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USB Key Based Applications

Most people use the USB flash drives merely for storage. However, you can also run applications off of them. This is especially useful for shared computers. Your bookmarks, history, passwords, etc are stored on the USB key instead of the library’s computer for the world to see.

App-Stick is a great resource for applications that can be run from your USB drive. They have a wide variety of programs, from Firefox to Open Office to games.

Mint: The future of money management?

Published by Ted January 13th, 2008

Mint is a new site that is blowing away critics with its full featured money management services. This startup company dominated a recent presentation of the hottest startup companies in America. Is this the future of money management?
Mint integrates with your various financial institutions in one secure location. It provides easy to understand presentations of […]

Turn your website into an e-commerce site instantly with Amazon.

Published by Ted January 6th, 2008

E-commerce sites are difficult, expensive, and tedious to build. Privacy, security, transaction handling, order monitoring and delivery confirmation functionality present a significant barrier of entry for most small companies.
There are many pre-built platforms that are expensive and either time consuming to customize or leave you with a cookie cutter site that lacks originality. Wouldn’t it […]

Online collaboration tools for your business

Published by Ted January 3rd, 2008

“Plastics” was the word to remember in the movie “The Graduate.” The “Internet” was the word of the 90’s. The word for today’s businesses may be “shared.”
We need to share our workspaces. Companies share their data. People spend countless hours sharing their labor on open-source projects. The biggest sharing of all comes with […]