Earth Day Special: How IT Can Go Green

By 3coast on April 22, 2009

Companies continually seek new ways to go green with efficiencies, recycling and building improvements. How can IT help make business more eco-friendly? For companies with applications running on multiple servers, virtualization is a great way to maximize computing resources, reduce power consumption and eliminate server room expansion. Virtualizing your server environment allows ...

Hands On: iPhone 3.0

By 3coast on March 20, 2009

On Tuesday Apple held the iPhone 3.0 event. The event announced the roadmap for the 3.0 firmware for the iPhone, iPod touch and whatever comes next (maybe a netbook or tablet?) With more than 100 new features, this release is definitely the biggest yet. That’s right; it’s bigger than the ...

Microsoft Covertly Implements “Fix it”

By 3coast on February 25, 2009

Another entry from the why didn’t we think of that before? department is Microsoft’s quiet addition of the “Fix it” button to a handful of Knowledge Base (KB) articles. According to Microsoft, this is the first step in improving Windows Error Reporting, which is the annoying box that pops up either ...

Zombies: The Next Great Threat to Network Security

By 3coast on February 12, 2009

If you haven’t seen the pictures yet, you’re missing out. Unless you work for the Department of Transportation, they’re really quite humorous. Hackers have taken it upon themselves to warn motorists of zombie attacks. Several hacker sites listed instructions on how to change the text in common construction signs around the ...

Palm Introduces the Provocative Pre at CES

By 3coast on January 22, 2009

Just when you thought Palm was out of the smartphone battle, it comes back firing with a touchscreen salvo, which appears to have its crosshairs directly on Apple’s iPhone. It’s the Palm Pre… The talk of CES 2009, the Pre is poised to bring Palm back towards the front of the pack. ...

Browser Wars…Next Operating System is your Browser!

By 3coast on December 12, 2008

Since the 80s, your operating system choices have been Windows, maybe Apple if you were daring, or Linux if you were the type who likes to tinker. We all know who the clear winner has been. Windows has dominated the OS landscape since it released Windows 95. However, Microsoft's reign ...

Oil Prices and Houston’s Economy in 2009?

By Stephen Sweeney on November 15, 2008

Harry S. Truman once demanded, "Give me a one-armed economist." Evidently his economic advisers couldn't offer straightforward answers, beginning a string of caveats with "On the other hand..." Trying to make sense of the range of Houston 2009 economic predictions brought this quote to mind. Reported in yesterday's Houston Chronicle, economist ...

How Can Oil & Gas Industry Leverage IT During Economic Slowdown?

By 3coast on November 3, 2008

With the price of crude oil dropping below its yearly low, mixed with the current state of the union, how can oil and gas companies continue expanding production efficiency and drive further investments? It’s simple! •Invest in key areas of technology to integrate systems and processes •Simplify access to accurate information •Partner with ...

New Bluetooth Headset Gear: Aliph Jawbone 2 Review

By 3coast on October 28, 2008

If you spend any time on your cell phone and are in the market for a new Bluetooth headset, go buy the Aliph Jawbone 2 right now. I had been burned by Motorola and Plantronics on my last two purchases. Weak signal, bad battery, etc. I did some homework on ...

Mr. and Mrs. Interoperability: Windows Management

By 3coast on October 14, 2008

Being exposed to Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) lately, I’m afraid I’m coming down with a fever, hot flashes and jumpy legs. I suggest you all stay away from me, or you might come down with the “sickness” too. The name Windows Management Instrumentation implies a 21st century Gestapo organization that ...

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