Tales from the bits

When you are on the move you need to make the most of your time. I prefer to carry around my iPad 2 and not my notebook. Making that decision I needed to select an Office suite to be able to edit and share documents, spreadsheets and presentations. Of course I have to option to [...]

We just returned from a trip to London. Both myself and my wife, Alina, have an iPad 2 3G 64GB each. Remember to take with you the proper power adapter changer. iPad 2 is a must have travelling assistant. As soon as we arrived to London, we purchased a 3G SIM for iPad 2. Just [...]

(Last updated on January, 10, 2012) Communication is vital for the project manager. Having access to the latest project information is also equally important. iPad is an important tool to help you in your daily tasks of managing a project. Personally, I use a combination of tools for my day to day tasks. Can iPad [...]

Take a look at Microsoft’s view of the future of productivity here. As Kurt DelBene, president of the Office Division, states most of the technologies (speech recognition, real time collaboration and data visualization) presented in the video are researched or are commercially available now. For sure the technological future will be very interesting.

On February 3rd, 2011, ICAN announced that the available pool of unallocated IPv4 Internet addresses is now completely emptied. This is a historical moment. ICANN’s President and Chief Executive Officer, Rod Beckstrom said “This is a major turning point in the on-going development of the Internet. No one was caught off guard by this. The Internet [...]

According to Microsoft the vulnerability was in the mshtml.dll.  Those who install the update are NOT vulnerable and are protected from all known attack vectors.  There is a full description on Microsoft Security Bulletin MS10-002 – Critical.

The recent attack to Google, Adobe and other companies revealed a vulnerability that exists in many versions of Internet Explorer. According to Wired the attack was ultra sophisticated and targeted source code from Google, Adobe and dozens of other high-profile companies. The level of sophistication was equal to the attacks seen in defense industry. Microsoft [...]

Microsoft BizSparkis a global program designed to help accelerate the success of entrepreneurs and early stage startups. The requirements to join the program are: The core business of the company is software development Be privately held In business for less than 3 years Generate less than 1 million USD annually The benefits are: Software: You [...]

Open standards are standards that are available to the public and anyone either a developer or a corporation can add them into their software program. Open standards come to fill the need for interoperability. The problem that computer industry had before open standards was how to communicate two systems of different vendors. Each vendor was [...]

I had the experience of upgrading from Microsoft Windows Vista (Business Edition) to Microsoft Windows 7 (Ultimate edition). Overall it was a very positive experience. Tip 1 I prepared my PC for the upgrade. I did a BIOS upgrade to be sure that I  have the latest BIOS. Tip 2 I used the upgrade instructions from Microsoft. You [...]