Jan 19, 2011 | Android, Apple, iPad, Microsoft, mobile, Office, OneNote, phone, software, web_services, Windows Live
Microsoft announced today that it is making OneNote Mobile for the iPhone available as a free download from the iTunes store. Here’s a Microsoft blog about the new release. This has a bit of a back story that deserves telling. OneNote basics Every version of...
Dec 20, 2010 | backup, file_sharing, mobile, photos, software, updates, web_services
Dropbox is high on the list of essential utilities. It has been in an extended testing period but a few days ago the official ultra-stable Version 1.0 was released. I’ve written about Dropbox frequently. The basic concept is easy: Dropbox is a free program to sync...
Dec 19, 2010 | Microsoft, security, software, updates, Vista, Windows7, WinXP
Microsoft has released version 2 of Microsoft Security Essentials, with some nice improvements and new features. It is visually almost unchanged; MSE continues to be almost invisible while it operates, providing all the protection that you need with a minimum of fuss....
Dec 14, 2010 | Office, Outlook, software
If you’ve gotten a new computer, then you’ve probably been relying heavily on my list of the best new Windows 7 features, chock full of screen shots and background information to help you discover the new features in the taskbar, the joy of snapping windows, and what...
Dec 9, 2010 | business, network, SBS, security, software, Vista, Windows7
Here’s a moderately geeky tip about how to fix a nagging problem when a mapped drive disappears during installation of a program from a shared folder on another computer on the network. Until a small business starts to use a document management system, it almost...
Dec 1, 2010 | Office, Outlook, search, software
I keep finding new things to like about Outlook 2010, which got a major overhaul this year and now features the ribbon bars that appeared in the other Office programs in Office 2007. It’s so easy to overlook things that are right in front of us onscreen! Here’s...
