Backups make us feel all warm and fuzzy. They’re great. Whether on-site, off-site or just on a jump drive, if we have a backup we feel like we can sleep better at night. HA Restoring and recovery are the thing. The actual ability to recover our files and systems is what should make us feel [...]

Inspired by LeBron James, my buddy Peter agreed to interview me about the question everyone in America has been waiting for. Will Bill choose the iPhone 4 and AT&T or make the jump to Verizon and get the HTC Incredible? Here is a transcript of the interview. Peter: Bill, this has been a long process [...]

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I have had a busy few weeks with my family out of town on a road trip vacation to the east coast. Luckily my clients have not let me feel alone with a raft of issues from setting up new offices to backup to wireless challenges. In tech news, the new iPhone 4 has been [...]

Microsoft has released the latest version of its Office software. Office 2010 seems to have improved upon some of the features from 2007. Take a look here: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/products/cool-things-you-can-do-with-office-2010-VA101842280.aspx You may need the latest version of Silverlight to view the video. Like many others, I am still getting used to Office 2007 and probably will not [...]

Based on this NY Times article, there have been over 600,000 orders for the new iPhone on the first day it was offered. Go read that again. That is a lot of phones. They have pushed back the delivery date into mid-July instead of June 24 as previously planned. Apple always claims that whatever they [...]

WARNING: This post has nothing to do with computers. Think of it as a community service. Last Friday after work in the evening I decided it was time to get the sprinkler system working again. Let me begin by saying that I am terrible with plumbing. I can frame a house, lay a hardwood floor [...]

I bought my iPhone 3G in July of 2008 and it has been a good business tool for me. I use the calendar, contacts, email, maps, Internet browsing, iPod, and a few of the other 250,000 apps available for the phone. After working with the HTC Incredible for two days, I am ready to switch [...]

In the mail the other day I received an official looking letter from a company telling me that my domain registration was almost up and I should renew through their company. While I’m sure that my domain is due for renewal soon, I will be renewing it with the company that it is currently registered [...]

Hate is a strong word. Maybe I am overstating it. Listen to this and tell me if I’m crazy. I have been using QB Pro 2007 for the last four years. It does what I need. I never run updates as I don’t use the Payroll function. If I were to have a problem with [...]