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Five Productivity-Boosting Windows Sidebar Gadgets
Following Dave's post about Amnesty Generator, the tool that lets you add any gadget to the Windows Sidebar, I thought I'd round up some gadgets that can help boost your productivity. Here's a list of five favorites: Control System with Clock Lock, power...
Tags: Google Gmail, Windows Sidebar, Microsoft Windows, Gadget, E-mail Providers, Cloud Computing, Mice, Web Browsers, Processors, Internet, Hardware, Peripherals, Semiconductors, Components, Rick Broida
Blog posts 2009-04-10

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Amnesty Generator Adds Any Gadget or Widget to the Vista Sidebar
I'm a big fan of Vista Sidebar gadgets -- and I like the Sidebar-less Windows 7 gadgets even more. My major complaint? There just aren't enough good gadgets available. That's okay; Amnesty Generator makes thousands of existing widgets compatible with Windows. Amnesty Generator...
Tags: Vista Sidebar, Gadget, Amnesty Generator, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Dave Johnson
Blog posts 2009-04-10
What you need to know about Windows 7
What if a new version of Windows didn't try to dazzle you? What if, instead, it tried to disappear except when you needed it? Such an operating system would dispense with glitzy effects in favor of low-key, useful new features. Rather than pelting you with alerts, warnings, and requests, it...
Tags: Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 7, Icon
News items 2009-10-19
Windows 7 beta ready to go
Windows 7 is going into public beta, Microsoft head Steve Ballmer announced at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas late on Wednesday.The first beta version of the successor to Windows Vista is immediately available as a downloadable disk image to MSDN, TechBeta, and TechNet subscribers, while the general public...
News items 2009-08-07
Windows 7: like Vista, but good
Windows 7's many small changes add up a much better product – the best version of Windows you can get, in fact The first thing you'll notice about Windows 7 is that it looks like Vista. It also works like Vista, in the sense that it has the...
Tags: Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 7
News items 2009-10-22
Travelocity's Roaming Gnome Features First-Ever Desktop FareWatcher Sidebar
Personal Shopping Tool Allows Consumers to Hone in on Relevant Deals Faster and Easier Through New Windows Vista Sidebar
Tags: Travelocity.com LP
Research articles 2007-03-12
Add Zoho Apps to Google, Facebook, Etc. with Zoho Gadgets
Zoho continues to crank out the goodies. Zoho Gadgets are mini versions of various Zoho apps that you can embed in online services like iGoogle, Gmail, and Facebook. First out of the gadget gate: Zoho Contacts, Zoho Calendar, Zoho Docs, Zoho Mail, Zoho Planner, and Zoho Tasks....
Tags: Google Inc., Facebook, Zoho, Zoho Gadgets, E-mail Providers, Cloud Computing, Blogging, Internet, Rick Broida
Blog posts 2009-04-16
Patch Tuesday: Microsoft plugs IE 'drive-by download' security holes
Microsoft today shipped six bulletins with patches for a total of 12 documented security vulnerabilities in a wide range of widely deployed software products.  Three of the six bulletins are rated "critical," Microsoft's highest severity rating. The most serious issues affect the company's Internet Explorer browser, including the newest IE...
Tags: Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Internet Explorer, Vulnerability
News items 2009-12-08
Google Chrome 4: Yes, it's fast, but is it usable?
By Scott M. Fulton, III , Betanews If, as Google says, a Web browser is not so much an application but a platform upon which a new class of applications may be built, then that platform must provide support . It...
Tags: Google Inc., Web Browser, Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox
News items 2009-11-06
Improve Your Productivity with a Desktop Search Program
I'm no fan of Windows Vista, but it does have one killer feature that's almost worth the price of admission: built-in desktop search. Click the Start button or hit the Windows key on your keyboard, then start typing: Vista produces instant search results from your documents, e-mail...
Tags: Rick Broida, Search, Copernic, Desktop Search, Desktop
Blog posts 2007-10-08
How to Use Your Mac in a Corporate Environment
Good news, Mac users: You no longer have to feel like the red-headed stepchild when you bring your MacBook to the office. Digital Inspiration outlines six ways to make Macs play nice with Windows networks. For example, here's how to access network drives from a Mac:...
Tags: Apple Macintosh, Network, Environment, Server, Desktops, Microsoft Windows, Networking, Hardware, Operating Systems, Software, Rick Broida
Blog posts 2009-08-26
Get a Dose of Dilbert on Your Desktop Every Day
I love Scott Adam's cynical, vaguely trippy perspective on the cubicle universe. But I've gone months at a time forgetting to read the strip, because I just don't think to visit the official Dilbert Web site. I've found a better solution. If you're running...
Tags: Strip, Gadget, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows, Desktops, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Dave Johnson
Blog posts 2009-03-05
Strategy in a ‘Structural Break'
During hard times, a structural break in the economy is an opportunity in disguise. To survive—and, eventually, to flourish—companies must learn to exploit it. There is nothing like a crisis to clarify the mind. In suddenly volatile and different times, you must have...
Tags: Break, Capital Structures, Economy, Finance, Financial-services Industry, Functions, Management, McKinsey, Mortgages, Strategic Thinking, Strategy
Articles 2009-01-12
In Depth: 10 ways to use social media to get a new job
Traditionally it was employers who had to make themselves visible when looking to fill vacancies – posting adverts in the press, then choosing a pool of candidates from a veritable tsunami of applicants. But not any more. There's mounting evidence that personnel specialists are now scouring social...
Tags: Facebook, Social Media, Network, Site, LinkedIn, Twitter Inc.
News items 2009-10-18
New Google Docs Gadget a good offline step, falls short
Alt: Google Docs offers a solid set of "productivity in the cloud" features that allow users to get basic office work done with nothing but a browser. Earlier this year, Google took steps towards improving one of Google Docs' weakest areas—offline access—and now it's taking another with a new gadget...
News items 2009-08-07
MySpace Buys iLike for Its Discovery Engine
Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed, but it is rumored to be in the $20 million range. The purchase will be made by MySpace Inc., not MySpace Music, so that the social networking site can distribute iLike capabilities throughout all its properties, MySpace chief executive Owen Van Natta...
Tags: MySpace
News items 2009-08-19
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