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In the workplace, people lie all the time. (Actually, people lie all the time everywhere, but let's stick with work for now.) They tell you that they've done stuff when they haven't, that they understand stuff when they don't, and that they will do stuff they have no plans to do. So how do you ...
Comodo Firewall Pro has earned a place in the pantheon of must-have security tools for small businesses, independent contractors, and notebook-toting professionals. This free utility promises to protect your PC from outside attacks and prevent it from transmitting information should it someho...
There are several Web services designed to help you arrange meetings, but few match the simplicity of ScheduleOnce. Without so much as a registering, you can set up a meeting, specify a timeframe, and determine who can suggest times for the meeting: you, the invitees, or both. With that done, you ge...
A recent update to Google Docs added a minor but decidedly worthwhile feature: headers and footers. Now, when you click the Insert tab, you'll see options for both on the right side of the toolbar. Click either one, enter your header or footer text, and you're done! Unfortunately, you can't yet ...
Exciting news for owners of Windows Mobile smartphones: WMWifiRouter lets you turn your handset into a Wi-Fi access point, able to share its high-speed Internet connection with one or more nearby notebooks. Traditionally, leveraging your phone's modem capabilities involved a process known as t...
Ever wonder what's eating all the space on your hard drive? Maybe you've got mammoth video files tucked away in places you've forgotten. Xinorbis provides a detailed analysis of the contents of local drives, network drives, and even individual directories. It can show not only what files occupy the ...
Obvious Truth #703: When you feel weak, tired, sluggish, etc., your productivity takes a nosedive. How can you keep that from happening? Dumb Little Man offers 10 energy zappers to avoid, including: Sugar. Avoid it. If you must eat sweets try to combine it with fiber which slows the absorption o...
Here's a little-known but decidedly handy feature that's built into Google Toolbar: Select a few lines of text in any Web page, right-click it, and then choose Send To > SMS. That'll bring up a Google Send to Phone box, where you can enter the recipient's cell number (you also need to know the c...
A good screen-capture utility is essential for bloggers, site developers, graphic designers, PR folks, and anyone else needing to incorporate images in their print and/or online media. Screengrab, a Firefox extension, lets you capture just about anything in your browser window: the entire page, just...
Liveblogging was once a nifty way for political and sports bloggers to increase pageviews—readers following along with a speech or game would continually refresh to get a pundit's take on the action. Now, though, the practice has been extended to all sorts of pursuits, and small business conf...
We spend a lot of time talking about online word processors, spreadsheets, and presentation apps, but what about databases? They tend to get the short shrift, though that's probably because they're relatively few in number and not as widely used. Still, for a group of workers looking to share inform...
If you were excited by the September launch of Google Presentations but a bit underwhelmed by the feature set of this online-PowerPoint wannabe, here's good news: Google just unveiled a bunch of new features. You can see them for yourself in the embedded presentation above, which itself is one of th...
InfoSpace Find It is the latest in a long line of "mobile concierge" apps, which promise easy access to information, business listings, driving directions, and the like. But this one has a few amenities not found in the likes of Google Maps for Mobile and Windows Live Search, most notably its spoke...
Tired of that rat's nest of computer cables snaking all around and under your desk? Head to the supply closet and pull out some big binder clips. Turns out they're ideal for reducing cord clutter. As described by Flickr user lihab, all you do is remove one "arm" from a clip, slip a cable into it, an...
There are lots of ways to get reminders. Online to-do-list services like Remember The Milk, for instance, can send scheduled reminders via e-mail, SMS, or instant message. And then there's HassleMe, which sends repeating reminders via e-mail at specified intervals. But for sheer speed and simpli...
