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Unusual browsers are nothing new. Whether it's Opera, Cuil, or Melzoo, there's always someone hoping to improve upon Google. This time, though, it's something special: Cooliris lets you flick through the Web visually, as if you were a character in Minority Report. Indeed, this is the firs...
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: open-source software. Can a business run effectively on the cheap/free stuff, or do issues like training, compatibility, and support negate the initial s...
Do you ever wish your documents could distinguish between the letter O and the number 0 more clearly with one of those fancy zeros with a slash through it? Well, you can, and it's easy to do. Windows Fanatics has a short tutorial on how to create the slashed zero in Word (they claim it's for Word 20...
Meeting in person is so 20th Century. That's why many offices rely on instant messaging software to let people chat without the need to book a conference room. If your office is still meeting like it's 1999, though, you can use TinyChat to set up temporary chat rooms using easy-to-share tiny URLs. ...
Good news, Google Docs users: The TableTools extension for Firefox lets you sort tables, a capability that's currently missing from the Docs word processor. Alex from Google Operating System explains how to use TableTools: To use the extension, you need to right-click on the table and select...
Need to send a large file attachment? We've long been fans of the YouSendIt plug-in for Outlook, which taps that service from within your e-mail client. Now Adobe is getting in on the big-attachment act with the Acrobat.com Outlook Plugin. Surprisingly, it's free, and you get 5GB of online storage t...
Web mail is great, but to be perfectly honest, I like to be able to view all my mail accounts -- Hotmail, Gmail, and others -- in Outlook. Since the dawn of time, Hotmail has been a thorn in my side, forcing me to visit the Web for my latest mail. At long last, you can now pull your Hotmail messages...
You've probably heard of pivot tables and just kind of ignored them, since they sound pretty complicated and it's not even clear what they do. The reality is that you can create pivot tables from almost any kind of spreadsheet to better visualize your data and see hidden relationships that help you ...
Apple just took the wraps off iPhone OS 3.0, which brings a number of interesting updates and features to everybody's favorite phone. Here's a list of six that should prove mighty welcome to business users: Cut, Copy, and Paste Hard to believe it took so long for Apple to roll out this feature, ...
It's an age-old problem: You want to stay fit, but your days are so packed, it's impossible to find time for exercise. Fortunately, there's a great workout you can do in just five minutes, and you don't need to go any farther than your own cubicle. Learn how in this short video starring Mike Rowe...
So you've just delivered a killer PowerPoint presentation to the marketing team, and, as you bask in the glory of a job well done, someone approaches you and says, "Hey, Tim, I'd love for the folks in Dublin to see this. Can you please convert this to video, add some narration, and post it on the co...
Didn't remember to plan for the big presentation you had to deliver on Monday morning? Wanted to track a stock but forgot to open your financial software? Looking to get pinged about something you're buying? Or selling? The weather? There's almost nothing that Trackle can't notify you about via e-ma...
If you believe the rumor mill, a Windows 7 release candidate (a.k.a. the more-or-less-final version of the OS) will hit the e-streets by the end of April. What changes should you expect? The Engineering Windows blog lists 27 changes to Windows 7 since the last batch of 36 changes was announced just ...
With so many NCAA basketball tournaments on display last week, we can understand if you missed a few Business Hacks posts. (Note to Dave: Basketball is a sport involving two teams, a round ball, and a net. It's something men play.) Here's a roundup of last week's non-conference winners: Find Wor...
Do you like to be nagged? Sometimes even a to-do list isn't quite enough; if you're on the go, a friendly phone call telling you to what needs to be done might be just what the doctor ordered. For times like that, let rminder call your phone with voice messages about to-dos and appointments. ...
