Why a Tablet PC May Be Right For You by Mike Wendland
Get ready for a new type of computer that is about to be as common as the laptop. In fact, you could think of it as the next evolutionary step of the laptop. Before you replace your current portable computer, you may want to get yourself informed about this handy new machine that is known as the... While a Tablet does everything a regular computer does, they have the added advantage of some special tablet-only software enhancements. ... Even Apple Computer with its fabled Macintosh line is rumored to be close to developing a Tablet version.

Microsoft eCommerce Web-development: Great Plains eConnect .Net – Highlights for Programmer by Andrew Karasev
In our small article we’ll consider Microsoft Business Solutions Great Plains Sales Order Processing module as eCommerce backend. Plus we’ll cover what is possible and impossible in eConnect and why. Microsoft Great Plains is one of the most popular ERP in the US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand,... Dexterity is based on very shrewd application development philosophy – ERP application will stay decades if it is independent from the graphical computer environment and database platform. ... • eOrder – this IIS ASP application was initially available for all the platforms: MS SQL Server, Ctree...

Is Your Computer a Sluggish Starter? by Mike Bryant
Does your computer seem to be intent on driving you crazy? Sometimes it seems that we wait for what seems like an eternity for the computer to boot up so we can do something. What in the world could that computer be doing for so long between the time you press the 'On' button and the Windows... This week, in my constant effort to help you maintain your computer sanity, we'll talk a bit about how to make that computer startup faster. ... Once you install the software, it loads itself every single time the computer is started up.

Fix a Slow Computer - There's No Need to Endure Such Computer Pain by Steve Faber
Is your computer slow? Do you have problems with it freezing up completely? Do you sometimes get the dreaded “Blue Screen of Death”? That one can be especially troubling, as I’m sure you can attest to if you’ve ever had the misfortune of witnessing it. ... The registry is usually the province of computer repair technicians and software geeks. ... These days some pretty competent registry repair software is available to the average computer user. ... Incorrectly loading or deleting software and applications, downloading files, connecting to p2p networks, changing network settings, and other...

Free Voice Recognition Software by Kevin Stith
Voice or speech recognition technology has been around for more than fifty years, yet it was only during the 1970s that the technology developed rapidly. During that time, software was already capable of recognizing complete yet simple sentences. Today, speech recognition software is capable of... The software has entered the mainstream software market and is available to anyone who wishes to buy it. ... Certainly all-inclusive $200 voice recognition software may not be as good as free voice recognition software.

Using Free Software Sites To Get The Applications You Need by Gabriel J. Adams
No matter which type of computer operating system you own, it can be very confusing deciding what software you should purchase. Since updates continually take place, you definitely don’t want to spend money on something that is going to be changed in the near future. ... At free software download websites, you can take advantage free software for your computer system. ... This is something you should consider – if the software you need is crucial to you and you will need good support, you may need to buy the software.

Free Alternative To Microsoft Office by Jim Edwards
Anyone who ever priced the Microsoft Office Suite knows it represents a significant investment. A quick check of the CompUSA.com website shows Microsoft Office Standard costs $399 and Microsoft Office Professional will set you back $449. Now, this doesn't discount the value of the software. ... OpenOffice.org offers a suite of office software applications free to download for anyone with a computer, including PC's operating with Windows or Linux. ... The Open Office software publishes in the Open Document Format to make data universally available (instead of using proprietary file formats...

How to Choose the Right IT Certification Training by Natalie Aranda
IT training is an important part of your professional formation, offering a range of alternatives in software training, technical training and certification training, that sometimes make it hard to find out which one is the most convenient when it comes to deciding. ... IT training is the best way to earn certification in fields such as Network Administrator, Software Engineer, Software Application Developer, Systems Analyst, Database Analyst, IT Business Analyst, Trainer, Technical Consultant, Administrator, Web Application Developers, Internet Developers, Office Manager, Executive...

Meta-Languages and their usefulness for User Driven Programming by Peter Hale
Meta-languages describe the structure of information to enable this information to be searched more easily by software systems. XML (eXtensible Markup Language) has emerged as the most important of these Meta-languages and is the base for many languages. ... This is to make it easier for computer literate non-programmers to specify instructions to a computer, without learning and writing code in computer languages. ... Software and the information it manipulates are just information that has different uses, there is no reason why software must be represented differently represented...

5 Minute Guide to ERP by Natalie Aranda
Information technology has transformed the way we live and the way we do business. ERP, or Enterprise Resource Planning, is one of most widely implemented business software systems in a wide variety of industries and organizations. In this short article, we’ll try to concisely explain the basic... ERP Systems - ERP is much more than a piece of computer software. ... A ERP System includes ERP Software, Business Processes, Users and Hardware that run the ERP software. ... ERP software consists of multiple software modules that integrates activities across functional departments - from...