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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Continuing my recent trend of posting tips regarding virtualization, if you are utilizing virtual machines (VMs) heavily, a tool you might want to consider is Microsoft Virtual Server 2005. This tool offers much more with regards to resource allocation than Virtual PC (such as the ability to bind processors to VMs) and is completely free. [...]
Windows 7 is out, and along with it a whole new batch of commercials to tell us how great it is. I’m not going to bash Windows 7, which by all accounts seems to be a huge improvement over Windows Vista. However, Microsoft’s advertising department thus far is living down to its reputation. First, we [...]
For those of you either hiring programmers / IT people or looking to get a job in this type of field you are probably aware there are tons of people available. So how do you recognize / know if you are a good one? A great article to help answer this is “How to recogni[z]e [...]
Many moons ago there used to be several electronics store chains that were truly good at what they did. Back in New England where I grew up, Massachusetts had quite a few of them both regional and national, such as Tweeter, Nobody Beats the Wiz! (which still exists,) Fretter and so on. Even Service Merchandise [...]
If you run a blog and do not like using the built in web editor which comes with the system, a desktop editor is the way to go. You have probably seen Microsoft’s Live Writer mentioned on this site as some people’s editor of choice, but another client to consider is BlogJet. BlogJet offers loads [...]
