February 2008

Google Apps Review

by Jeff Weisbein February 29, 2008
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Email management at its best – that is what Google Apps provides, but it doesn’t stop there – oh no, it exceeds just email and offers a vast number of solutions that anyone who owns a domain or perhaps a company would likely be interested in. If you use Gmail you are most likely familiar [...]

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Apple vs OEM – Follow Up to Mac to PC Switch

by Jeff Weisbein February 22, 2008
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The post originated due to a particular “challenge” and I must say it wasn’t too easy. Some of the reasons I myself, feel are lacking. I think Apple has done a number of things right and in fact, some better than OEM’s. I was in no way saying you should switch due to these reasons [...]

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50 Reasons to Switch From Mac to PC

by Jeff Weisbein February 21, 2008
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A few days ago Chris Pirillo compiled a list of 50 Reasons to Switch from PC to Mac. After discussing the topic with him, he informed me no one took up his challenge and he was looking for someone to do it. Well, I decided I’d give it a shot. I came up the following [...]

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Skype Vulnerabilities

by Jeff Weisbein February 7, 2008
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Skype has released an update to their popular software application which fixes the vulnerability allowing the execution of a malicious script on a users machine. Skype uses the Internet Explorer web control to render HTML from certain websites (e.g. DailyMotion, Metacafe, and SkypeFind). As the content is rendered in the “Local Machine” security zone, this [...]

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QTrax Disappointment

by Jeff Weisbein February 6, 2008
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When QTrax was announced, I was very excited. However, that excitement soon lead to disappointment. For those who do not know what QTrax is (or was supposed to be, anyway) – QTrax is a P2P network of free legal music downloads, which paid the record labels by giving them a cut of the advertising revenue. [...]

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WCWP – Call For Help with Jeff Weisbein of BestTechie.net

by Jeff Weisbein February 4, 2008
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I will be starting a technology based radio show at my college (WCWP – MyWCWP.com). It will be live on Tuesdays (Starting Feb 12th, 2008) at 2-3PM EST. I already have interviews lined up with Chris Pirillo (Lockergnome), David Ulevitch (OpenDNS), and more to be announced! I will be taking live calls to answer your [...]

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Super Bowl Streaming

by Jeff Weisbein February 3, 2008
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Well, it’s Super Bowl time again. Giants vs Patriots! Go Giants! I will be streaming live throughout the game – come check it out. I’ll probably be going crazy. Live Stream

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BestTechie.net Network Streaming Schedule

by Jeff Weisbein February 3, 2008
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I have posted the BestTechie.net Network Streaming Schedule online for everyone. I will be updating the schedule with the remaining network streamers throughout the week. The schedule will be effective starting Feb. 4th, 2008.

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