Adobe Media Player: Entering a New Dimension in the Realm of Multimedia - 5/8/2008 Better late than never, Adobe has leapt into the media-player field. Discover how the recently released Adobe Media Player stacks up against - and sets itself apart from - Windows Media Player and the long-time industry standard RealPlayer.
Windows Vista Tips & Tricks: Keyboard and Desktop Shortcuts - 5/1/2008
Our popular Windows Vista Tips & Tricks series continues with a handy cheat sheet for some common quick-access keyboard and desktop functions and tasks in Windows Vista.
Exploring Office 2007: Building Word Docs Using Building Blocks - 4/24/2008 The latest article in our Exploring Office 2007 series reveals a handy new tool in Word 2007 that makes it easy to quickly add professional formatting options such as cover pages and headers and footers into your documents.
Collaboration Round-up: Comparing Online Collaboration Offerings - 4/22/2008 Collaboration software is all the rage in the mid-to-big business circles, but small businesses can reap the same benefits with software programs geared — and priced — for their needs. We take a look at three of more established offerings.
YouSendIt: Send Big Files Anywhere, Painlessly and Affordably - 4/16/2008 Sending large attachments to clients and colleagues via e-mail can often be a crapshoot for users. YouSendIt acts like your own private FTP site -- without the associated setup and maintenance.
Demystifying Search Engine Optimization: Part 2 - 5/13/2008 It takes more than the right keywords to optimize a Web site. In part two of our series on SEO strategies and tips, we look at style sheets, link building, and tools for tracking your search engine rankings.
Sharing Multimedia Files via Windows Media Player 11 - 5/6/2008 If you have multimedia content such as songs, photos, and videos that you'd like to access from a remote system, the media-sharing feature of Windows Media Player 11 offers an easy way to do it. Here are step-by-step tips for utilizing the new WMP 11 feature.
Demystifying Search Engine Optimization, Part 1 - 5/1/2008 Search engine optimization can be a confounding and inexact science, but learning fact from fiction can help you make the most of your Web marketing efforts.
Seven Tips for Safely Sharing Your Access Point - 4/23/2008 Thinking of sharing your home (or small business) WLAN? This primer on Wi-Fi basics explains security, routers, the various flavors of 802.11 and other essentials.
How to Make Your Internet Connection Faster, Better - 4/16/2008 A free service called OpenDNS not only helps your browser display Web pages faster it also offers some useful fringe benefits such as address typo correction and phishing protection, plus site blocking, content filtering, and more.
Getting Up to Speed with Skype and VoIP Services - 4/8/2008 All VoIP services allow you to make and receive voice calls via your broadband Internet connection, but there are big differences between Skype and other VoIP services. Joe Moran covers the basics of VoIP and Skype.
Five Easy Steps to Hotspot Safety - 4/1/2008 Most people realize that hotspots can be risky, but they fail to take even the most basic precautions. Here are a handful of ways to protect yourself when using public hotspots.
BitTorrent 101: A Peer-to-Peer Primer - 3/25/2008 While you may not have tried it for yourself yet, chances are good that you have at least heard of BitTorrent, a peer-to-peer file-sharing technology that gets more popular everyday.
Eight Steps to Improve Business Security in 2008 - 3/18/2008 Poor protection against Internet threats and a lack of in-house security practices (yes, you really do need those) can take a serious toll on your business. Here are eight ways to boost your security quotient.
Demystifying a Small Business Network - 3/14/2008 Running your business over a network -- even if it's only to share Internet access -- can help you be more productive and efficient. We take a look at the basic components of a network and how they all fit together.
