Latest SMB Tech How-To
- 06 May 2013
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How-Tos: Where are recently opened documents in Windows 8?
We explain how to find recently used documents when using Windows 8.
- 24 April 2013
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How-Tos: How to transfer Sticky Notes to a different PC
Sticky Notes can be a really useful program. But what happens to all your useful Notes when you upgrade your PC or laptop? Here's how to take your Sticky Notes with you wherever you go.
- 23 April 2013
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How-Tos: 6 Big Data Analytics Use Cases for Healthcare IT
Making use of the petabytes of patient data that healthcare organizations possess requires extracting it from legacy systems, normalizing it and then building applications that can make sense of it. That's a tall order, but the facilities that pull it off can learn a lot.
- 18 April 2013
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How-Tos: Social Data Warehousing Is Worth the Trouble
Everybody knows data warehousing is big data. But when you want to understand what's really going on with your customers' social interactions, terabytes may seem small. It's a laborious process, but the insight it provides can reap big rewards.
- 17 April 2013
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How-Tos: 7 quick tips for holding a successful Twitter chat
A Twitter chat is an awesome way to engage an audience, increase your brand's social visibility, and connect with an audience in a new way.
- 09 April 2013
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How-Tos: Collaboration in Microsoft Office: Painful but not impossible
Microsoft Office has long been the gold standard for creating, editing, and formatting serious documents. Google Docs and other Web-based competitors, however, have outpaced Office by making it easy to share and co-edit documents in real time.
- 29 March 2013
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How-Tos: Monitor connection problem: Connect DisplayPort to DVI with Dual-Link DVI
Our Helproom Editor explains how to connect a DisplayPort output to a DVI monitor input via an adaptor, supporting Dual-Link DVI.
- 20 March 2013
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How-Tos: How to disable Office 2013's start screen
There's a lot to like about the new Office 2013. Heck, some might argue that Outlook alone is worth the price of admission.
- 22 February 2013
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How-Tos: 'OSD is now locked' message on monitor
If your monitor keeps displaying the message 'OSD is now locked' or 'OSD is now unlocked' it is likely you have an internal hardware problem, a software problem or just a sticky button. Our Helproom Editor can assist.
- 30 January 2013
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How-Tos: 6 CIOs Share Their Strategic Visions for 2013
If your IT organization doesn't have a clear core strategy, it's easy to get caught up in--and spend too much on--technology trends. Learn about six CIOs' strategies for 2013 and see how they compare to your plans for the rest of the year.
- 23 January 2013
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How-Tos: How to Avoid Online Reputation Management Nightmares
Don't let a few bad reviews or one negative article ruin your reputation with online customers. These three case studies feature companies that faced online reputation challenges, with a look at the results they achieved and the lessons they learned along the way.
- 10 January 2013
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How-Tos: How to Get Started With Google Analytics
Analytics help you find out what brings visitors to your small business website. With that information, you can better design your site to give visitors what they are looking for--and turn them into customers. Here's a primer on linking your site to Google Analytics and getting the most out of the data it gives you.
- 05 January 2013
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How-Tos: How to edit PDFs in Word 2013
Word 2013 brings a fair number of new features to the word-processing table, but one of the most welcome (and business-friendly) by far is the capability to edit PDFs.
- 02 January 2013
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How-Tos: iTunes playlists, tags, and track durations
In the last Ask the iTunes Guy column of the year, I look at playlist views, a quick way to make playlists from folders of songs, adding tags to your tracks, and how to see the duration of selected tracks in iTunes 11.
- 27 December 2012
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How-Tos: How to encrypt a file in XP
Our Helproom Editor explains how to password-protect files when using a PC or laptop running Windows XP.
- 24 December 2012
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How-Tos: iTunes 11: Miniplayer and Up Next tips
Two more tips about iTunes 11 from the readers of Mac OS X Hints:
- 06 December 2012
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How-Tos: Big Data, Cheap Storage Bring In-Memory Analytics Into Spotlight
In-memory analytics, like virtualization and the cloud, is an old idea that's been given new life. In this case, the combination of big data, inexpensive commodity storage and parallel processing make it possible to analyze terabytes of data without slowing systems to a crawl.
- 30 November 2012
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How-Tos: How to Set Up a Pinterest Business Page
Following in the footsteps of Facebook, Twitter and Google+, social bookmarking site Pinterest has unveiled pages exclusively for businesses.
- 28 November 2012
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How-Tos: How to tame messy Gmail replies
Much as I love Gmail, I don't love how messy it can be. Messy interface, messy layout, and, sometimes, messy emails.
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How-Tos: How to Set Up a Pinterest Business Page
You have no doubt watched the rise of Pinterest, the latest social media phenom. But have you switched to the new Pinterest Business Pages? Here's how to do it, plus details on its other exclusive features.
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