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I have something of a love/hate relationship with daily exercise, snow storms, and Outlook. My entire life revolves around that program, but it can be sluggish and bloated (just like me when I don't exercise). It also occasionally suffers unexplained connectivity problems. The usual way to deal ...
Much as we prefer to go paperless around these parts, where calendars are concerned, sometimes you need the real deal. The How-To Geek shows you how to use Outlook to print blank calendars, the kind you fill in yourself using those oldfangled pen thingies. It's an incredibly easy process: You sim...
If your life is feeling a little scattered and randomized, it's not necessarily a symptom of an impending nervous breakdown. It's possible that you're just looking in too many places for all of your e-mail and contact information. Alleviate some of your frustration with the just-released update t...
Here's some surprising news: Google is stopping development on Google Notebook. If you've been using the service to cull, keep, and organize information from the Web, it's time to consider another solution. Relax, you've got time: While Google will close the door on new users starting next week, ...
Dan Ripoll is a Hedge Fund Manager and Co-Founder of Aeon Capital, an alternative investment management firm that has developed a unique investment strategy enabling participation in global trends while effectively preserving capital in difficult markets. In these turbulent economic times, Dan discu...
I use my e-mail inbox as a kind of to-do list, leaving "actionable" messages marked as unread so I remember to act on them. But if I get too much mail, those messages get pushed down the list and out of sight. (I never said it was a great system.) The smarter solution: Use flags to track conversatio...
When I was 12, doing research meant walking 2 miles to the library (uphill, of course) and then photocopying pages out of the encyclopedia at 10 cents a pop. These days, I spend all my time clipping notes from the Web while blasting Nirvana on my iPod. I'm always looking for a good way to store an...
In a bizarre move, Apple, which has been trying to green its image recently, will not be issuing a formal corporate social responsibility report, if its board gets its way. Reports Greenbiz.com: The company issued a proxy filing last Wednesday in which it urged shareholders to vote against a ...
Looking for a simple way to generate revenue on your Web site? How about getting paid just for your links? I know it sounds like some sort of wacky voodoo, but Adjix is a link-shrinking service that pays you for ads that appear when visitors click through your links. When you shrink a link, you c...
Don't tell my bosses, but it turns out I spend a decent chunk of the day surfing non-work-related Web sites. In my defense, that's after my work is done, but it's still an eye-opener. I came to this realization by way of FruitfulTime ProductivityMeter, a free tool that provides real-time acti...
Windows 7 is already the biggest technology story of 2009, and probably will be for the rest of the year. Obviously we want to do our part to keep you informed, but there's such a thing as overkill. After all, it's still a beta at this point, meaning it won't be widely adopted by business users for ...
Getting rid of stuff you no longer need or want is increasingly a problem. Recently, Rick told us about nine ways to trade your old gadgets for cash, but his single-minded focus on cold, hard coin led him to miss an awesome recycle option that thrives on giving back to the community. Freecycle is ...
Want to drive more traffic to your site? Try the digital equivalent of catnip: embedded videos, slideshows, documents, and the like. Digital Inspiration shows you how to embed almost anything in your Web site. There's more stuff here than you might think. The author covers common embeddables like...
Is there really room in the world for yet another search engine? After all, we already have Google, Yahoo, and Live Search (I assume that Cuil was just some sort of practical joke gone horribly wrong). But don't be so quick to discount newcomers: MelZoo is an innovative search engine that displays r...
The length of your fingers may indicate whether you have what it takes to be successful in business, according to a new study at the University of Cambridge in England. Here is the surprising synopsis from the AP. Researchers at the University of Cambridge in England report that men with lo...
