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A couple of weeks ago, I lamented the fact that there weren't any commercially available external hard drives that simply plug into our PCs and automatically and regularly back up everything. It turns out that such a device has just been developed. A new company, called Rebit, has creat...
Putting your email address up online is an invitation for spammers to scrape it and bombard you with offers for penis enlargements. But often times you'll want certain people to be able to get in touch with you, so it's nice to have contact information you can leave up the web. Contactify ...
If you run—or work for—a small business, you'll often find yourself wondering whether other folks have encountered the same issues you have. More importantly, you wonder how they've solved their problems. There are lots of places to look for answers, but sometimes it's nice t...
One of the coolest things about the new features that Google recently released is something called "My Maps." It lets you create your own maps—including landmarks, routes, etc.— and share them with whomever you want. Just sign up for a Gmail account (which should have anyway)...
A few months ago, I told you about DesktopTwo, a nifty (free!) online personal computing environment that you can access from anywhere and lets you upload and download files quickly. Sometimes, though, I'd like to be able to access much more than the two gigs of space that DesktopTwo allows. ...
A few months ago, I mentioned that Windows Vista users can increase the read cache of their PCs—thus speeding up loading times for start up and other applications—by plugging in spare flash drives. The ReadyBoost function of Vista that allows users to take advantage of this trick is fini...
Despite what most manufacturers would have you believe, your inkjet printer is not going to implode if you use third-party ink cartridges in it. Desktop printers are so cheap now based in part on the fact that the big brands expect to stick it to you later down the line with outrageously priced re...
If Woot, Dealhack, Cool Tools, and ThinkGeek haven't given you enough ideas as to where to blow your money on the latest gadgets, try TechBargains, a site devoted to ferreting out the latest and best deals on everything electronica. Unlike the other sites mentioned above, TechBargains doesn...
Perhaps you've heard that it's not exactly the most hygienic thing in the world to eat at your desk. CNN tells us that our desks are hundreds of times dirtier than our toilets, and that's based on real science (that just happens to be sponsored by Clorox). But even if retiring ...
If you've got a cameraphone with more than one megapixel resolution, then you can take advantage of a cool free service called scanR. It lets you take photos of whiteboards, business cards, and documents and upload them via email to its website, where it cleans up the images and presents t...
I've never really understood why it is so upsetting to so many people to get "spammed" by colleagues. Other types of spam—for say, Hoodia or fake online degrees—are obviously unwanted, but mildly relevant bulk emails from groups or people I'm associated with in some...
Sure, we all know that we should be backing up all of our files regularly. And, given that storage has dropped below a dollar per gigabyte, there are certainly no space constraints anymore. But even using the "system tools" menu on our PC to create a regularly scheduled backup to a g...
Have you ever wanted to poll a group to get their thoughts on an event they attended? Maybe you cobbled something together in Microsoft Word and sent it via e-mail. That may work fine if you only had a handful of folks you want to reach, but is it really worth your time to collate all the responses ...
I've long since stopped using 411 as a resource when I'm on the go. It's pretty expensive, and Google's free text message service is almost as fast and doesn't require me to wait on the line. (I just SMS my request to 466453.) Recently, Google integrated this service with fligh...
If you haven't mastered the Wiki yet, but like the idea of sharing online documents and spreadsheets with your colleagues, your Google account is the gateway to several easy-to-use tools. The Google Docs and Spreadsheets homepage offers a guided tour, but Microsoft Word and Excel users should fe...
