This week, Intuit announced their update of their hosted application service, QuickBase. The application is designed to provide even small business with the kind of tools which used to be available only to corporations large enough to afford their own mainframes. With an entry-level… Read More »
Archive for October, 2006
Faced with the ridiculous cost of living in urban tech hubs like San Francisco, Seattle and New York, it’s no surprise that web workers would take advantage of their mobility and move where they’ll get a better value for their dollar. But as they fan… Read More »
Just heard about a little piece of software called ChatterBlocker that offers an assortment of background noise to help you tune out distracting sounds. While the advertised use is for shutting out annoying office-mates, there’s obvious applications for those of us who work out of even… Read More »
Here I was thinking that the height of office luxury, excess and whimsy was a nap room, video game system and a foosball table or two, possibly lubricated with free beverages. Davison Integration, a Pittsburgh-based company that helps inventors prototype, manufacture and bring their ideas… Read More »
By Ian Bell The ferocity of a Blackberry’s vibration mode, which at last check was supposed to be a discrete form of notification, is a seismic event that has always made me cringe. Such hoopla should certainly be set aside to herald the arrival of a truly… Read More »
Folks if you are in the market for a faster wireless connection for your laptop, then there is good news for you. Sprint has started turning on its next generation wireless network, starting with San Diego, and will have 20 cities online by end of this… Read More »
Joe Sharkey wrote an interesting article in the New York Times exploring the practice of computers being confiscated and searched at points of entry to the United States. It doesn’t seem to be particularly common or widespread, judging by a small number of accounts and… Read More »
