Dave McClure is a U.S. Air Force veteran who flew a B-52 bomber during the Cold War, then became an Air Force Information Officer to hone his skills as a writer, editor and communications manager. He has since been a consultant in business and technology for more than three decades, with degrees in applied science and Organizational Development, with an MBA in Executive Management. He has consulted with companies ranging from Microsoft to General Electric, and has held positions as an accounting software marketing director, media editor, network engineer and professional beta tester for computer hardware and software . His career includes eight years with the NASA Space Shuttle program for BFGoodrich, more than 20 years writing for business and accounting publications, and his tenure as founder and president of the US Internet Industry Association. He is a global expert on IT, Internet and management issues, and currently serves as the co-chair of the International Internet Industry Alliance.
May 24, 2011
It is amazing how the technology of computing has evolved in the past decade. The microprocessors, following Moore’s law, have doubled in capacity while halving in price with each generation. Screens have become flatter, larger and substantially better in presentation quality. Keyboards have become ergonomic, mice are wireless, cameras are sharper and more capable. And...…
May 10, 2011
For those who follow my various writings here and in the magazine, I am seriously concerned about the way in which we are being tracked, monitored, studied and captured by various kinds of Internet sites. Virtually all of the search engines and browsers. All the Social Networking sites. And about half of the ecommerce sites....…
May 1, 2011
Everywhere you look these days, cellular companies are touting new lines of 4G-enabled products. All four of the major cellular companies — which will shortly be reduced to three, if AT&T gets its way and swallows up T-Mobile — have announced ambitious plans to deploy 4G networks. Even President Obama has gotten into the act,...…
April 28, 2011
I don't mean to seem cruel here, but if this is the greatest that the PC industry can produce, I fear for the future of computing.
March 28, 2011
So here you are happily running Microsoft Windows 7 for months, backing up daily to an external hard drive, and everything runs smoothly. Until, that is, backup stops backing up and instead issues a cryptic message:”The backup was not successful. The error is: Windows Backup failed while trying to read from the shadow copy on...…
March 18, 2011
I've owned nearly half of these devices....and have never bought a single smartphone or tablet app. Not one.
March 16, 2011
So what makes sense to back up data in today's accounting firm? A three-stage backup system.
February 22, 2011
Don't expect any major changes to System 7. IE9 is a different matter.
February 17, 2011
Microsoft this week released the on-premises and dealer-hosted versions of its Dynamics CRM 2011 solution. This release complements the latest version of Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online, which delivers Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011 as an on-demand service from Microsoft’s datacenters and was launched into 40 markets and 41 languages in January. Microsoft announced that the new...…
February 3, 2011
Another week, another problem with privacy issues on Facebook. This week, Congress demands to know why FaceBook is constantly changing — and diluting — the privacy protection of its users. And that begs the question, why are some acounting firms, companies, non-profits and government agencies so hell-bent on forcing their customers to join a social network...…
December 27, 2010
So this is Christmas And what have you done Another year over And a new one just begun...
