Monthly Archives: December 2011
Tech Thoughts Daily Net News – December 11, 2011
Choose Your Defender! 10 Anti-Virus Programs Reviewed and Compared: We test 10 of the most popular AV programs lock, stock, and barrel! – Selecting an Internet security suite is a lot like plodding through a Choose‑Your‑Own‑Adventure book. Remember those? The … Continue reading
Filed under Internet Security Alerts, Tech Net News
We Didn’t Need The “Green Thing” Back In The Day
Last night, while I was out gallivanting, I happened to overhear a 60ish fellow losing badly (to a group of the “barely wet behind the ears” generation), in that now age old argument – “the older generation really screwed up … Continue reading
Filed under Opinion
Tech Thoughts Daily Net News – December 10, 2011
Geek.com’s Guide to the new Xbox 360 Dashboard – Microsoft pushed a major update to the Xbox 360 this week and Geek.com has all the details. The new interface comes with a Metro-derived interface, cloud storage, social hooks, voice integration, … Continue reading
Filed under Internet Security Alerts, Tech Net News
WinPatrol Plus – ONLY $5 This Weekend
I’m often asked to describe the security applications I run on my primary home machine and, I’ll occasionally post an article which does just that. Regular readers will have noticed, that consistent with that old aphorism “the only constant is … Continue reading
Tech Thoughts Daily Net News – December 9, 2011
The Rise of Evernote–and Why You Should Take Note – With the advent of the smartphone and mobile tablets, there was a need for something that would synchronize all of this previously useless information across all of our devices. Evernote … Continue reading
Filed under Internet Security Alerts, Tech Net News
The Fundamental Principle Of Safe Surfing – Think “Common Sense”
So what can you add to your computer’s Firewall, Security Applications, and Browser security add-ons to ensure you have the best protection available while you’re surfing the web? Well, how about something that’s free, and readily available? Something called “Common … Continue reading
Banning Office Email? Seriously?
Guest writer Melanie Slaugh reports on Thierry Breton’s (a past French Minister of Economy, Finance and Industry) startling suggestion – ban interoffice emails. Is he being unrealistic or, is he a forward thinker? Read on – see what you think. … Continue reading
Filed under Collaboration, Communication, Email, Guest Writers
Metia/Seattle’s Andrew Martin Lays Out 2012’s Mobile Trends And Predictions
Metia/Seattle’s Andrew Martin, takes a look at the shifts and changes we’re likely to see in the connected devices marketplace in 2012 in his insightful peek into the future. Checkout Andrew’s list of mobile trends and predictions – see if … Continue reading
Filed under Mobile Applications, Guest Writers, Connected Devices, Opinion
Tech Thoughts Daily Net News – December 8, 2011
$99 Ice Cream Sandwich Tablet to Debut in US – The game-changing tablet could shake up the market just like the Kindle Fire did with its debut in November. The Novo7 doesn’t skimp on specs and cut corners at every … Continue reading
Filed under Internet Security Alerts, Tech Net News
ElfYourself – That’s right (Go ElfYourself)!
Again this year, as they have for the last 5/6 years or so, OfficeMax is offering the charmingly humorous ElfYourself, an online animated Christmas greeting creation tool. Working with ElfYourself is actually a bit of fun, and while the end … Continue reading
