Debating on what HDTV technology to buy? Debate no longer. OK, not too much longer.  For me, personally, I have always liked the Plasma TV better – for me, the deeper blacks and image consistency win over everything else.  For you though, there may be other thing that could sway you to choose another technology. In this television technology trifecta,...

Credit to and written by David Gewirtz for DIY-IT You might think the big decision is about which has the best hardware, but you’d be wrong. In fact, the big decisions are all about price and ecosystem. David Gewirtz has the details inside. The tablet market is moving at warp speed. Back in July, I wrote How to decide: should you buy the Nexus 7 or the...

There are some very compelling smartphone choices as we reach the end of 2012. It’s easy to pick five great phones, but a bit tougher to put them in order. Heading into the holiday season, there are once again some excellent smartphone choices and you really can’t go wrong with any of them. Here are my top five smartphones to end 2012. Number 1:...

I wasn’t expecting much, to be honest, but the iPad mini is a great device. Along with many other gadget fans, I watched as it was unveiled and compared to the iPad 2, instead of the latest generation iPad. I was surprised to hear that there would not be a retina display, so I figured I’d buy it just so I could play and write about it. Well, I got...

Microsoft Surface has been popular enough for pre-orders to sell out but there’s continuing confusion among users and IT pros about what the Windows RT operating system it runs is and what the OS does. When Apple first announced the iPhone, it initially claimed that it ran OS X. While iOS shares some important technologies with the Mac operating system,...

    From top: the Nexus 4, Nexus 7 and Nexus 10. With the addition of its new iPad Mini, Apple offers touch-screen devices in three sizes. Now Google is matching that by introducing a tablet that is meant to compete directly with the larger iPad. Google on Monday unveiled the Nexus 10, a 10-inch tablet it developed with Samsung, and a new phone, the Nexus 4,...

We all run into standard printer frustrations. The inevitable ‘paper jam’ or ‘ink too low,’ when it’s clear there is plenty enough ink left to print your one page document. Let’s be honest, it wouldn’t be a Monday without it. But lately, it’s been security analysts who have been called to the printer rescue instead of the intern. Security analysts everywhere...

We’ve all been there…a quick glance at the monthly phone bill, followed by a second and then the long stare and a raising of the eye brows. ‘Did I really talk for that long?’ ‘He was in Singapore on that call!?! A majority of the time, it’s a slight increase in the monthly bill that draws initial skepticism. But, when the monthly phone bill jumps up to the same...

Cloud Computing is a Step Beyond ‘Go to My PC’ As seen in Accounting Today, OCTOBER 8, 2012 BY BOB GREEN, CPA. CITP  Original Article It’s time for businesses to get out of the IT business and become more strategic and I’d like to explain why. The product Go to My PC is still used in many businesses even though it has become outdated. It...

Email Privacy Ruling Helps Employers with Security Concerns: a California Court of Appeals ruling clarifies that employees do not have enforceable privacy rights when using company email systems if the employer has a technology use policy that permits employer inspection of company email.  The Court reasoned that an electronic communication is not confidential,...