Does your Internet Explorer browser ever crash, get hung up or just take a really long time to load? Do you find yourself closing and reopening stalled web pages? Are you hitting your refresh button just to try to speed the internet along? Chances are you will be able to quickly fix most, if not [...]
Welcome back to my series on Must-Have applications for the Android Phone OS platform. This edition will cover useful utilities for using your phone as more than a phone. If you haven’t had a chance you can read Part 1 here. Wi-Fi Analyzer This app lets you analyze Wi-Fi networks around you to find open [...]
I find myself searching for this answer all the time – How to turn on or off the pop-up email previews in outlook? There is nothing worse than hosting a go to meeting and having a flashing preview of all your email for all to see and you can’t go shut it off because you [...]
Do you remember the good old days of Microsoft Word 97? If you were like me you knew every trick of the trade when it came to things like headers, footers, margins, page breaks and the like. Now in the newest release of Word I feel lost and confused. The simplest formatting error sends me [...]
Ever wish for something a little more than those little red or green squiggles when it comes to tweaking your grammar in documents? Many years ago I stumbled upon a great free app called WordWeb as I was looking for a thesaurus program. After installing it I was impressed with how many useful things it [...]
As a Droid Power User since the first Motorola Droid came out, I have used hundreds of both good and terrible applications. Here is a list of killer must-have apps and why. LookOut This app found my phone’s apx location within 1 minute of logging in to the website. In addition to being able to [...]
It can be very frustrating when software gets in the way of productivity. Don’t you hate it when you are working in Citrix and you go to save a document to your local HD and it’s not there? Isn’t it terrible when you are rushing to finish a presentation and you go to print from [...]
Since the release of Lion Server, PPTP (Point to Point Tunneling Protocol), the most popular VPN protocol, has been a nightmare. Apple removed the GUI used to configure PPTP for Windows connectivity, and asked that users setup via the sudo server command in Terminal. And it… DOESN’T AUTHENTICATE! I’ve worked recently with a consortium of [...]
Recently a colleague had a ZIP file sent to them under the auspices of an Airline Reservation. When it the ZIP attachment was opened, an .EXE file popped open in a text box with a prompt to RUN. Luckily we realized something was amiss and did some exploring – This is what we found: It [...]
Hey all, So Apple released 10.7.1 with iCloud. Cool! I installed and updated my Mobile Me over to iCloud and was off to the races! Nice! The next time I went to open my Address Book and search for a contact, I entered the name of the contact, and NOTHING HAPPENED! I tried removing the [...]
How to Clean Your Internet Explorer Cache : Does your Internet Explorer browser ever crash, get hung up or just take a really long time to load? Do you find yourself closing and reope...
Researching Businesses Online : It a lot of cases I find myself researching businesses online. As a salesman I used online tools to find prospective businesses and contact...
What is Your Domain Name, Where does it Live, and When Does it Expire?:
Your company’s domain name, or it’s address on the internet, is an important part of your brand, image, and message. It is akin to a pi...
Must Have Apps for the Android Platform: Part 2: Welcome back to my series on Must-Have applications for the Android Phone OS platform. This edition will cover useful utilities for using yo...