You’ll have to hurry before Rupert puts it behind a paywall and blocks Google from indexing it, but the WSJ had a good article recently about technology in the workplace.
At the office, you’ve got a sluggish computer running aging software, and the email system routinely badgers you to delete messages after you blow through the [...]

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Well, maybe not obsolete, but definitely less integral for the mobile professional.
I started using Dropbox roughly six months ago and have been consistently impressed with the service, single tweet of discontent aside.
Dropbox syncs your files between computers on which you have their lightweight software installed. It creates a folder where you can store all the [...]

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In the world of business, with the notable exception of “creative” industries, IT is dominated by Microsoft Windows. Apple’s Mac enjoys niche success in art and media related circles, but hasn’t been able to crack into mainstream business use.
This is not for lack of trying. Apple’s website has a section devoted to how [...]

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Microsoft’s upcoming operating system, the successor to XP, isn’t out yet but it has still managed to be cracked (in a sense). Vista will be out Jan. 30, 2007 to consumers, earlier for Microsoft’s preferred big business clients.
With Windows Vista only just going “gold” … the first cracked versions have already hit the pirate [...]

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Microsoft has invited the Firefox guys up to Redmond to test Firefox and Thunderbird on Vista to ensure compatibility. The move isn’t entirely unexpected, after all, Firefox has been steadily eating into Internet Explorer’s market share ever since it was released.
It isn’t a wholly benevolent move, however. Microsoft is making sure all the [...]

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