If you’ve been thinking about starting a blog and have wondered how to create one with a professional look and feel, along with a reasonable level of customization, there are lots of choices out there. There’s Google’s Blogger, SixApart’s Typepad, or its big brother Moveable Type, WordPress,...

Don’t worry, you didn’t misread the headlines. This is a review of, dare I say it again, QuickBooks 2010 for Mac. And I know that the headlines, along with my paycheck, are labeled PC Quarterly Review, but that doesn’t mean we can’t extol the virtues of a good product when we see it. The gorgeous...

When I first became aware of iMinds audio book program I was excited. iMinds promotes itself as offering 8-minute audio books that deliver bursts of general knowledge. They were designed to offer well-rounded subject review of a general knowledge topic. The books are read by voice-over artists mixed...

Two days before writing this article, dozens of people around the world celebrated the birthday of a renowned hero: Batman. No, it wasn’t the birthday of Adam West, Michael Keaton, Val Kilmer, Christian Bale, or anybody else who might have played the character of Batman over the years. It was the anniversary...

As a long time user of Macromedia’s Dreamweaver and related line of products, I was a little concerned about their recent acquisition by Adobe. Although Adobe makes great products, sometimes things change when new versions are released shortly after transition. I am happy to say that the latest Adobe...

When it comes to desktop publishing, there have been plenty of well-known software options: Microsoft Publisher, Nova Publisher, and Broderbund Pro Publisher, just to name a few. Yet Serif’s new PagePlus X3 Publisher Professional has become the most eye-catching solution, by combining attractive templates...

As a professional speaker, author and consultant, I never travel without a digital camera and have accumulated over 30 Gigabytes of picture files. Having shot thousands of images from all over the world – management can present a significant challenge. Photo and Video editing products have greatly...

If you haven’t yet heard of Skype, you will. Skype is one of the simplest and most notable VOIP (Voice over IP) phone services on the market. Don’t let the acronym scare you. Even my eighty-seven year old father-in-law uses it. So what’s the benefit you ask? Skype comes in many flavors; however...

GotoMyPC – I can’t tell you how many times I’ve been on the road and needed to access a file from my home or office. Year’s ago, I used to play with remote control software such as PC Anywhere which required setup on all of the machines and was tedious at best. Not anymore! Now I use www.GoToMyPC.com,...

Have you ever lost pictures or data because a removable media card or external storage device has gone bad? After testing a number of software products we were able to completely recover all of our pictures that were stored on an SD card that couldn’t even be read by Windows Explorer. The software...