Topic: Microsoft Outlook

Is Now the Time to Dump Microsoft and Fire Your IT Manager?

A few weeks ago I was doing a research project for a nonprofit organization with thirty employees. I struck up a conversation with the full-time IT person while she set me up with an Outlook account, a tedious process that took ...READ»

Open Source of Our Discontent?

Leaders of the state of Massachusetts have indicated that they may decide to stop using Microsoft Office unless its maker starts using a file format that can be used easily in conjunction with other software packages. Various state ...READ»

Use Your Head

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Dial 'W' for Web

You've got email on line one and the Web on line two. The new generation of wireless technology makes your cell more than just a phone. Here are seven smart phones that will get you online without a line.READ»

.tel: Getting Information On the Web Without the Web

We’re always looking for an easier, more secure way of getting a hold of contact information, whether its personal or professional acquaintances. Telnic, a UK-based registry operator, launched what their developers call the ...READ»

Have Tools, Will Travel

It's every traveler's toughest decision: What digital assistant should I carry? From mini-organizers to full-fledged notebooks, here's how to pick the one gadget that will fit your work style.READ»

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The Smart Setup

The new year brings with it a small raft of thought-provoking business books. Here are the candidates most likely to be 2007's Freakonomics, Fast Food Nation, or Blink.READ»

iMac, uMac, Can We All Mac?

Sure, it's a PC world -- but that doesn't make Mac lovers outcasts. Meet three hard-core Mac addicts who can teach you the shortcuts and tools that you need to make your Mac "pc."READ»

Replacing the IT Guy: A How-To Guide

Can a small business fire the IT Guy and dump Microsoft by deploying new, subscription-based online services? I asked this question in Tuesday’s post and it generated a wide range of comments. Some said, "hell yeah, fire him," ...READ»

Unified Communications

The IP telephony revolution has provided tech-savvy managers with an opportunity to make a quantum leap forward in the evolution of their business processes. READ»

Mobile Communications: Ready for the Road

Robust, easy to use technologies and services provide a great way to increase mobile productivity.READ»

UKtechstore

Best Deal From UKtechstore Color categories A new feature in Outlook 2007 that gives you a quick, visually distinctive way to customize e-mail, calendar, and task items and to search or sort by color. Contextual ...READ»

The Google of Email?

Bloomba, a new email program based on a powerful search engine rather than folders, may be the answer to Outlook's problems.READ»

Tech Support

Four software programs promise to spam-proof your inbox; Gore-Tex guitar strings.READ»

Use Online Networks to Find Your Star Employee

Recruiters can find valuable leads with online tools such as blogs, virtual communities, social networking sites, and biography-analysis software.READ»

Good To Great

Good Technology goes toe to toe with Research in Motion by focusing on the software used by BlackBerry -- not the device.READ»

Making Online Groups and Bulk Email Work for You

300 million people are members of online groups -- but most are using them in a painfully inefficient way. Get expert views on how you can make these work best for you. READ»

Real Tools for Virtual Teams

Where's the best place for teams to work when their members are located in far-flung places? On the Web. Here are ratings of a collection of Web sites designed to make teams work virtually anywhere.READ»

If You Have Received This by Mistake...

Email was supposed to make your life easier, faster, and cheaper -- not messier, uglier, and cheesier. Here's how to keep the spam off your plate.READ»

Scuttling Scut Work

Pfizer devises a new kind of outsourcing--just for the time-wasting parts of your job.READ»

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Staying Connected in the Air

Making Phone Calls from the Plane Most road warriors have memorized the airline cell phone usage announcement: "The Federal Communications Commission bans the in-flight use of cellular phones on aircraft." This ban is based on the ...READ»

How to Speed Up Your Startup

When it comes to launching Internet companies, you can't be fast enough. Here are lessons in speed from a leading VC, the founder of an e-business incubator, and a team of anthropologists studying work and life in Silicon Valley.READ»

What's the Matter With Microsoft?

Everything Microsoft touches, it eventually does brilliantly. When it comes to products, strategies, and sales growth, Microsoft sets the standard for performance. So why aren't we willing to trust Microsoft with all of our private information?READ»

Network Effects

How do Web companies get so big so fast? By embracing the most important strategic mind flip of the 21st century. A world governed by networks is rewriting the rules for how you build companies, market products, and create value.READ»