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Hurricane season is not over yet. Hurricane Sandy is on its way to the East Coast of the U.S. According to the L.A. Times, “it may become the worst to hit the U.S. Northeast in 100 years if current forecasts are correct. Sandy may combine with a second storm coming out of the Midwest to create a system that would rival the New England hurricane of 1938 in intensity, said Paul Kocin, a National Weather Service meteorologist in College Park, Maryland. The hurricane currently passing the Bahamas has killed 21 people across the Caribbean, the Associated Press reported, citing local officials.”

By August 26, 2012, Tropical Storm Isaac had already added to the woes of Haiti residents and wreaked havoc in the Florida Keys. By the time it reaches land on the evening of August 28, the storm is expected to accumulate wind speeds that would make it a category 1 hurricane. Already, cities and towns along the Gulf Coast of the United States are preparing for the worst. What about you? Do you have a disaster recovery plan in place should your business be damaged or destroyed by a level 1 hurricane or severe tropical storm?

Microsoft Office 2010 contains a number of key changes that make it the definitive version of the Microsoft Office productivity suite. However, it is still a mammoth pile of code that requires work to become an expert and proficient user of the Microsoft Office suite. Learning a few key tips and tricks can greatly improve your efficiency and productivity. Here are ten of the favorites outlined by PCworld magazine, ranging from keyboard shortcuts to ways to keep tabs on your social networks.

We are only a few days/months/years away from the scenario when all companies, both small and large will relinquish their internal data servers and transfer their data to the cloud servers. Transferring all data to cloud will be the only smart decision for businesses in future as it will allow them to store their valuable information for a minimum cost and also save millions of dollars as they won’t have to buy and install expensive hardware. Hence, it is certain that those gigantic data servers will become obsolete very soon.

Microsoft has been making a number of developments in their array of Windows 8 OS and other related applications among which Outlook.com is the most promising one. This is a renovated webmail service from Microsoft which will complement the Cloud OS and take personal email to a new zenith. It is actually developed as Metro edition of webmail and as planned it will replace Hotmail pretty soon.