Oct 1, 2015 | Microsoft, updates, Windows tips, Windows10, Windows7, Windows8
The picture above appears to show a normal Windows 7 Start menu. If your computer is running Windows 8 and your Start menu looks like the picture, then you’re probably running Start8, the wonderful utility from Stardock Software that replaces the Windows 8 Start...
Sep 28, 2015 | Android, Apple, Microsoft, Office, Office 365, shopping, software, updates
The new version of Office 2016 for Windows is now generally available. The takeaway: • Most of you will get it automatically. • Most of you won’t care very much. Microsoft has completely lost control of branding and licensing. There is no way to explain any of this...
Sep 13, 2015 | file_sharing, Microsoft, updates, Windows10
The tech press has been full of manufactured outrage and clickbait headlines about supposed invasions of privacy built into Windows 10 by a wicked Microsoft. Most of it falls apart on close examination and turns out to be mundane and uninteresting – I can’t find the...
Sep 10, 2015 | Apple, iPad, Microsoft, Surface, tablet
On Wednesday Apple displayed the daring originality and innovation that has carried it so far and announced the SurfacePad Pro, a 12.9” tablet with a keyboard that attaches with firm magnets and a stylus for taking notes or drawing. The vision! It just takes the...
Sep 7, 2015 | computers, laptops, Lenovo, Microsoft, shopping, Surface, tablet, Windows10
In October the market will be flooded with new laptops and hybrids, powered by a new generation of Intel processor. If it’s convenient, wait a month or two to buy new computers. The manufacturers will almost completely turn over their lineups of computers and laptops...
Aug 19, 2015 | Microsoft, updates, Windows tips, Windows10, Windows7, Windows8
Previously: What’s new in Windows 10? Should you upgrade to Windows 10? Today: When should you upgrade to Windows 10? Spoiler alert! When should you upgrade to Windows 10? October. After Service Pack 1 is released, probably on Patch Tuesday, October 13. Windows 10...
