Imagine this: a laptop that is more durable than traditional models while also being lighter and thinner. On the surface it sounds like a concept that consumers would latch onto. Yet as Rich wrote last month, Ultrabooks haven’t caught on. Ultrabook shipments will likely reach just half of the 2012 estimate, and the 2013 estimates have already been cut....

Scanning is the process by which an image is converted into digital information. Unlike photocopying, scanning does not simply make a reproduction of an image, but must convert the image into a different kind of information as well. The first scanning technology was developed back in the 1930’s, and the first picture was scanned in 1957. The earliest scanners...

In this day and age of high-tech, the notion that our offices and businesses still need to rely on paper as much as they do is just wrong. Whether you want to use the environmentalist argument, or just the one about clutter – the reasons for going paperless are many. For me, it has more to do with the overhead and annoyance of storing paper files....

Up until now, Microsoft Security Essentials was only licensed for personal and home office computers, but now Microsoft is loosening up the restrictions to allow commercial use for up to 10 small business machines. [W]e are extremely excited today to let you know that Microsoft is making its Microsoft Security Essentials available to small businesses on up to 10...

The United States as well as all other countries that use currency put a very good effort into making physical money look distinctive. Even though money is become more and more electronic as time goes on, plain physical tender is something that won’t ever go away because it’s required in order for a monetary system to work. My personal favorite as...

Seth Godin is a pretty well known book author in the business market. His books are prolific and most people interested in business have probably heard of him. He has written 12 best-selling books. Well, he made some waves this week by publicly declaring he would no longer publish books in print format. In his upcoming interview with MediaBistro, he...

Company logos are something we always see but don’t pay much attention to, however you know a logo works when upon seeing it you instantly know what the company is and what they make. Most tech companies do not change their logos often because it costs serious dollars to rebrand the entire product line. When they do change, it usually signifies a...

Even though the internet as a business medium is still see as the "Wild, Wild West" by many, it has established itself as a genuine means of conducting good, solid business. Something to bear in mind is that advertising on the internet now has evolved quite a bit. In the past, ads were quite literally just thrown out on the internet in one-for-all...

Not all PCMech readers are full of joy and happiness. Many are IT administrators, meaning they deal with whiny annoying "customers" every day. As such, they’re pretty darned bitter. We at PCMech recognize this and have introduced a new Dark Side membership program. It includes the following: A snazzy new white uniform, complete with laser rifle: ...

This is a guest post by Elisabeta Ghidiu. VPNs are a common subject these days and they are being used both by home users and companies. From a company point of view, when we think of a Virtual Private Network we think of an intelligent tunnel that encrypts data at the IP level and send the information from one network to another over a public TCP/IP...