Browse tag: business

Browse tag: business

Five reasons to partition a disk
Apple's Disk Utility makes it easy to split a hard drive up into multiple parts called partitions. But why would you ever bother? Joe Kissell shows you five things partitioning a disk allows you to do.
Four years not enough for 'Godfather of Spam'
Is four years and a $250,000 fine really the best punishment for the self-proclaimed "Godfather of Spam?" David Coursey thinks not.
What Mac users need to know about Wi-Fi Direct
It’s that time of year when travelers brace themselves to suffer the many small indignities of the road. Next year, a new networking standard, Wi-Fi Direct, will make it easier. Here's how.
A quarter of office workers say they'd steal company data
A quarter of office workers would steal sensitive company data if they thought it would help a friend or family member in securing a job, says CyberArk.
Review: Samsung SyncMaster 2233SW LCD
This reasonably priced LCD makes up for its no-frills feature set with solid image quality.
Slideshow: Unconventional (but useful) input devices
In this slideshow, we present to you several input devices that are a lot different from the mouse (or laptop trackpad) and keyboard used on a daily basis.
Review: Curio Professional 6
Curio is a single application for note taking, outlining, mind mapping, project management, charting, drawing, presenting, and more.
Five unexpected uses for Copy and Paste
Did you know you can copy and paste a whole lot more than just text and graphics? When you start in the Finder, you can use the Copy command to lift all sorts of information from a selected Finder item. Here are some of Sharon Zardetto's favorite tricks.
Extracting content from PDF files
Contrary to popular belief, it's really easy to retrieve content from finished PDF documents.
The Macalope Weekly: Business 101
Windows inspired by the Mac? Microsoft seems conflicted about the answer. And while the App Store continues to get attention, you can't argue that Apple knows how to sell iPhones.
Review: Dell ST2310 display
LCD lacks extra features, but delivers solid image quality.
A practical approach to protecting trade secrets
When you think about security, you probably think about computer viruses and worms. But what about your trade secrets? Here how your company's IT department and lawyers can work together.
Apple marginally improves App Store approval process
Apple's now giving developers brief status updates on the approval process of their app submissions, but is it too little too late?
AMD, Intel settle antitrust, IP cases
Intel and Advanced Micro Devices Thursday announced that they have settled all antitrust litigation and patent cross license disputes between the companies.
Logitech to buy HD video company for $405 million
Logitech has agreed to buy HD video communications company LifeSize for $405 million.
Four ways to access files from afar
If you work in lots of locations, you may find yourself wishing you could access your files from everywhere. Here are four ways to do just that.
Review: QuickBooks 2010 accounting software
There is much to be pleased about in Intuit’s QuickBooks 2010 and, unfortunately, still quite a bit to be disappointed with as well.
Bare Bones Software releases Yojimbo 2.1 update
Barebones Software has announced an update to Yojimbo, its intuitive information organizer. Yojimbo 2.1 includes a few fixes and refinements to version 2.0.
Business use of Twitter, Facebook exploding
A survey of 200 companies worldwide found that use of social networks like Facebook and Twitter for business use has exploded in recent months.
Google to buy AdMob mobile ad company
Google plans to buy mobile advertising provider AdMob for US$750 million stock, the search giant said on Monday.
Six ways to botch your backups
Shocked that a company as prominent as Danger, Inc. could lose T-Mobile's Sidekick customers' data? Protect your business backups by avoiding these six mistakes.
Apple Store announces Reserve And Pick Up program for the holidays
Apple today announced a Reserve and Pick Up program that allows customers to reserve products online and pick them up at a local retail store between December 15 and 24.
Five unexpected uses for the Control key
Sure, you’ve nearly worn out your Mac’s Control key using it to open contextual menus. But did you know you can also add Control to common key combinations to access different commands? Here are five of Sharon Zardetto's favorite Control key tricks.
Intuit to phase out Quicken Online in favor of Mint.com
Intuit has announced plans to replace its Quicken Online Web service with the recently acquired Mint.com.
Save big by combing through company wireless costs
Is your company cutting back? According to participants at the VoiceCon conference, your wireless costs might be a good place to start.
NY attorney general files antitrust lawsuit against Intel
New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo has filed a federal antitrust lawsuit against microprocessor maker Intel, alleging that the company engaged in a "systematic campaign" of illegal conduct to protect a monopoly.
Keep track of changes in Pages
Apple's Pages not only tracks changes and comments in your documents, but also lets you share those changes, even with Microsoft Word users.
Paid iPhone apps deliver money, but only for the top few
About 30 percent of Apple's App Store downloads are paid applications, and about half of all iPhone and iPod touch users have downloaded at least one app.
Backblaze opens online backups to businesses
Backblaze has been offering online backup services to individual Mac users since last April. Now it's expanding those services to businesses, too.
Cable modem hacker busted by feds
An expert on cable modem hacking has been arrested by federal authorities on computer intrusion charges.