May 26, 2015 | Microsoft, software, Vista, Windows10, Windows7, Windows8, WinXP
Windows 10 is being tested by millions of people as it enters its final development phase before being released later this summer. Its technical underpinnings are solid and mature. There are genuinely innovative new features. It will be given away for free to more...
May 14, 2015 | Adobe, Microsoft, Office, updates, Windows7, Windows8
Microsoft released the usual rich crop of patches and updates for Windows and Office on Patch Tuesday this week. On my Windows 8.1 computers, two restarts were required – one for the first 39 updates, then a second restart for an additional 11 updates. It’s not...
May 11, 2015 | Box, Dropbox, file_sharing, Microsoft, Office 365, OneDrive, Outlook, web_services, Windows10, Windows7, Windows8
Someday the difference between OneDrive and OneDrive For Business will be easy to understand. Someday OneDrive For Business will work smoothly and the two services will be consistent. Someday the services will have a system for sharing files that makes sense for small...
Apr 23, 2015 | computers, hardware, Windows7, Windows8
Spoiler alert! How do you speed up a slow computer? For most of you, the answer is: Buy a new computer. Realistically, there isn’t a better choice for most people. It’s a numbers game. If you have to pay someone for help with technical jobs, then the economics tip...
Apr 13, 2015 | Chrome, IE, Internet, security, Windows7, Windows8
I spent the weekend trying to clean adware off a perfectly nice computer. One errant click and the damage was done: web pages began filling with links to ads, injected by the blizzard of programs, browser extensions and add-ins that had come on board. The browser home...
Mar 25, 2015 | Android, Apple, IE, iPad, mobile, Office, OneNote, phone, software, tablet, web_services, Windows7, Windows8
An update to OneNote Clipper has made it the easiest and best way to save content from the web, from entire web pages to just the content you want – articles, recipes, pictures, or anything else. It’s only the latest in a series of updates for OneNote; Microsoft has...
