Brian Livingston has more than 30 years' experience as a computer manager and technology writer. His latest book is Muscular Portfolios. He is also the author or co-author of 11 books on Windows software.
If you switch to Outlook 2007 from some earlier Microsoft e-mail program -- such as Outlook 2003 or Outlook Express -- many of the messages you receive...
Rechargeable batteries are a great idea. Who wouldn't want to use batteries that would last years and years, with a few periodic rechargings?
Up until now, however,...
Most of us don't carry a laptop projector with us when we travel -- but that might change with the emergence of new technology that allows projectors...
Affiliate marketing -- the practice of allowing thousands of small Web sites to send potential buyers to your e-business site -- is entering a renaissance of sorts.
I...
LAS VEGAS -- It seems like everyone is buzzing about "Web 2.0." This catch-all phrase is usually used to explain fast-growing portals, such as MySpace and YouTube,...
The recent Consumer Electronics Show (CES), which was held in Las
Vegas earlier this month, focused enormous media attention on really BIG
subjects, like which vendor was...
Here’s Part Two of our year-end “Greatest Hits” collection of Executive Tech columns – all readers’ favorites. Happy holidays!
IE 7 Unbalances QuickBooks
If you install IE 7,...
Here’s a year-end “Greatest Hits” collection of Executive Tech columns. Next week we’ll post another bunch of readers’ favorites. Happy holidays!
How to Know When Unsubscribing Isn't...
Screaming headlines in the past few days have proclaimed that unsolicited bulk e-mail -- known universally as spam -- has broken all known records. But is...
It isn't often that you see a technology -- or a Christmas gift --
that's appropriate for pre-teens, retired people, and truck drivers.
These groups are all...
A major U.S. Internet service provider (ISP) plans to offer a novel security technology to its millions of customers within the next month.
EarthLink, based in Atlanta,...