March 2009
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Why Outsource? |
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Speed Up Your Computer |
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Holding a Web Meeting |
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Is Your Data Protected |
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Make a Referral |
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Excel 2007 |
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Just for Laughs |
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Up To Speed
with Excel 2007
Microsoft Office Excel 2007 has a new design that makes your work easier, faster, and more efficient.
The new Ribbon, part of the Microsoft Office Fluent user interface, puts the commands you use most often in plain sight on your work surface instead of hidden on menus or in dialog boxes.
Ready-made cell styles let you quickly format your worksheet to make it easier to read and interpret. The new Page Layout view shows how your printed worksheet will look as you're creating it.
Watch this demo to get familiar with the new design, and to see for yourself that you won't have to learn Excel all over again.
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Why Outsource, isn't that un-American?
by Mike Gonsalves, StrategicFusion
 Hardly! Outsourcing is as American as Mom and Apple Pie! A lot of people believe that outsourcing is the problem with America's economy today. For the most part they equate outsourcing with sending jobs overseas (off-shoring). The fact is that outsourcing started long ago when production lines where first formed to manufacture everything from nails for building to autos for driving.
Yes, outsourcing has gotten very sophisticated over the last decade or so. Yes, we are competing on a global scale for jobs, especially in certain sectors. But the fact remains that small businesses can help themselves grow and thrive by outsourcing tasks that are:
1. Difficult to master quickly
2. Better done by someone at a lower overall (more efficient) pay scale
For example, you can do your taxes yourself, or you can hire an accountant. I don't hire an accountant to add the numbers up for me on a form (Turbo Tax can do that just fine). I hire an accountant to make sure the numbers are in the right boxes, that's outsourcing. It would take me months (or years) to gain even the slightest competitive advantage on my accountant, so I rely on him and his firm to do the best job possible.
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5 Easy Ways to Speed Up Your Computer
reprinted with permission from HP
 One of the most common complaints heard by IT helpdesks is: “My computer is running too slowly – what can I do?” There are actually a number of reasons why this could be happening, and luckily, a number of ways to solve the problem. Here are our top five recommendations to help boost your desktop or notebook PC's speed and performance.
1. Clean up your hard drive
A typical hard drive is crammed full of files you really don’t need. The less stuff that’s on your hard drive, the faster your computer will be. The best way to free up space on your PC is with the Windows® Disk Cleanup utility. To access it, go to Start -> Programs -> Accessories -> System Tools, and then click Disk Cleanup. You might need to specify which drive you want to clean.
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Holding a Web meeting? 5 pitfalls to avoid
by Christopher Elliott
reprinted with permission from the Microsoft Small Business Center
 Think hard now. Can you remember your first virtual meeting? For many of you, it was in the latter decades of the 20th century, and you likely called it a "teleconference." If so, chances are you can recall how simple — but expensive — the technology used to be.
Well, virtual meetings aren't expensive anymore. But they're still relatively simple, even if you're talking now about meetings held via the Internet instead of by phone.
In fact, getting up and running with Web conferencing software today is so easy that virtually anyone with a PC and an Internet connection can do it. For example, it took me less than two minutes to sign up for Microsoft Office Live Meeting's free 14-day trial.
If it's that easy, how much harder can holding a Web conference be?
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Just for Laughs
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"The first day of spring is one thing, and the first spring day is another. The difference between them is sometimes as great
as a month."
-- Henry Van Dyke
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