Sharing Files Should be as Easy as Sharing Dessert

If you didn’t know better from experience, you’d think that you just share files the way you share dessert; you ask your brother if he wants half your ice cream sundae. There’s no debate, or pause to read directions – …Read more.

Posted by Johanna Fry on September 03, 2009 at 11:02AM

Home Network Supervision is Key, Says Recent YouGov Survey

From “Kids and the Internet—what’s a parent to do?” You’re home network allows everyone to share the Internet connection and be online at the same time. If you also have young children, you may be wondering how you can keep …Read more.

Posted by Johanna Fry on July 23, 2009 at 03:04PM

Adding a router to your home network? Follow five easy steps

If you’ve decided to add a router to your home network, congratulations! Even if you had an Internet connection before, your new router will enable you to share a single connection among multiple computers and other devices on your home …Read more.

Posted by Johanna Fry on June 11, 2009 at 09:35AM

Wireless Networks vs. Wired: Which Network is More Secure?

Wireless networks are rapidly becoming the popular standard in home networking. Not only do they allow you to access the Internet from anywhere in your home, they make web surfing and file sharing incredibly convenient—and can eliminate cable clutter by …Read more.

Posted by Johanna Fry on May 05, 2009 at 11:36AM

Another “Eos”?

Several people have pinged me about the (possibly) new mobile phone from Palm, which may also be called “Eos.”  Just to set expectations:  there is no connection between Palm’s efforts and the Cisco Eos(TM) software platform. What this highlights is …Read more.

Posted by Scott Brown on May 01, 2009 at 11:59AM

Home Network Connection Slowing Down? Find Out Why and Fix it

Home network speed can vary for multiple reasons depending on the activities taking place on the connection. Say you log onto your favorite home page, as you so often do, and your internet connection seems to be much slower. Immediately, …Read more.

Posted by Johanna Fry on April 16, 2009 at 03:07PM

Home Network Map from Network Magic

To easily and effectively manage your home network, transparency is key. This could be why one of the most popular features of the new home network software, Network Magic 5.1, is the detailed map. It shows every computer and device …Read more.

Posted by Johanna Fry on March 17, 2009 at 03:35PM

Confidence in Web Services

Sad to see the latest outage with Gmail; how confident should individuals and companies be in web services? At their best, web services allow a concentration of expertise and best-practice that many organizations might not have internally. Many individuals and …Read more.

Posted by Duncan Greatwood on March 04, 2009 at 08:07AM

If not us, who?  If not now, when?

As Padmasree stated in her blog post on Unified Computing, “Yes.” We are in the middle of a series of disruptions, both technological and economic.  On the technology front there is an increasing shift to using virtualization technologies to extend …Read more.

Posted by Douglas Gourlay on January 20, 2009 at 11:30AM

Financial Analyst Conference 2008: The Next Wave of Collaboration

Don Proctor, Senior Vice President, Software Group, gives a sneak peek of his FAC presentation, and also speaks about the future of collaboration.

Posted by Ken Lotich on September 16, 2008 at 03:43PM

Second Life Can Teleport Open Source to a Whole New Level

Collaborative crowd sourcing is evolving above and beyond the norm through 3D virtual worlds such as Second Life. The use of Wikitecture in Second Life is emerging as something significantly different and is proving to be a successful way that …Read more.

Posted by Dennis Mancini on July 18, 2008 at 12:00PM