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How To Stop Microsoft Teams From Starting Automatically
Last month Microsoft rolled out an update to some Office 365 business subscriptions that for the first time includes the app for Microsoft Teams. Some of you are seeing the Teams startup screen every time the computer starts. If you don't use Teams, the unwanted...
MORE ON MICROSOFT RULING
If you're looking for more analysis, here's a good article on the meaning and likely effect of the appeals court decision today.
COVAD AND THE DSL DEBACLE
DSL was supposed to be the future of the Internet - the technology that would bring broadband to the masses and fuel the technologies that depend on high-speed access. It didn't...
MICROSOFT NEWS
If you want a headstart on tomorrow's headlines, here's an article about today's appeals court ruling vacating the remedies ordered by Judge Jackson and remanding the case back...
XP ACTIVATION WOES
Microsoft is the first major software manufacturer to try to implement aggressive anti-piracy measures in its software. The press is treating it as something new, but it's not -...
SATELLITE NEWS
Pegasus' consumer-grade satellite service has been just fine for the last few weeks. There have been occasional outages, none lasting more than an hour or so. Several times the...
MICROSOFT PHOTODRAW DISCONTINUED
After months of speculation, Microsoft has now confirmed that Photodraw has been discontinued. There's no obvious replacement. Photodraw was perfect for quick work with photos...
CHILDREN’S SOFTWARE
The current selection of kids' software is pretty uninspiring. The interest in getting computers and Internet connections into classrooms arose from the belief that there would...
HARDWARE WEB SITES
The leading web sites for independent information and reviews of computer hardware have long been Tom's Hardware and AnandTech. Tom's and Anand's have been meticulous about...
WINDOWS XP CONTROVERSIES
Windows 2000 Magazine had this commentary in today's e-mail newsletter. It's by Paul Thurrott, the news editor. It's long, but it might help you put a couple of recent news items...
COMPUTER RECYCLING
In addition to Hewlett Packard's computer recycling service (see news item on May 29), the Press Democrat just published an article about a local company doing recycling....
ONLINE STREAMING MUSIC
If you've got a broadband connection (DSL or cable) and you want to listen to some music, don't overlook AOL Time Warner's Spinner.com and Microsoft's MSN Music. Both allow you...
NAPSTER ALTERNATIVES
Now that Napster has gone, other services are slowly coming up to speed for file sharing. It's a slow process - the record companies have successfully created an atmosphere of...
MICROSOFT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR HOTMAIL SPAM
Oh, this is a nasty one. According to this article, Microsoft sends information about its Hotmail subscribers - email address, city, and state - to InfoSpace, an Internet white...
MICROSOFT’S PLAN TO SELL OFFICE XP
If you've been reading the tech news, you've seen references to a controversy about "Product Activation" in Microsoft Office XP, and more controversy over a new licensing scheme...
WINDOWS XP INTRODUCTION
Windows XP is four months away, but it will make such a big splash that you should be coming up to speed on it now. This seventeen-page analysis of XP covers everything from...