Joseph Moran

Physically speaking, the P-2000W is compact enough to put in a bag or a pocket. It measures 5 ¼ x 1 ¾ x ¾ inches (HWD — including a fixed stub antenna). That makes it smaller and thinner than most cordless phones, though larger than the most svelte mobile phones. A 1350 mAh Li-Ion battery […]

For those of us that use a computer to keep personal or business information organized, a Personal Information Manager, or PIM, could be considered essential. Perhaps that’s why EPIM Ltd. chose to call their Personal Information Manager Essential PIM. The program isn’t designed to provide the detailed contact management you’d find in a comprehensive PIM […]

Remember back a few years when most of us had hard disks we thought we could never fill? Well, that was then. Today, the ubiquity of devices such as MP3 players and digital cameras (still and video), combined with the ever increasing size of applications and their bloated data files means that there’s a good […]

Look at the monitor display of most PCs, and what you’ll see can often be best described as chaotic. After all, the typical desktop (including ours and probably yours as well) is likely to contain dozens – if not scores – of icons comprising Windows desktop items, application and document shortcuts, downloaded files and so […]

Wireless Network Ignition 2.0 from SingleClick Systems aims to simplify access to, and configuration of, wireless networks. The $39.95 application is intended as either a replacement to the vendor-supplied utility that came with your WLAN card or a substitute to the Wireless Zero Configuration (WZC) feature built into Windows XP, whichever you use. Wireless Network […]

For most businesses, e-mail is a critical communications tool, and at many organizations, hosted POP3 /IMAP mail service provides cheap and convenient e-mail. Companies that covet the additional control and collaboration features you get by running an internal mail server may, however, be put off by the cost and complexity of purchasing and maintaining a […]

There’s a well-worn saying that goes: “What you don’t know won’t hurt you.” It’s arguable if that’s ever been true, but it certainly doesn’t apply to today’s world of Windows computing, where what you don’t know most certainly can hurt you. The Ultimate Troubleshooter quickly points out when a running task could be a drain […]

When you consider how many different forms of danger an Internet-connected PC faces these days, you can almost get sentimental about that bygone time when an old-fashioned, run-of-the mill virus was all you had to watch out for. Nowadays, viruses are unfortunately just one of a seemingly endless list of nasties that potentially lurk behind […]

It’s common knowledge that when it comes to securing a wireless network, WEP, while still better than nothing, is only slightly better. In fact, using WEP is a lot like locking your car doors but leaving the key in the ignition with the engine running. And while WPA is nothing less than a huge improvement […]

Anyone who runs a business knows — or at least should know — that backing up your data is critical if you want to be able to survive and recover from unexpected nasty events. Backing a server up to tape has been the traditional method of data protection employed by small and large businesses alike, […]

It’s an accepted axiom that there’s an inverse relationship between security and convenience when it comes to computing. To wit, a great many of the operating system features and applications most of us rely on have a real potential to compromise system security to some degree. Quick, Easy, and (Mostly) Effective CCleaner’s initial OS/browser analysis […]