Protecting Data in Today?s Fast-Paced & Uncertain Environment
Microsoft Great Plains Implementation for Midsize & Large Corporation: Lockbox Processing

By Andrew Karasev - 1/4/2008

Microsoft Great Plains is now targeting large and midsize businesses and being matured ERP has advanced, but still very simple in use modules and features: Lockbox Processing for Accounts Receivables, Customer/Vendor Consolidation, Multicurrency etc. We?ll try to cover these features in the series ...

How to Email Pictures So Others Can See Them!

By Michael Arcand - 1/4/2008

OK, so let`s go over something that is a nuisance to most, a pet peeve to me. Did you get that really cool e-mail yesterday? You know, the one with all of the cool pictures embedded in it? Oh, you mean you were like me ... just a bunch of red x`s where the picures were supposed to be? Did you ever f...

Used Laptop Computer: Your Quick Purchase Inspection Guide ? Part 3

By Joe Duchesne - 1/4/2008

Used laptop computers are everywhere these days. How can you sift through the mass of available used laptop computers to narrow your search down to the right laptop for you? This is the third part of a series of articles designed to give you a few suggestions for your next purchase. Test the Keyboar...

Productivity and the Big Project Myth

By Duane Hennessy - 1/4/2008

Job advertisements in newspapers and on the internet asking for IT professionals usually tout large projects as the sole reason for wanting an IT professional in the first place. A programmer, system analyst or system tester must have had experience in large corporate projects and the larger the bet...

How to Star in Your Own Promotional Video

By Marie-Claire Ross - 1/4/2008

Well, it?s official. You are going to star in the company marketing video (or commercial) and you will have a part talking to camera. After ringing your mother, to let her know about your newly found fame, reality hits in. How are you going to pull this off? The good news is a charismatic busines...

LCD vs. DLP TVs

By Bradley James - 1/4/2008

Two new technologies in the world of TV, DLP and LCD, are now in a tight competition. Not long ago, everyone was talking about Plasma and LCD - which one would win? It became clear to most that Plasma, with its short lifespan of just 3-4 years, was simply not the best choice. In fact, the LCD screen...

Latin Ringtones Mean Dinero for Ringtone Providers

By Anthony Wayne - 1/4/2008

Until recently, when you thought of ringtones, you usually thought of hip-hop ringtones. This is not surprising given the genre?s wide acceptance of ringtones and cell phones and such smash chart crashers as 50-Cent ringtones, Snoop Dogg ringtones, and Lil Kim ringtones. But ringtone operators are ...

The Making of Energy Efficient Datacenters

By Amarjyoti Krishnan - 1/4/2008

The Crooked E: The Unshredded Truth About Enron is a wonderful movie to watch. It is based on the book, The anatomy of greed, written by a former employee of Enron, Brian Cruver. One interesting thing that comes on our minds is the size of all power companies. They are all huge. We all depend on po...

GPS Will Never Be the Same Again

By Lance Winslow - 1/4/2008

Some new technology is being used now in the UK, which makes GPS even more accurate for personal tech devices and automobiles. These new technologically advanced systems will be able to bring the accuracy within a meter, rather than the best in-car systems no barely accurate to 32 yards. This new Su...

Analog TV Digital Transmission

By Gary Davis - 1/4/2008

Remember the old days of analog TV, radio, etc. Most of us do unless you?re really young. And still today there are plenty of analog systems in use. Normal radio still uses analog transmission. But the digital age has begun and more and more we will use digital systems rather than analog systems. Di...

How to Keep Your AdSense Account From Being Nuked by Google

By Robert Plank - 1/4/2008

There have been whole AdSense accounts bringing in $5000 per month banned for life from Google because of fraudulent clicks. If Google catches you clicking on your own AdSense ads, they can shut you down. You won`t get canned just for a single click, but if you`re like me and tweak your site a lot i...

Data Visualization Tool: Information as Fast as the Imagination

By Joe Miller - 1/4/2008

Imagine the possibilities of an interactive data visualization tool. You can go almost anywhere and see how the data visualization tool is already being used to make information more accessible and interactive for your business and for your clients. Recently, I had to make travel arrangements online...

Older VTOL Designs Need a New Review

By Lance Winslow - 1/4/2008

As we look back at mankind?s attempts to create the perfect Vertical Take Off and Landing aircraft, we see almost an unlimited number of radical concepts, designs and departures from the typical aircraft models we are use to. It has been a goal of aerospace engineers thru the ages to develop the ide...

Identity Theft Basics

By Mansi Aggarwal - 1/4/2008

Identity theft is one of the latest buzzword within our society in recent times. Identity theft refers to hiding one?s original identity and illegally misusing someone else?s identity. The person pretending to be someone else tries to make money at the cost of others and makes an abusive use of fake...

How To Cover Your Tracks On The Internet

By John Deprice - 1/4/2008

Every single time you access a website, you leave tracks. Tracks that others can access. If you don`t like the idea, find out what software can help you cover them. Anti Tracks Anti Tracks is a complete solution to protect your privacy and enhance your PC performance. With a simple click Anti Track...

Where to Buy Printer Ink

By Jeff Lakie - 1/4/2008

When it`s time to buy printer ink, some people naturally head back to their neighborhood office supply store while others log onto their favorite online ink supply source. Before you make your next printer ink purchase, consider the costs of your decision. Purchasing ink at your neighborhood office ...

Learn the Lost Art of Touch Typing

By Dick James - 1/4/2008

Computers have replaced typewriters, but two-finger, hunt-and-peck typing can never replace the touch typing of a trained professional. A recent report by Robert Johnson in the Boston Globe highlights the decline of typing skills. Human resource managers are finding it surprisingly difficult to recr...

Putting it All Together: The search for a Pocket PC Phone

By Michael A. Keenan - 1/4/2008

When I decided that I needed to replace my terribly out of date mobile phone ? an old Nextel i1000plus - my thoughts eventually wandered toward a pda phone. For those that know me this probably seemed like a no brainer. I have a long history of pda dependence going back years to a Palm 3X. However, ...

Disruptive Technologies, Part 2: Music Editors and Steam Engines are Still Related

By Josh Nowell - 1/4/2008

I have illustrated on how music editors are related to steam engines in Part 1. Why so loose a connection? Because I want to stress the universal timeline from the early days of steam engines to the modernity of music editors, during which technology has evolved in waves of disruption. Now somebody ...

6 Easy Steps for a Smoother CD/DVD Order

By Adam Platzer - 1/4/2008

It?s all about turn times in the eMedia industry! The speed with which your vendor can get your CD or DVD project completed is vital to many customers. However, responsibility for these projects meeting their completion dates starts with the customer and ends with the vendor. It?s a partnership t...

ERP Consulting 2010: Future Business Model and Alternatives

By Andrew Karasev - 1/4/2008

Analyzing Microsoft Business Solutions Great Plains consulting in the Clinton era, then in recession time 2000-2003 and now, at the post-recession, we would like to give certain prognoses for the next five years. This might be attributable to the whole industry: Oracle Financials, Accpac, MAS500, P...

HIPPA Goes Mobile and Wireless for Hospitals and First Responders

By Lance Winslow - 1/4/2008

It appears we need to further streamline health care and HIPPA now in effect is quite a nightmare trying to comply with and implement without making a mistake and possibly being sued as the trial lawyers testing the law. The Malpractice insurance rates may go up again. On one hand you have the ?know...

The Beginners Guide to IVR - Interactive Voice Response

By Jason Morris - 1/4/2008

The term IVR is short for Interactive Voice Response, which is a telephony technology that allows interaction between callers and a phone system to acquire or enter information into a database. More and more companies are turning to IVR to help reduce the cost of common sales, service, collections,...

Learn to Find Cheap Laptop Computers on the Internet

By Mike Long - 1/4/2008

Cheap laptop computers are coming to a store near you. In fact, there are many there already. That?s because, like any newfangled electronics device, laptop computers were once the cream of the computer crop, which made them super expensive. Nowadays, however, laptops are a dime a dozen. Held-held p...

Making PC to Phone VoIP Calls over Dial-Up Internet Connections

By Nathan Smith - 1/4/2008

There?s a lot of hype these days surrounding Internet-based voice communications (VoIP) replacing traditional telephone service. Most of this revolves around companies such as Vonage who coin themselves as the ?Broadband Phone Company?. So what about those of us who don?t have a broadband connectio...

CDC, FDA, 4D Holographic Data Imaging of Flows

By Lance Winslow - 1/4/2008

4-D Situational Analysis of Cycles, Flows, Logistics, Events. Just got done reading the reading the Ben Bova book about Jupiter and recently read about the DOD contracts on 4-D imaging for war room readiness and field ops. By taking into account the latest technologies and understanding the principl...

Bluetooth Computer Headsets - Enjoy Wireless Freedom

By Nathan Smith - 1/4/2008

Wireless Computer Headsets Till recently, few options were available to people interested in using cordless headsets with their computers. Dedicated wireless Headsets are available, however they often cost upwards of $200 US putting them out of reach of the average user. Bluetooth Headsets Cellular ...

Data Recovery: Beginners Tips

By Jeff Walters - 1/4/2008

Right now you probably in a lot of mental pain, and all you?re concerned about is recovering your data as quickly as possible - so we?ll refrain from comments on the wisdom of regular back ups. The time for preventative measures has gone - the issue at hand is data recovery. First - a simple tip cou...

Monitor Glossary of Terms

By Willson Peterson - 1/4/2008

CRT - Cathode Ray Tube, big glass bulb used in the large bulky monitors similar to TVs. LCD - Liquid Crystal Display. TFT - Thin Film Transistor, a type of LCD technology where every pixel is connected to a transistor. Pixel - Abbreviation of picture element. They are individual dots (elements) whic...

Foraging Robots; Hurricane Katrina and New Orleans Clean-up

By Lance Winslow - 1/4/2008

Walking thru the streets of disaster areas such as New Orleans once the floodwaters are cleared out will be problematic. There will be glass, debris and disease to deal with and that means it is going to be quite dangerous for humans and FEMA Responders. Many robotics researchers are moving fast in ...

A Review of Samsung Laser Toners

By Max Bellamy - 1/4/2008

Samsung laser toner is just as popular as its Hewlett-Packard and Brother counterparts. Samsung is a group of products and services that began in Korea in 1938. Today Samsung operate five different business areas: Telecommunications, Digital and Home Appliances, Digital Media, LCD, and Semiconductor...

Do Company CBT Programs Give You a Headache?

By John Beagle - 1/4/2008

Even if you own all the equipment you need for a CBT training session you will save money by using the installation services of a computer rental firm. Computer rental companies coordinate technical logistics so you can concentrate on the execution of your computer training program. Add up all the c...

Spammers, Spyware, and International Enforcement Cooperation

By Lance Winslow - 1/4/2008

Due to the utter and complete failure of the Federal Trade Commission to curb SPAM after being chosen to enforce the CAN SPAM Act the FTC has determined it needs help. The FTC therefore put forth initiatives to work with other nations in international cooperation. Originally this made sense, but upo...

Professional Software Icons For Your Standalone Application

By Juan Pablo Sarmiento - 1/4/2008

User interfaces and accessibility are some of the most important aspect of an application. It can have a million features, it can do a thousand things once, but if it doesn`t look quite right then it will be a disaster. Take Linux for example. This open source (free) operating system has been around...

The Benefits of Satellite Television!

By Reno Charlton - 1/4/2008

Most teenagers today won`t remember what the entertainment world was like before the days of satellite television. They simply take the hundreds of entertainment channels for granted, unlike the adults, who remember just how tedious things could get before the luxury of satellite television exploded...

Will Your Cell Phone Reach 911 in an Emergency?

By Sandra Landwehr - 2/13/2007

If you`re one of the millions of cell phone users who count on their wireless phone for emergency 911 calling........ You might want to think again. Unfortunately, there`s no guarantee that your 911 call will be routed to an emergency call center. Much less, the emergency dispatcher will have ...

Keeping Tabs on Your Teen with GPS Tracking

By Shawn Davis - 2/11/2007

GPS tracking is one of the greatest marvels of our modern technology. GPS stands for ?Global Positioning System,? and this is exactly what GPS tracking allows one to do: find the position of just about anything on earth. GPS makes use of satellite tracking by following a specific device. As long as ...

SMS Text Messaging ? 21st Century Vice or Virtue?

By Jo Wintour - 2/3/2007

The Short Message Service (SMS), more commonly known as text messaging, is currently the most used mobile phone service. Frantic wrist action is enjoyed everywhere, even to the point of etiquette, as consumers are spotted texting in restaurants and bars, at weddings and in meetings. The semi-anony...

The Home Paper Shredder is a Crucial Appliance

By Corey Duncan - 1/22/2007

There are so many fringe appliances that I have bought throughout the years, which now simply gather dust. My bread maker hasn`t seen a loaf of bread in years, my blender sits idly in an upper cabinet, and those three pizza stones that I received at my wedding are gathering dust. Without fail, it ...