The TechNexus

Great news today when I heard that Microsoft was finally offering an over-the-air complete sync service for their phones. The new service entitled My Phone is a concept that has been out in the wild for years now already, but it seems Microsoft is finally getting on the bandwagon. What is strange is that they completely bypass Activesync and require you to install yet another piece of software. Yeah, why would you use the default Microsoft based over-the-air syncing application when you can just... more

Every since Microsoft introduced the “Recycle Bin” restoring deleted files has been easy… well except if you emptied the recycle bin. I am sure we have all been there where there was a file we wanted to get back, to restore the file from whence it came. My first piece of advice is avoid using the computer as much as possible or making new files until you restore your deleted files. This ensures the greatest chance of recovery. You can simply download a software to go about this.... more

For those traveling with laptops and other gadgets we always have the same dilemma: portable power. Whether it is our cell phone, music player, laptop or something else we always need to have everything charged up and ready to go before we leave. When waiting in airports it is always an incessant quest to find the nearest power outlet to juice up my gear, or at least not drain the battery so I can use it on the flight for a longer. Now I pose this question, which is a better, the extension cord,... more

I have been reading John C. Dvorak for years. He has always had very insightful and forward thinking (if extremely opinionated)  views on the tech world around us, and for the most part, I agree with him. His latest article about “9 Reasons E-Mail Is Dead” is yet another fine read. It reminds me of how friends would rather “Facebook” me or message me on MSN than send me an email. Even though I have push email on my phone, I seemed to always miss communications from friends... more