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Surf Sunday :: Personal Management Tools

Surf Sunday :: Personal Management Tools

The internet can be a great tool to management money more efficiently and portable.  With the economy going downhill it is more important to manage and monitor your money.  There are three options: Control Freak : This is best for those who have to keep hourly track, and monitor spending habits on a daily basis and it is always about making a profit. Monitor and Master : This is for those who likes to pay their bills on time, monitor, manage their spending habits monthly and who are trying life efficiently within their means. Careless and Delay : This...

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“I’m a PC” Doesn’t Mean Windows

“I’m a PC” Doesn’t Mean Windows

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkZdkHylJ3w This commercial that brags about being a PC has a fault. Majority of computer users, especially in the US, assume that PC = WIndows.  The fact is PC = Personal Computer or Pentium Computer,  which can encompass just about any computer including all types of operating systems (OS).  The larger computers are servers, mainframes, and supercomputers. I can see why most individuals would associate PC with Windows OS with the popular “I’m an Apple and I’m a PC” commercials. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ownPY_bRkrY So, for the rest of the post the PC will represent non-Apple computers, PC = Not an Apple....

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New Portable HD Kicks Butt :: eGo Helium

New Portable HD Kicks Butt :: eGo Helium

Iomega introduced a new Iomega portable hard drive USB 2.0 320GB*, a perfect match for the style and incremental storage needs of Apple’s revolutionary MacBook Air notebook, but can easily formatted for any Ubuntu, Windows machine.  This is not only small but sleek HD. The tapered 320GB eGo Helium portable hard drive echoes the stylish lines of the streamlined MacBook Air laptop, enclosing a state-of-the-art 2.5-inch portable hard drive in an anodized aluminum shell to create a package that is a mere 0.63 inches thick (16 mm) and weighs only 7 ounces (200 grams). Formatted with Apple’s HFS+ file...

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UPDATE: iPhone or Blackberry

UPDATE: iPhone or Blackberry

A decision had to be made.  Here is the original post iPhone or Blackberry. It was a tough decision. But based on feedback from employees, who are users of all sorts of smart phones, not one stood out. In fact, Blackberry was ruled out instantly along with Treo and anything AT&T. We have an AT&T flip phone (a few years old) and lost service driving between towns with the clinic that would be visited monthly. It was not about a novelty of having a cell phone nor was it about the gadgetry. It was down to practical and professional...

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iSkoot Scores

iSkoot Scores

iSkoot, the leading provider of carrier-friendly mobile VoIP solutions, today announced that the company has acquired Social.IM, the social network IM client. This acquisition positions iSkoot to grow beyond mobile VoIP and create a compelling and valuable consumer solution with a growing lineup of Web communications that can be integrated and pushed to your phone. “Social.IM has served as an instant Web communications desktop platform and we see a clear consumer integration with iSkoot‘s upcoming suite of Web to mobile push services,” said Mark Jacobstein, iSkoot CEO. “Acquiring Social.IM is a key step in our path to introduce later...

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