Monday, June 30, 2008

New IRS midyear mileage rates

Effective July 1, 2008, the Internal Revenue Service is increasing the standard mileage rates. This.... [click for full entry]

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Google maps for business

Google Blogoscoped has a tutorial on How to Add Your Business to Google Maps: By.... [click for full entry]

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Thursday, June 12, 2008

New GMail features

Last week, Google's Gmail team rolled out Gmail Labs. As of this writing there are.... [click for full entry]

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Tweaking Vista [updated]

ZDnet's Ed Bott has put together some great, and easy, tweaks for Windows Vista. Part.... [click for full entry]

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Sunday, June 08, 2008

Google for the office [updated]

I just wanted to put a link here for Google Apps, which I have now.... [click for full entry]

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Thursday, June 05, 2008

Taking office supplies to the next level

Lifehacks has a useful roundup of their Top 10 Office Supply Hacks. One of my.... [click for full entry]

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Saturday, October 28, 2006

E-discovery

I worry about e-discovery. No, I didn't miss a deadline. And, no, it really has.... [click for full entry]

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Friday, September 15, 2006

Corel thinking ahead to Windows Vista

Article from the September 2006 issue of WordPerfect Expert newsletter: Thinking About Windows Vista? Corel.... [click for full entry]

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Thursday, September 14, 2006

Taking Xdrive for a spin

I'm giving AOL's online backup service, Xdrive, a try. First of all, I should state.... [click for full entry]

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Monday, September 11, 2006

Finding out what slows down Windows [Updated]

Three part article from the PC Spy, entitled, What Slows Windows Down?. To be honest,.... [click for full entry]

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Saturday, September 02, 2006

From today's mailbag

Judy sends this question: My computer has started using Word perfect as the default program.... [click for full entry]

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Saturday, July 08, 2006

Password protect an entire folder on your computer

UPDATE July 16, 2006: As of now, this is no more. See: CNET: Microsoft shutters.... [click for full entry]

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Thursday, June 15, 2006

Some of my favorite reports

David Swanner of the South Carolina Law Blog sends out a call for reports in.... [click for full entry]

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Wednesday, June 07, 2006

Know what's running on your PC

Ever wonder what processes are running on your PC? ProcessLibrary.com is a free information library.... [click for full entry]

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Saturday, May 20, 2006

Undocumented MS Word exploit

UPDATED The PC Doctor is all over this unfortunate situation. Basically, an e-mail attachment that.... [click for full entry]

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Sunday, April 30, 2006

Google calendar

I've been using Google Calendar for a couple weeks, now. So far, so good. StopDesign.... [click for full entry]

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Sunday, April 02, 2006

Lots more Windows shortcuts

We're rolling in it now. Some of these were previously mentioned in Keyboard shortcuts for.... [click for full entry]

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Saturday, March 25, 2006

Keyboard shortcuts for Windows

We're always on the lookout for ways to make our work go faster. One way.... [click for full entry]

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Sunday, March 05, 2006

Reformatting and reinstalling Windows XP

Let's hope the day never arrives when, for whatever reason, we have to reformat our.... [click for full entry]

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Sunday, February 12, 2006

E-mail tips

Guy Kawasaki, famed author and speaker, sets out 12 - 13 - 14 essential e-mail.... [click for full entry]

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Wednesday, February 08, 2006

Check your file associations

A couple days ago, an unknown person sent me this question via instant messenger: Word.... [click for full entry]

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Saturday, January 21, 2006

New Year computer security tips

Getting back to where I left off before the release of WordPerfect X3, here's another.... [click for full entry]

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