Laptop Investment: $250.00 laptops are garbage. Spending more will save you money in the long run.

We've all bought stuff that's cheap at one point or another. Whether it's to save money, or the less expensive alternative fits the bill, the low cost option is sometimes…

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Background Information: Digging up the dirt on someone may be as easy as typing their name into Google.

I have new neighbors who I don't particularly care for. They're the type of people who yell at each other constantly and thump around their house until all hours. Since…

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Storing Data: Backups are one thing, but nothing beats a properly designed properly designed RAID1 computer system.

No matter what business you're involved with, I can almost guarantee there's some type of data. Data can be as simple as a mailing list or a complex database, without…

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Trust Nobody: Some so-called technology professionals don’t know anything about products or services they’re selling.

Trust is something we come to expect from people who help us. Whether that help is personal or a business decision, we expect those who we ask for help to…

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Pictures and More Pictures: Smartphones, digital cameras, and infinite storage options make hoarding digital photographs and images easy.

Pictures, pictures and more pictures. When I was a kid my mother used to take tons of pictures of my brothers and me. This weekend my mother dragged out the…

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