Joseph Moran

The aim of Wiley Publishing’s Wireless Networking Visual Quick Tips is to give readers the skinny (and at 199 pages, the book is quite thin) on everything wireless — from access points to the Wireless Zero Configuration feature of Windows — while striking an optimal balance between pictures and prose. It thankfully eschews endless pages […]

You might be forgiven if you had never heard of Skype prior to it being purchased by eBay a little more than a year ago. Skype’s VoIP software has had a much higher profile since then, particularly after the company announced a promotion — which has since expired on 12/31/06 — offering unlimited free calls […]

Few people miss the days before third-party desktop search tools, when Windows’ built-in search function was the only way (and not a particularly good one) to find files buried on your hard drive. FileHawk – Search ResultsThankfully there are numerous excellent (and free) products now available from the likes of Copernic, Google, Microsoft and Yahoo, […]

Network Attached Storage (NAS) devices are an easy and inexpensive way to provide storage for a group of networked computers, but sometimes storage just doesn’t need to be shared. When you want to add capacity to a single system, the easiest, least expensive way to do it — and still get the performance you need […]

Back in the days before Windows became the dominant desktop operating system, the PC world lacked a standard file manager — there were lots of third-party products available and everyone had their favorite. Ultimately, and due mainly to ubiquity rather than capability, Windows Explorer became the file manager of choice, but there are still third-party […]

JiWire’s Hotspot Helper (a revamped version of the utility previously known as SpotLock) is designed to make it easier to find and use hotspots and to enhance your security while you do. The software (which is currently available only for Windows XP) is made up of three components: Hotspot Finder, a comprehensive hotspot database you […]

If you find backup utilities harder to figure out than a 1040 form, you’ll be interested in BackMaster from MSR development. Although it sounds like something you might find Suzanne Somers shilling on late-night infomercials, it’s actually a data-protection and disaster-recovery tool that puts considerable emphasis on making the both data backup and restoration processes […]

When is a Windows PC not really a Windows PC? When it’s MojoPac from RingCube Technologies, Inc. With MojoPac and a USB-based storage device, you can carry both data and applications around with you and access them on any Windows XP system, without using the “host” system’s hard drive or leaving any user information behind. […]

Internet-connected computers (particularly those running Windows) face a host of threats from various sources — these days it can often seem as if your PC is at risk from everything but e.coli. Using a broadband router/firewall for protection is a good start, but it can’t guard against some of the most serious and prevalent threats […]

Despite periodic predictions that the advent of the paperless office is nigh, the ability to copy print, scan and fax documents continues to be a mainstay of almost every office. Small businesses looking for all of these features in a single device should give serious consideration to the Xerox WorkCentre 4150/S, a $2,499 black-and-white, multifunction […]

The last time you sent someone a file from your computer, you probably did it as an e-mail attachment. After all, e-mail is a quick, easy and generally reliable way to transfer a file from point A to point B. There may be a better way. WiredReach says its BoxCloudsoftware/service combo makes it easy to […]