STAR-LEDGER COLUMNS

Allen Hoffman writes about business

• Web tools help keep colleagues connected
Collaborating with colleagues can be a chore, what with coordinating schedules, trading documents and keeping track of who's doing what. Major companies spend a bundle on specialized software to make it possible for far-flung colleagues to collaborate without gathering in a conference room.

• Focusing on your digital photos
You have a zillion digital photos, and you have no idea what to do with them.

• Power of video is all over the web
To plenty of people, online video is synonymous with YouTube, the Google-owned website that's a clearinghouse for videos of just about everything imaginable (and lots of things beyond one's imagination). But YouTube isn't the only place for watching video online.

• Surfing the web for Yule bargains
You want a bargain, don't you? Of course you do. Even if you've got a stable job and your retirement account isn't in the dumps -- big ifs, these days -- then the dire economic news is likely convincing you it's time to start being a lot more careful with your cash.