If the thought of meeting new people at conferences or networking events causes your stomach to knot up, know you are not alone. Virtually everybody is nervous and anxious about meeting new people at conferences and events. But networking at such events, especially during our troubling economic times, is crucial for giving your career a [...]

By Bob Miller, Founder, Miller Heiman, with inputs from Oliver Nnona. The conventional wisdom: “In the selling process, CEOs and other C-suite executives are needed just to close a deal or to put out any fires.” The reality: “CEOs and other C-suite executives need to regularly participate in a defined program for executive-to- executive selling.” [...]

Three driving aids for the price of one * Rating: 8/10 * Price: N2,500 * Website: www.focusmm.co.uk Focus Multimedia has been earning a fair rating out of its Driving Test Success line of tutorial products for many years now, and it is thus hardly likely that the company would throw anything into the pot to [...]

Philips’ first cinemascope (21:9) ratio TV sent shockwaves through the home entertainment universe when it launched in 2009. A TV that delivered widescreen movies without black bars at the bottom and top of the image was a daring step that helped separate the brand from its rivals and earned it numerous plaudits. Now it is [...]

* Rating: 8/10 * Price: N30,000 * Website: www.toshiba.co.uk Most gadgets tend to get cheaper as time goes on and more people buy them but even so, you will be impressed by the price of Toshiba’s new Camileo P20 camcorder. Priced at a reasonable N30,000, the P20 has a slimline ‘pistol grip’ design that measures [...]

Rating: 9.5/10 Price: N13,000  (One year, three users) Website: www.symantec.com The 2010 edition of Norton Internet Security introduced an important new feature called ‘reputation-based monitoring’, which allowed it to identify potential new threats by comparing files found on the PCs of millions of Norton users around the world. It also included a feature called ‘Insight’, [...]

There are times that some of us feel the need to watch a particular movie but cannot readily find it in the store; while some of us need short documentaries for your presentations or even viral video to boost your marketing and so on. Video websites are making all these possible. Aside from YouTube that [...]

Is it your honeymoon? Or just a valentine’s trip with you and yours? Give your country the cold shoulder! Escape to these warm, relaxing, waterfront retreats that specialise in de-stressing packages, pampering treatments, and amazing meals. COMO Shambhala Retreat                             www.parrotcay.como.bz Location: Parrot Cay, Turks & Caicos The COMO Shambhala Retreat spa is known for its [...]

Oh yeah! Valentine is here again. Impress a loved one on Valentine’s Day by sending them a free Valentines ecards. The regular greeting cards available for Valentine’s Day have very short verses that may not truly express your feelings. By choosing to send Valentine’s eCards you can really make your message of love and friendship [...]

Key or key combination Action Option Display all bootable volumes (Startup Manager) Shift Perform Safe Boot (start up in Safe Mode) C Start from a bootable disc (DVD, CD) T Start in FireWire target disk mode N Start from NetBoot server X Force Mac OS X startup (if non-Mac OS X startup volumes are present) [...]