With email becoming the standard way business users communicate with suppliers, customers and staff, it’s worth taking a minute to take stock of how you use your email, and see what you can do to to make it more efficient, and less of a time sink; Don’t forget to the subject Too often we see [...]

Facebook is now virtually forcing users to give their email address to developers of applications. We are suggesting users do NOT give permission when prompted on Facebook, and have a few thoughts on why this move is bone headed.

With more and more people buying Apple iPods, and thus using iTunes, we are hearing of more and more people running into the iTunes activation limit. If you have your computer reloaded or you move your iTunes to a new computer, you are supposed to “deactivate” the old PC first. The problem is, that the [...]

I think we may have finally found the answer to keeping track of all your passwords. If you want to stay safe online, you setup a new, secure password for every site and service you setup online. It’s not long before you have so many weirdo random strings of letters and numbers to remember that you need something to help.

I discovered Moodagent last week watching an episode of App Judgement (embed below); The app lets you adjust six different mood indicators, and it then creates a playlist from the music on your iPhone that matches the mood you have specified. The app is free, so you’d be mad not to download it and give [...]

We’ve been looking for a long time for a simple solution for users to send larger files to other people via email. Actually attaching large files (>2Meg) to emails will more often than not break your email application, your email server, or cause other drama that you just don’t need. Finally, someone has brought us [...]

Greg writes to us to ask; I have created a document with two numbered lists, and when I use that document as the basis for a mail merge, the resulting merged documents lists number continues from one page to the next, rather than starting from 1 (or a) at the top of each merged document. [...]

I would like to take this opportunity to praise the team at Shift Computer Solutions. After my initial description of what I thought and wanted in a computer and what Shift Computer Solutions suggested, they built me a well priced system that has more than exceeded my needs and expectations. Undeniably the aspect of our [...]

Direct from the horses mouth; Today Microsoft launched @MicrosoftHelps, a new Twitter handle that provides customers around the world with help and information on Windows 7, in English.  Through this social medium, Microsoft will monitor and respond to real-time Windows 7 tweets and use them to improve the information, support and experience customers have with [...]

Microsoft’s new Windows 7 is by far the best upgrade to the Windows product line since Windows 95, and it is available as of October 22nd.

It is so good, in fact, that it is the first version of Windows we have ever recommended that our clients upgrade their computers to. We’d still suggest you let us take care of the technical details, but we believe anyone who takes the plunge will be rewarded with an excellent system.

Read on to find out a few of the reasons we love it so much!