo video) for those unacquainted with...
Windows Vista was designed not for the computer people already had, but for the computer Microsoft expected they would soon own. (Surely everyone would rush out to buy a new Vista-equipped system, right?) So what's the story with Windows 7? Well, you can find out if your current PC will run Windows ...
Before you drop $359 on a Kindle 2 or $489 on a Kindle DX, ask yourself this question: What does a Kindle have that your netbook doesn't? Granted, a Kindle is thinner and lighter, and its battery lasts a lot longer on a charge. But netbooks have bigger, brighter, backlit screens (in color, no les...
The big news last week? The Windows 7 Release Candidate, of course. It's fully functional until March of next year and partially functional until June. So you get almost a full year to test-drive the new OS. Nice! Here's a sample of the Windows 7 and other newsworthy posts from last week: Five F...
By all accounts, Windows 7 is only a few months away. If you've snagged your own copy of the Release Candidate, you've seen many of the subtle enhancements and tweaks that are starting to define Windows 7 as one of Redmond's most tantalizing entries in the Windows family. Follow along as we go...
Whether you have a sluggish PC or a lethargic netbook, I feel your pain. Opening a lumbering word processor like Word or OpenOffice can be a slow ordeal, especially if all you want to do is read a document -- not edit it. Sounds like you should install TextMaker Viewer, a free text viewer compatible...
Quite possibly the most lust-inducing gadget we've seen all year, the Verizon MiFi 2200 is a portable Wi-Fi hotspot. Though barely larger than a credit card, the MiFi taps Verizon's 3G network (EV-DO Rev. A, if you're interested) for broadband-level Internet access, then shares that access with u...
