Information management and technology assurance

Q: Our two website domain names are coming up for renewal soon, and our current domain-name-hosting company charges a renewal fee of $37.99 per year per domain name. (We use another company for web hosting.) This seems high compared with other advertised domain-name-hosting fees I see, so we are considering

Q: We provide smartphones to our 120 sales reps, who primarily use them to send and receive thousands of text messages to and from their overseas customers. However, these customers often use other carriers, and, as a result, the text messages exceeding a relatively low messaging-plan threshold cost us a

Q: A colleague sent me an Excel 2013 workbook, but when I open it in Excel 2007, the scroll bars do not properly display. Is this a backward compatibility issue, and if so, is there a solution? A: Excel allows you to suppress the scroll bars in a given workbook;

I have received multiple questions concerning Windows 8.1, as follows. Don’t Get Me Started Q: How do I make Windows 8.1 boot directly to my Desktop view? A: To set the Desktop as your default view in Windows 8.1, right-click on any unused portion of your Taskbar, select Properties, and

Q: I overheard someone say that taking pictures with a smartphone is less secure than using a camera; do you have any idea what they might be talking about, and is this true? A: By default, when you take a picture (or record a video) using your smartphone, your camera

Since publishing the November 2013 Tech Q&A topic “What’s Next,” (page 68) which discussed the future of smart glass, RFID, and 3-D printing technologies, I’ve received numerous requests for more technology predictions. Here are a few more promising technologies that you might want to keep an eye on. Coin. A

Author’s tip: A few years ago I began downloading the product manuals for each new appliance and gadget I purchased, and I keep them in a folder named Product Manuals. For example, I have electronic PDF versions of all of the product manuals for all of my appliances, televisions, stereo

Q: I purchased an Epson EX7220 projector for our training room, and for convenience I set the projector up on the countertop alongside the classroom (as pictured below).   I hoped to use the built-in keystone tools to adjust the screen to the proper rectangular display. Unfortunately, the keystone slide

Q: My Excel workbook calculates the cost of hundreds of manufactured inventory items. We want to create an Excel formula that will automatically set the sales price at three times cost, with the sales price ending in 99 cents. Further, these manufactured items are packaged nine to a box, and

Q: I am searching for a job, and several friends have recommended that I use LinkedIn to help with this endeavor. Based on their advice, I’ve updated my profile and searched LinkedIn’s job postings, but is there more that I could be doing with LinkedIn? A: Searching LinkedIn’s job postings