Lost Cities and Emails: A Journey of (Re)discovery

SAN JUAN TEOTIHUACAN, MEXICO One of the joys of discovery is that it’s recyclable. For instance, this sprawling city of pyramids and temples — "The place where godswere born." I’ve lived my whole life in North America, yet somehow had missed this wonder of the world. It is an astonishing…

Posted on: July 30, 2012 9:00 am

The Messaging Myth

The "messaging" is all the talk of the land these days. The GOP is good at messaging. The Democrats are not good at it. If most Americans had enough brain cells rubbing together, messaging would not be effective as it is. What ever messaging the GOP sends it is obvious…

Posted on: July 30, 2012 9:00 am

Access Your Gmail Contacts Offline

Robert Conner keeps his friends’ phone numbers and snailmail addresses in Gmail. He asked me how he can access this information offline. The trick is to sync Gmail’s contacts with another contact manager–one that stores its information locally. Not surprisingly, this is a no-brainer on an Android device. You just…

Posted on: July 30, 2012 9:00 am

Two-Way Satellite Communicator assists aircraft pilots.

First Affordable Two-Way Communication Device Provides Reliable Communication Capabilities for Pilots Anywhere in the World YARMOUTH, Maine – DeLorme, the innovation leader in personal satellite tracking, messaging and navigation technology, is presenting the inReach(TM) two-way satellite communicator to the world’s largest gathering of aviation pilots, owners and enthusiasts at EAA…

Posted on: July 30, 2012 9:00 am

Dragon NaturallySpeaking 12 Adds Enhanced Gmail, Hotmail Support

A new version of Dragon NaturallySpeaking, the popular voice recognition software, lands on Windows PCs this August featuring enhanced support for Gmail and Hotmail and a remote microphone app for Android. NaturallySpeaking 12 is the first major new version of the core Dragon desktop software in two years following the Home…

Posted on: July 30, 2012 9:00 am

Platform: Windows Vista 64-bit, Windows 7, Windows 7 64-bit, Windows Vista …

Messenger Plus! Live is an add-on for Windows Live Messenger from Microsoft. Messenger Plus! adds numerous features to Messenger to make it more enjoyable. Features include the ability to have a multi-chat within one window, by making use of tabs to control your chat much like the tab function you’ll…

Posted on: July 30, 2012 9:00 am

Microsoft Job Ad Hints at Office Version for Apple Devices

Microsoft is apparently looking for a few good programmers to design Microsoft Office to run on Apple products, as a recently spotted job listing on a Microsoft site suggests. Rumors have been bouncing around various tech news Websites for months, including eWEEK, that Microsoft and Apple are close to an…

Posted on: July 29, 2012 9:00 am

Romney’s messaging woes continue in UK

Mitt Romney is having a hard time in the UK during his first international trip as the Republican candidate for president. In an interview with NBC Nightly News anchor Brian Williams earlier this week, the presumptive GOP nominee criticized London’s readiness for the Olympics, saying there were "disconcerting" signs around…

Posted on: July 29, 2012 9:00 am

Twitter, Google Struck by Global Outages but Bounce Back

If Twitter thought it had an overload problem July 26, the day before the London Olympiad begins, just wait until the opening ceremonies start and all those photos of the Queen, Sting and Paul McCartney begin saturating the Internet. Slow responses or outages in the social messaging network for up to…

Posted on: July 29, 2012 9:00 am

Secrets of SharePoint Success Lie in Records Management

A recent survey of IT professionals migrating to Microsoft SharePoint 2010 reveals that only one in three actively involved their organization’s records managers during implementation, despite stated goals of using the software to solve records management challenges. Conducted by IDC and sponsored by information company Iron Mountain Incorporated (NYSE: IRM), Principal…

Posted on: July 29, 2012 9:00 am