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Do you have Java turned on in your web browser?  If your answer is “Yes” or “I’m not sure” then it’s time to take action to find out.  Why?  The biggest threat to your computer systems in 2013 (and beyond) is no longer Microsoft Windows - it is Oracle Java.

Last October Super Storm Sandy ripped through New Jersey causing massive devastation. If you were fortunate, you only had to suffer through minor interruptions of utility services, with others paying a far steeper price. In fact, a colleague of mine who also offers IT services had his office in Joplin reduced to a pile of rubble by an EF5 tornado in 2011. This got me thinking about how important disaster recovery planning is to any business.

The Flip Pal
The Flip Pal Mobile scanner has no wires and scans directly to a SD Card (just like a camera).

Have you ever come across a picture that you wanted to scan but were afraid to take it out of the album because it was stuck? With the Flip Pal, you can leave it in the album and place the scanner right over the picture and get the scan without having to disturb anything.

Although businesses have been getting rid of Windows XP for at least the last 3 years, the fact remains that as of last December, around 500 million users will still be running Windows XP. Here are 7 of the top reasons it’s time to finally give up Windows XP now.

Whether or not you’re familiar with the song from the classic musical Oklahoma, I find that this is an applicable title in the world of today's entrepreneur and busy executive. Macro-multitasking is just as significant a problem as the garden-variety, moment-by-moment multitasking.

Q. How's your job at the clock company?
A. Only time will tell.

Q. How's your job at the banana company?
A. I keep slipping up.

Q. How's your job on the new highway?
A. I'm so busy I don't know which way to turn.

Q. How's your job at the travel agency?
A. I'm going nowhere.

If you use Google for search, Gmail for e-mail or an Android phone as your smart phone then, according to Microsoft, you’re getting “scroogled” daily!  What exactly does that mean?  Well, according to www.scroogled.com, it means that Google systematically uses your private information that it collects online through your search, your emails, your Android app store purchases and more to sell more ads.

Rosser Reeves coined the phrase “unique selling point” back in the 1940s when researching why some advertising campaigns worked better than others. Since then it has been used by various marketers and has morphed into “unique selling proposition,” which is now more commonly used.

A question that we often get around here is whether or not file-sharing services such as DropBox, YouSendIt and Google Docs are secure enough for business. If you use any of these services for your business, here’s the scoop…

Treat DropBox As A Public, Shared Environment.

Intel Ultrabook Convertible

The Intel-based Ultrabook Convertible is one of the most cutting-edge on-the-go laptops to date. Quite simply, it’s a laptop when you need it and a tablet when you want it.

Ultrabook with touch display, using Windows 8, delivers stunning graphics and the ultimate in precision and control.