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Month: November 2011

Five replacements for Windows Explorer

Five replacements for Windows Explorer

When using it for simple file management, and it starts up the old Not Responding behavior, it can be a nightmare of frustration. This is a pain because Explorer is so interconnected with so many other tools. That’s why I often rely upon one of the free replacements for the default Windows file manager. There are quite a few. Here are my FREE top five. Give these a try and more than likely you will come out with one you…

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Five alternatives to Microsoft Outlook

Five alternatives to Microsoft Outlook

If you’re exploring Outlook alternatives, give the below clients a try. Although not every client will connect with Exchange, they make up for it in flexibility, reliability, and security. Outlook is, hands-down, the most popular email client among the business set. And with good reason. It connects to Exchange, which allows businesses to determine many aspects of how and what their users can manage, use, and control. It also allows the sharing of things like calendars and contacts. But not…

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Plan now for serious hard drive shortages

Plan now for serious hard drive shortages

If you haven’t noticed yet, there will be a serious issue in the availability of hard drives. This is because of the major flooding that has occurred in Thailand. While this natural disaster is incredibly unfortunate for the people of Thailand, we also will see the supply chain impacted significantly for hard drives and other sub-components. Some ship dates at one of the largest server and storage brands in the US now list estimated ship dates after March of 2012….

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