Friday, May 01, 2009

Errata for A Friday

Acer exec: Windows 7 available on Oct. 23

Windows 7 will be ready a bit early, according to an executive at the world's third-largest PC maker, Acer. On Thursday Acer UK marketing director Bobby Watkins told tech blog Pocket-lint.com to expect the new operating system by fall.

Browser wars could improve productivity, but the enterprise still loves IE6

This news may come as a shocker to the tech savvy folks in the house, but 60 percent of companies use Internet Explorer 6 as their default browser, according to Forrester Research.

An Unofficial User's Guide to Gmail

Think you know everything there is to know about the popular Web-based e-mail application from Google? Think again.

A spring guide to help you clean out the clutter

Toss, reuse, sell, recycle. When it comes to getting rid of stuff, knowing what to throw out is only part of the equation. You also have to figure out what to do with it. Here’s a guide to getting rid of the things you don’t use, need or even want. Not exactly high tech, but definitely worth a read.

Cucku Backup

Free unlimited Local and Remote Backup. Cucku performs a local backup of your data and then uses Skype to send a secure copy of your data to a trusted friend. It's online backup without the monthly fees or the risks of a central datacenter. Cucku encrypts your files so that your backup partner can't access them or even see the filenames

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