The Ekaru Technology Advisor Vol 5-8 December 2005
Welcome Readers! We hope you enjoyed the Technology Advisor's monthly technology tips and trends for 2005! We wish all of you continued success in 2006!
Cool Holiday Technology Gift Ideas
Here are some cool Holiday Technology Gift ideas to help get organized, be more productive, and have some fun!
- Pocket Back-up: CMS Peripherals 40GB Automatic Backup System. It's small enough to fit in your pocket, and big enough to complete a full back up of your hard drive, including all files, applications and operating system, creating a fully bootable drive. www.cmsproducts.com
- Dymo Printer: www.dymo.com Need to print just one file label or address and not an entire sheet? This is a great little printer! It's thermal so you don't need to pay for ink over and over again, and it even ties into QuickBooks.
- CardScan [Personal/Executive/Office] www.cardscan.com - Still have that pile of business cards on your desk from the last tradeshow you attended? This device will help you get your contacts in a database quickly! CardScan ties into Microsoft CRM, Salesforce.com, and ACT!
- USB Flash Drive - Transport your files in a little device that's about the size of a pack of gum.
- iPod Nano - Its not just for music! -- plays podcasts and audio books, holds up to 25,000 photographs, and syncs contacts, calendars and to-do lists. Just don't turn up the volume too high when you listen to music - your ears will thank you! http://www.apple.com/ipodnano/
- Verizon FIOS - Do you want a REALLY fast Internet connection - up to 30Mbps download speeds? Verizon is rolling out FIOS, which is the latest in optical fiber technology. It's only available in a few towns now, but keep checking at www.verizon.com.
- GPS Navigation - Magellan - GPS locator with built in maps. www.magellangps.com
- Pocket e-mail - Many good choices are available -- TREO, HP, Blackberry - get your email anywhere, anytime, in addition to organizing your calendar and contacts.
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e-Mail Signatures - Assigning different e-mail signatures to different e-mail accounts
Don't have a signature yet? On the Mail Format Page select Signatures and then select Edit.
Want to change a signature on the fly? Just right click the signature and make the change.
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A professional email signature is an important part of your company's communication strategy. Microsoft Outlook enables you to customize your signature to include all your vital information, including a company logo and link to your web site. Did you know that you can program several signatures for different e-mail accounts? Many people use multiple accounts within Outlook - a business account, a personal account, and perhaps a separate account for your volunteer work with a non-profit - Especially at this time of year, it may be important to get all this organized. To assign different signatures in each account do the following (instructions are for Microsoft Outlook 2003): 1) Select Tools, Options, Mail Format; 2) Under Signatures, select an e-mail account from the list, 3) In the Signatures for New Messages box, select the appropriate signature (typically, replies and forwards are blank , 4) Apply the changes, and repeat the process for all your e-mail accounts.
Happy Holidays and Best Wishes for 2006!
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