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  • Quest Software Completes Acquisition of BakBone

    IT management specialist Quest Software announced the completion of its acquisition of BakBone Software Inc., a provider of data protection software headquartered in San Diego, Calif. The company said the acquisition gives Quest additional technologies to offer data protection across heterogeneous physical, virtual and application-level environments, enabling organizations to support expanding data protection needs while…

  • Reaping the Benefits of Social Media Without Investing the Time

    The over-hyping of social media such as Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn has caused many of us to develop a “who cares” mindset, especially when it comes to our businesses. I know this all too well because I originally landed squarely in this category for some time. To complicate matters I was a proud card-carrying member…

  • QuickBooks Alternative Offered by Zoho

    Looking for an alternative to Intuit’s Quick Books online? Online applications provider Zoho is releasing Zoho Books, online accounting software designed for small and medium-size businesses, complete with a full feature set such as invoicing software, expense tracking, bank and credit card transactions and more. The accounting software in the cloud adds to Zoho’s existing…

  • Asustek Favors Netbook Market Amid Tablet Frenzy

    Jan 19 (Reuters) – Taiwan’s Asustek Computer Inc (TW:2357) will stick to its core netbook PC products, it said on Wednesday, even as the rising popularity of tablet PCs sparked by Apple Inc’s (NASDAQ:AAPL) iPad threatens to cut into netbook sales. The company expects sales of netbooks will be flat this year, but revenue will…

  • Wunderlist Task Manager (Free)

    Wunderlist Task Manager (Free) This cloud-synch task management tool allows you to organize your to-do lists on the go (which you always are) add notes and mark important tasks&#151that would be all of them, by the way. Flight Track Pro ($9.99) There are few things more annoying than unexpected travel delays, but Flight Tracker can…

  • Tablets Gain Momentum, PCs Lose Their Luster

    HELSINKI, Jan 18 (Reuters) – Companies will buy more than 10 million tablet computers this year, consultancy Deloitte said on Tuesday supporting recent research from Gartner which sees the global market for Apple’s (NASDAQ:AAPL) iPad, rising to 55 million devices this year from 19.5 million in 2010. "Although some commentators view tablets as underpowered media-consumption…

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