Putting the Windows 7 installation on a USB thumb drive has a few advantages—a small USB key is much more convenient for carrying around than a DVD, the OS will actually install much faster, and you can use a USB key to install Windows 7 on systems that do not have a DVD drive, such as a netbook. In fact, you can even install Windows 7 on netbooks that have fairly modest hardware. Dennis Chung, an IT Pro Evangelist at Microsoft recently posted a video demonstrating how easy it is to prepare your thumb drive and use it to install Windows 7. Here’s a quick look at the process: Read more: USB Key to Install Windows 7

It is a perfect quiet Sunday morning, hot coffee and a laptop checking email.  You hear this clacking noise then an error on you screen.  What is going on!

If it’s happened to you, then you know.  If it hasn’t happened, it will at some point.  What are we talking about?  Hard drive failure and loss of all information.  OMG!  I’ve lost my pictures, documents, email contacts!  It is a horrific event, but one which can be over come with proper setup and planning.  We hear often to back up, but how should we go about it and what is this other word we hear called redundancy? Read more: What’s your data worth?

Unless you have been hidden in a closet the past month, you know that the Apple iPhone 3GS was released. The new powerful phone has sold nearly 1.5 million phones to date. And of course, users are already complaining about the phone’s ability and finding out the downsides the hard way.

Recent news has signaled two main issues plaguing the iPhone. Read more: Protecting Your Tech Investments