This little stand is a great way to work with your . The JustMobile Xtand sits on your desk and cradles your iPhone 3G or 3GS. It works vertically or horizontally and rotates 360° letting you have your choice of viewing angles. It's built of solid aluminum, can be taken anywhere, and weighs nothing. Xtand works with all iPhone 3G & iPhone 3GS models and works well for controlling cable clutter when you're charging the phone. Some of its best features are the Non-slip feet, adjustable viewing angle, and the cool solid aluminum look and construction. iPhones have become an essential tool for business. Use the Xtand to integrate your iPhone with the rest of your desktop tools.

Check out this online tool for creating professional-looking diagrams. Cacoo is a free online drawing tool that lets you create tons of diagrams including site maps, wire frames, UML, network charts, and more. Also, it has real-time collaboration, so multiple users can jump in and edit the same diagram simultaneously. This one's a nice freebie, guys. It can also be used to create pro looking diagrams for documents like Blogs or Wikis . All you need is a browser. If you decide to edit the diagram you don't need to upload it again, changes made at the site are reflected in any copies posted. You can choose from a verity of stencils. It's quick, simple, easy, and basically supports all alignment tasks automatically. Give it a try at cacoo.com

Brent, I need to return to prior drafts done on word documents and make comparisons with changes. Is there an easy way to do this?

Here is a great little tool just for that; it's called AutoHistory . It can be used for Word 2007 and 2010 Beta 2. Use this tool to save a document and if something is changed a backup is automatically created. From here on you'll never need to be concerned about losing important information again. With it you can also restore any version you have ever saved, even if you do not use a version control system. It's fully integrated in Word 2007 within the View Ribbon. When you go to the checkbox, you will see all the saved versions of your current document. Within the taskpane you can easily view and restore every version you find there.

Has a colleague sent you an email with an XLSX file attached? It's not a strange new type of file for some new piece of software: it's just a newer Excel file type. But if you have an older version of Excel, earlier than 2007, then you might not be able to open it. Here is an update from Microsoft that will allow you to open XLSK files in older versions of Excel. Additionally, here are several other free and easy ways to open XLSK files.

Most people never switched to Windows Vista. Even now, eight years after the release of XP and two different versions of Windows later, XP still reigns supreme. At your office you may be wondering if Windows 7 is just like Vista, an update you can live without.

At Dependable Computer Guys our opinion is that Microsoft got it right with this release, fixing many of the problems of Vista and adding several great features. Best of all, upgrading to Windows 7 will give you the latest in security. Here are some key improvements in Windows 7:

Better Security: While Microsoft is currently updating XP with security patches, this won't last forever. With windows 7 you get Internet Explorer 8 pre installed, which is a significant improvement in internet safety from IE 6, which came with XP. In addition Microsoft has improved their built in security tools to help protect from viruses and Trojans.

Improved Performance: One of the biggest complaints that users had while using Vista was that it was a resource hog. Often when Microsoft releases a new OS the system requirements are increased. Windows 7 bucks this trend, having the same requirements as vista, but it runs faster.

Better Usability: The taskbar is less cluttered than in Vista and handles applications more intuitively. They have also simplified the system tray to keep it free of applications you don't want and to minimize distracting messages.

If you're still using Windows XP it's time to switch. It's easier and faster to use than Vista and has all of the newest security features. These security features are fully integrated to the OS as opposed to Vista and XP, which have had them pasted on top. To see if your machine can run windows seven download this free tool from Microsoft.