Recently I've been shopping for a mobile mouse to go with the HP Pavilion dm1z ultraportable I reviewed last week. You might think I'm eyeballing some super-fancy option like the Microsoft Arc Mouse, which is widely regarded as one of the best.
Surf Safely at Starbucks with Newly Updated HotSpot Shield
This may come as a surprise, but public Wi-Fi hotspots--like the ones at airports, hotels, and coffee shops--aren't secure. In fact, when your laptop connects to one of these networks, it's easy pickings for hackers--even if you have a firewall installed.What you need is a VPN, a virtual private network that effectively makes your system invisible, thus protecting it from
Infographic: The Real Cost of Commuting
I'm lucky. My commute to work consists of putting on slippers and walking down two flights of stairs--one if I elect to work at my "standing desk" (i.e. my kitchen counter), which I'm doing more and more these days.I've always known that working from home saves me a small fortune in commuting costs, but I never actually calculated the amount. Turns out it's pretty
Don’t Let a Bad Profile Picture Make a Bad Impression
This may come as a shock, but when you e-mail me, I can see your social-network profile pictures. That's because I have the Outlook Social Connector, a plug-in that shares, among other things, your profile pic from Facebook, LinkedIn, MySpace, and Windows Live.And, boy, do you look unprofessional.
Get a $70 Office Suite for Free
Tired of paying a small fortune for Microsoft Office licenses? Then today's your lucky day.Daily-freebie site Giveaway of the Day is offering Kingsoft Office Suite Professional 2012 absolutely free. It normally sells for $69.95.
Review: HP Pavilion dm1z Ultraportable
We’re living in a transitional time, portable computing-wise. Netbooks are dead, and good riddance: they were too slow and small to be of much use to anyone. And tablets can’t quite take the place of laptops—not yet, anyway.
The Truth About Status Meetings
Raise your hand if you hate meetings.Okay, you can put your hand down now. Everybody hates meetings because they waste time and destroy productivity. They're like plaque eating away at the tooth-enamel of your business. And the worst offenders? Status meetings.
CloudOn App Brings Microsoft Office to iPad–But For How Long?
There's no such thing as Microsoft Office for iPad--or is there? New app CloudOn brings Word, Excel, and PowerPoint to your tablet, and just not compatible approximations, either. This is the real deal.
Turn Your Kindle into a Smarter Business Tool
You probably bought your Kindle with the sole intent of reading books on long flights, but it turns out there's a powerful business tool lurking beneath that skinny e-ink surface.Thanks to a whip-smart bookmarklet, you can quickly and easily deliver just about any Web content--news stories, financial reports, awesome BestVendor posts--to your Kindle.
5 Cool Corporate Swag Ideas for 2012
Looking for a unique promotional item to give away this year? Forget the boring old calendar or refrigerator magnet. Guest poster Matt Deutschman, president of Doubletake Promotions & Printing, LLC, offers five unusual--and unusually good--swag items to ring in 2012.How many branded calendars and journals did you receive last year from various customers, vendors, or
