California employed more tech workers than any other state in 2012, according to a new report by the TechAmerica Foundation. 

The Port of Stockton will use the software company Tideworks Technology’s terminal operating system (TOS) to manage its container-on-barge operation and improve overall operational efficiency, the company and the Port announced Tuesday.

The Modesto-based technology company Data Path has been chosen as Small Business of the Year for District 12 by Assemblymember Kristin Olsen for the 2013 California Small Business Day.

For many years, local businesses have provided email for their employees, primarily, in one of two ways: they’ve paid a company to host it for them (POP3 email), or they purchased a file server and installed special email hosting software, such as Microsoft Exchange.

I’m willing to bet that most regular email users have, at some point, received an odd message from a friend or family member that seemed completely out of context.

The Palmer Ad Agency recently redesigned its website in order to help position the company more clearly as “The agency that listens,” it said.

Small and medium sized businesses can learn Office 365 and Windows 8 from Microsoft and Solid Networks experts at a special workshop March 26.

I know a way to speed up your computer significantly. When you start your workday, you will marvel at how quickly it boots to the desktop. When you open a previously slow-launching program, you will be amazed at how much faster it loads. When you double-click on a spreadsheet, Excel will open almost instantaneously. All that is needed to experience this computing nirvana is a solid-state drive (SSD).

It is possible for your passwords to be both secure and easy to remember, despite popular belief. It is not necessary to write them on Post-It notes “hidden” under your keyboard.

Windows 8 is here and I have high hopes. I’ve been waiting for a product that will fill in the gaping hole between the popular iPad and the traditional business PC.