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Security Tip: Don’t Reuse Passwords!
The most important thing you can do to protect yourself today is to use a different password for each account. No excuses, no exceptions: every password needs to be different. It’s even more important than using hyper-complex 24-character passwords full of upper-case...
Microsoft Surface Pro And The Windows 8 Ecosystem
In late January Microsoft will start shipping the second version of the Surface tablet, the one with the full version of Windows 8 Pro. There are two models, a 64Gb version for...
Windows 8 Tip: Turn On File History
Windows 8 includes a feature that lets you recover older versions of documents or photos easily and flexibly. File History is an improved version of “Previous Versions,” a...
Windows 8 Tip: The Five Things You Need To Know For Your First Windows 8 Computer
When you sit down at your first Windows 8 computer, you will be disoriented. Important controls are hidden, toolbars appear and disappear in ways that are unintuitive, and the...
Some Fine Print About Windows 8 Upgrades
Previously: Upgrading To Windows 8 For the next couple of months, the cost of a license to upgrade your existing computer to Windows 8 is almost nothing. The real cost, though,...
Upgrading To Windows 8
Should you upgrade to Windows 8? Funny you should ask. I’ve been hearing that a lot lately. Let’s see if we can figure out which question you’re really asking. -- Does...
Microsoft Responds To Office 365 Outage
The engineering team at Microsoft responsible for Office 365 published a lengthy blog post about the outage on Tuesday. Microsoft is not always very transparent so it is...
Windows 8 Tip: Make Outlook The Default Program For Mail
This tip is for Outlook users who want to use Outlook exclusively and bypass the Windows 8 Mail app on a desktop computer or notebook. TIP Open Default Programs and select...
Office 365 Mail Outage
Some Office 365 users are unable to access their mailbox this morning, either in Outlook or in webmail. Microsoft has acknowledged the problem but no details are yet...
Windows 8 Tip: Set Internet Explorer To Open On The Desktop
This tip is directed to people experiencing Windows 8 for the first time on a desktop or notebook computer who want to minimize confusion by spending most of their time on the...
Windows 8 Tip: Make Desktop The Default Tile On The Start Screen
There is no shortage of guides for learning Windows 8 basics, starting with Microsoft’s guide to new features. Here’s an article that goes through the basics of the Charms bar,...
The Microsoft Surface Tablet And Productivity (Part 2)
Previously: Some Thoughts On The Microsoft Surface Tablet (Part 1) Because it is built on an operating system that appears identical to Windows 8, Microsoft’s Surface tablet has...
Some Thoughts On The Microsoft Surface Tablet (Part 1)
I’ve been using a Microsoft Surface tablet for a few days. It is a fascinating device, with pros and cons that make it impossible to deliver any blanket assessment. Most of you...
A Snapshot Of The Tech Market
Let’s catch our breath for a minute and do a quick recap of where things stand as we head into November. COMPUTERS Windows 8 is becoming available, at least as an option, on new...
Windows 8 Is Officially Released
With a Microsoft press event in New York followed by crowds filling Times Square at midnight, Windows 8 is now available to everyone, sold with new computers as well as appearing...
Everybody Hates Windows 8 (Or So They Say)
“If even a tenth of a percent of new Windows 8 users respond with the level of dismay and distress my wife did, Microsoft and those unlucky enough to be in frontline tech support...