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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

I save all my appointment data in my calendar. It seems to work the best for me. I can update what I just did after each appointment and at the end of the week, pull up my calendar and send invoices based on the appointments. Lately, however, after the switch to Apple, I have had [...]

If you read the tea leaves and ANY tech blog or website, it seems that Apple will probably announce and release some version of a tablet this year. My question is; Why? While a 10″ iPhone/MacBook SOUNDS cool, who would use it other than gadget freaks? We’re talking about a device that could run iPhone [...]

As previously posted, Microsoft doesn’t allow direct upgrades from XP to Windows 7. Dell also cannot sell you a PC with XP without also selling you Windows 7. Many version incompatibilities exist between different versions of Microsoft software. It seems that whenever MS decides to “innovate”, they leave someone or something out. Google, on the [...]

Ok, so I am the last person to find out about this, but there is no direct upgrade from Windows XP to Windows 7. Dell and other PC companies are selling Windows 7 with the XP downgrade installed; that is, selling you both Windows 7 and XP pro with XP loaded on the box. What [...]

Wow. I have been watching the demo of the new product, Google Wave. Google Wave is a collaboration tool designed to allow users to have a more “real life” experience of a conversation. If that sounds confusing, I make no apologies. It’s hard to describe. Google wave has its own web page that allows you [...]