Dec 28, 2009 | Microsoft, security, software
If you got a new Windows 7 computer for Xmas, I hope you thought about security before you spent too much time playing online. I know, it’s not very exciting, but it needs to be done. I’m spending Monday morning trying to recover data from a computer that was taken...
Dec 21, 2009 | backup, file_sharing, Microsoft, web_services
Microsoft has 25Gb of free storage space waiting for you online. The Windows Live SkyDrive web site makes it easy to upload and download files. You can store files in folders that are private, or shared with a few other people, or publicly available – whatever you...
Nov 4, 2009 | business, mail, Microsoft, mobile, Outlook, web_services
Microsoft Online Services has unexpectedly become more affordable and a more compelling choice for small businesses. I want all law firms and businesses with five or more employees to consider moving their mail to hosted Exchange mailboxes. Effective immediately, the...
Nov 3, 2009 | computers, Microsoft, software, Windows7
Windows 7 is great. The combination of Windows 7 and improved hardware makes it far more likely that you will be satisfied with your next computer. There is still one way that you might wind up frustrated – an old problem that has not gone away. Manufacturers are...
Nov 2, 2009 | business, Microsoft, software
Microsoft is now completely out of the accounting software market, following Friday’s announcement that it is dropping all of its remaining Office Accounting products. At one time it appeared that Microsoft was going to be a player in accounting software for...
Oct 13, 2009 | Adobe, Microsoft, security, Vista, WinXP
Your computer should restart tonight after installing this month’s critical updates for Windows and Office. It’s a particularly large batch of updates and some of them are for the kind of vulnerabilities that the bad guys will quickly be attempting to exploit. Adobe...
