May 6, 2013 | Android, Apple, Dropbox, iPad, mobile, Office, OneDrive, phone, web_services, Windows Phone 8, Windows7, Windows8
Previously: The Difference Between A Microsoft Account And An Office 365 Account Understanding Skydrive, Part 1: Skydrive vs. Skydrive Pro Skydrive lets you store files online and access them from anywhere, including PCs, Macs, and mobile devices. There are some good...
Apr 28, 2013 | Azure, Microsoft, Office, Office 365, OneDrive, Skype, web_services, Windows10, Windows7, Windows8
[June 16, 2016: an updated version of this article can be found here: Understanding Microsoft Work And Personal Accounts.] Microsoft has taken great strides towards simplifying its products and services. It has discarded products that were overlapping (Live Mesh...
Mar 24, 2013 | computers, Internet, security, Vista, Windows7, Windows8, WinXP
These are the rules for being safe using a Windows computer in 2013. The bad guys are getting smarter and more devious – their spelling and grammar has improved and they have gotten better at creating messages that are indistinguishable from real messages from your...
Mar 13, 2013 | Adobe, Office, Office 365, Office tips, software, Windows7, Windows8
A new feature in Office 2013 that deserves explanation: Word 2013 can convert PDF files into editable Word documents with a high degree of accuracy. If you browse to a PDF file in Word 2013 and click to open it, you will see this window: “Word will now convert your...
Mar 10, 2013 | Microsoft, security, updates, Vista, Windows7, Windows8, WinXP
Almost everyone is aware that their computer will automatically restart overnight on occasion – and most people have dealt with the frustration of an unexpected shutdown that disrupts open windows or forces programs to close, at worst losing data along the way....
Mar 1, 2013 | IE, mail, Office, Office 365, Outlook, web_services, Windows7
Here’s some late-breaking news about upgrades to Microsoft’s Office 365 service, Office 2013, and Internet Explorer 10 for Windows 7. Office 365 Existing Office 365 subscribers are being upgraded to a new version of the service, one by one during the past month and...
