Cupcakes and Accounting

Why is it difficult for Americans to adjust to change when it involves our day to day activities in our job and/or personal lives? Many people use the saying “If it’s not broke why fix it”. Technology doesn’t have to be broke for an upgrade.

Microsoft and Dell joined forces to bring two companies who used legacy products and/or technology up to date with the latest technology to enhance their on the job performance. Microsoft and Dell paid the bill to migrate Cupcake Royale and Balin Accountancy legacy products with up to date technology such as Windows 7, Microsoft Office 2010 and Windows Server 2008. Who could turn down such an offer? http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/221674/cupcakes_accounting_and_a_microsoftdell_makeover.html

Although the two businesses are totally opposite everyone relies on the faster services and various ways to provide and offer faster services to more people, accuracy when ordering or preparing your taxes and ways to cut cost and/or labor.

As many of us are in the IT field adjusting to change is a long term investment for us professionally and personally, we just have to make the right decision when it comes upgrades and stay up to date on the current technology.

ITwins

A USB look alike allows remote computers to access each others hard drive. So what happened to file sharing? According to article http://www.gizmag.com/itwin-promises-easy-remote-file-access/18173/ you have to install software and the 2 computer will need access to the internet in order for the ITwins (file sharing) to work. This is a very nice feature for those of you who like to work on 2 computers at home or those who have separate computers set aside for your spouse or kids. The ITwins is definitely a upgrade for file sharing setup within our home network. You simple connect one ITwin to your laptop as an example and then connect the other ITwin up to your home desktop both should reside in the USB slots of your computers. The other cool feature for those who are careless with their USB flash drive is that the ITwins can be disabled remotely in the event you misplace one due to travel and/or etc.

The Peel

For those of you who use or have used the universal remotes for your home entertainment center then keep reading. The "PEEL" is a new electronic device that will allow your home electronics and your mobile phone to be recognize under one umbrella for you to control. According to article http://techcrunch.com/2011/03/07/peel-a-bridge-between-your-iphone-and-home-entertainment-system-video/
it's a fruit device for all of your electronics in the household that are within a particular range/distance to pick up signal that you would like to access with one component. You will have the ability to control everything from a channel change or switching of content base upon a peel download application on your mobile. You are also able to browse through TV shows via mobile while viewing live cable TV. This device retails for $99 at Apple or any other retails online.

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