Apr 27, 2010 | Adobe, law, news, Office, Politics, security
In December the Transportation Security Administration released its airport security screening procedure guidelines with redactions that failed to remove the underlying text. (Boing Boing: “Unfortunately, the security geniuses at the DHS don’t know that drawing...
Apr 13, 2010 | Adobe, Microsoft, Office, updates, Vista, Windows7, WinXP
Your computers will likely restart tonight after Microsoft delivers the monthly crop of updates for Windows and Office. It’s a particularly busy month – eleven patches, five of them critical, although the importance drops if you’re running Windows Vista or Windows 7....
Mar 7, 2010 | Office, Outlook
Microsoft Office 2010 will be available to consumers on June 15. There are new features focused on increasing the integration with online file storage and collaboration – plus a major redesign of Outlook, adding everything from a ribbon bar across the top to social...
Feb 10, 2010 | file_sharing, Internet, Microsoft, Office, software, web_services, Windows Live
Live Mesh is Microsoft’s program for syncing folders between multiple computers and online storage, making your files available to you wherever you are. I think Live Mesh is dead, and I think I know why: Microsoft is deliberately cutting back on what it could have...
Jan 13, 2010 | file_sharing, Google, Microsoft, Office, photos, web_services, Windows Live
Google announced today that you will soon be able to store any kind of file online in Google Docs, which until now has been basically limited to text and spreadsheets. Anyone with a Google Account will be able to store 1Gb of files online and access them from any...
Dec 10, 2009 | Office, Vista, Windows7, WinXP
The ALT key does a few useful things that you haven’t seen yet. Internet Explorer 8 originally was installed with the menu turned off at the top. Few people use the menu and it takes up space onscreen. It’s easy to turn on by right-clicking on the toolbars and...
