It's happened to all of us. You're going about your business, using multiple keyboards to tap out missives of variable sum and substance, and one to ten seconds after hitting send ... BAM!
Even on the cusp of a long weekend, there's no rest for the weary, according to a report Tuesday.
If you cross paths with Lorenzo Geraci and want to exchange contact information with him, he's only giving you two options -- and neither involves a business card.
Nancy Dunetz, who teaches English as a second language in New York City, sat down in the school staff room to check her e-mail. One of the messages in her inbox was from an acquaintance she'd been corresponding with since their 50th high school reunion last year.
As if there weren't enough tussling in the technology world, two software giants are duking it out over - get this - bean counting. Internet-search giant Google recently cut a deal with Intuit, the 800-pound accounting software gorilla.
Editor's note: This story was originally published in 2000. This is a republished version.
As if there weren't enough tussling in the technology world, two software giants are duking it out over - get this - bean counting. Internet-search giant Google recently cut a deal with Intuit, the...
When finding a way to better manage your to-do tasks becomes another chore on your list, it's time to get help.
The typical business today is awash in e-mail, from the critical to the mundane to the absolutely worthless.
Business 2.0: The Webtopupdated: Wed Mar 01 2006 15:57:00
It's been a long time -- all the way back to the dawn of desktop computing in the early 1980s -- since software coders have had as much fun as they're having right now. But today, browser-based applications are where the action is. A killer app no longer requires hundreds of drones slaving away on millions of lines of code. Three or four engineers and a steady supply of Red Bull is all it takes to rapidly turn a midnight brainstorm into a website so hot it melts the servers.
NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - A cyber crime task force has arrested several people in a number of countries for hacking into the computer systems of Valve Software, stealing and ultimately releasing the source code for "Half Life 2," one of the gaming industry's most anticipated titles.
Search the Web for small-business accounting software and you'll find dozens of titles. With so many choices, purchasing the right software for your small-business can be a knuckle-biting experience. But it doesn't have to be.
According to historians of such things, the first wristwatch was worn more than four centuries ago by Queen Elizabeth I. By the late 19th century, elegant women wore wristwatches more for fashion t...
Since the introduction of the PC in the early 1980s, people have searched for "killer apps"--the software that leads to hardware sales. The first one was the spreadsheet. Then, when the Internet em...
Fortune: A Whole New Outlookupdated: Mon Nov 11 2002 00:01:00
Mitch Kapor likes tilting at windmills. Now he has decided to tilt at one of the biggest windmills around: Microsoft. And the rest of us are either secretly or openly cheering him on.
Version 6.0 of the venerable contact manager ACT! ($199.95) improves upon its traditional strengths as an electronic Rolodex, calendar, and task manager by integrating data from other programs to h...
Fortune: Yankee Phone Homeupdated: Mon Sep 30 2002 00:01:00
So here's what I took on my summer vacation abroad:
I've been having one of those light-bulb moments. You know, one of those moments when you install a new piece of software, struggle with how it works and how it doesn't, and flash!--you start havin...
SUN COBALT QUBE 3 SERVER www.cobalt.com, $2,099 Would you travel 1,000 miles to go 25 feet? Didn't think so, but that's what most e-mail does as it bounces around the Web. An in-house server lets y...
Spam, the unsolicited e-mail pitches that clog your mailbox, is an annoyance that's only getting worse. I have four separate e-mail addresses (at AOL, Earthlink and Yahoo), and on average I get at ...
The airport security guard already thought me a fool or worse for trying to slip past him with a deadly set of fingernail clippers concealed in my overnight kit. But when he asked to inspect my bac...
Fortune: Love Bug Bitesupdated: Mon Dec 10 2001 00:01:00
Right now I'm angry, but I'll get over it. I don't know why I should feel so ashamed. I'm a victim here, more than anything, but that's what this kind of experience does to you. Scrambles you up. M...
Fortune: Disappearing Inc.updated: Mon Jun 25 2001 00:01:00
EXPLOSIVE E-MAIL HQ: San Francisco FOUNDED: 1999 SALES: N.A. EMPLOYEES: 100 STOCK: Privately held ADDRESS: www.disappearing.com
People who are good at juggling busy work schedules are often good at juggling pieces of electronica. In one hand there's a cell phone. In the other there's a personal digital assistant that stores...
Fortune: T-Rex, As in Tinyupdated: Mon Mar 05 2001 00:01:00
For some people, even a Palm is too big. A tiny alternative is Xircom's Rex 6000, a greatly improved version of the Rex Micro personal digital assistant (PDA). It's all there in a 1 1/2-ounce credi...
Okay, I confess. I didn't get a Blackberry until three months ago. The thing was introduced nearly two years ago. The maker of the device, Research in Motion (RIM, for short), doesn't like to talk ...
I have a vision! Unfortunately, my vision may depend on Microsoft. So I'm not quite sure that we're going to get what I want.
Is it time to upgrade? Do you have a choice? If you don't have the latest and (always) greatest software and hardware on your business computers, your vendors and employees can make you feel that y...
There's a thin ribbon of blue clay that slopes to a pool under one of eastern Bordeaux's most renowned wineries, Chateau Petrus, causing less acid to touch the roots of its rich merlot grapes. The ...
There's a thin ribbon of blue clay that slopes to a pool under one of Eastern Bordeaux's most renowned wineries, Chateau Petrus, causing less acid to touch the roots of its rich merlot grapes. The ...
I'm not a geek, although I sometimes go around disguised as one. I typically carry three radios: a pager, a cell phone, and a wireless personal digital assistant. I also subscribe to a voice-contro...
Years ago, to support my computer habit I started hawking software by mail. When people actually began ordering, I naively bought sheets of stamps in various denominations, but they never quite mat...
I don't want to write another column ranting about Windows. But I just can't help myself. Windows has again made my life hellish.
How do you write a column that says what everybody else has been saying for years and make it sound like a revelation? I'm not sure, but I'm going to give it a try. See, I'm a little slow. But I th...
I once impertinently asked soul music legend James Brown why a lot of his songs sounded alike. He looked at me for a moment and shrugged. "Why should I change," he said in his inimitable gravelly v...
I've always hated voice mail. That's a dislike that baffled me for years, given that I am someone who has always embraced cutting-edge technologies. Recently, however, I figured out the reason--voi...
When you sign up for Internet service, you get an e-mail address and e-mail software such as Eudora Light, Netscape Messenger or Microsoft Outlook Express bundled with your browser. So why bother c...
I almost feel guilty complaining about Windows again. I've complained about Windows so often that doing so feels like feeding at the same trough over and over.
Just how small can a computer get? How about small enough to wear?
I am depressed. I am also frustrated and worried about my future. And it's all Microsoft's fault. Pay attention, dear reader: The confession that follows may help you steer clear of my tortuous pat...
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