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. If you only have a one...

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 have the “Good News” series (view it...

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 a good programmer“. Although this article focuses on programmers, I believe the...

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 (which also exists but online-only) had a truly...

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 of features (listed on their website) and praised by...

One thing which really amazes me is how many people use (extremely) ‘relaxed’ language in professional communications. Be it email, memos or data entry notes, whenever you are communicating as a professional, take the time to use proper case, punctuation and spell check. It can be a really poor reflection on yourself if you do not. I’m not...

If you are ever considering testing the web hosting market, unless you service a niche market, you almost have to have a ‘control panel’ available to your users. When you do your research, you will quickly see these are not cheap. If you have several customers already, this is typically not a problem, but if you are starting from ground zero price...

So if you haven’t heard, RadioShack will be changing its name to simply, "The Shack". This change will either increase brand awareness and breathe new life into the company, or go over like a lead zeppelin and do nothing for the company whatsoever. When a company makes the huge decision to change its name, the public either accepts it or...

If you own a domain name (or several) which you depend on, go ahead and lock them down for the long term by renewing your registration for several (i.e. 5 or more) years. The cost, typically, is relatively minimal and you insure your domain ownership will not lapse. If you operate a business, having your domain name lapse is disastrous. Not only do you lose your...

If you make use of Outlook’s contact management functionality, over time you may accumulate duplicate entries as you sync with your mobile device, contacts move companies, additional data is imported or [insert reason here]. If this is the case and you are looking for a tool to help remove the duplicates then check out Contacts Scrubber for...