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Mojo Vision Shows World’s First AR Smart Contact Lens
Three weeks ago Drew Perkins, the CEO of Mojo Vision, wore a feature-complete augmented reality smart contact lens at the company’s labs in Saratoga, CA. He could “interact with a compass to find my bearings, view images, and use an on-screen teleprompter.” To be...
Rename Files Fast In Windows 7
Here’s a quick tip for Windows 7 users – one of those shortcuts that make Windows 7 so cuddly and adorable. If you want to rename several files in a folder, try this: Highlight...
Facebook Friend Suggestions – How Does It Know?
When I joined Facebook, I was asked if Facebook could rummage through my Outlook address book looking for a match with other Facebook users. I politely responded, no, absolutely...
OneNote 2010 – Syncing And Sharing
Previously: OneNote 2010 – Introduction OneNote 2010 – Outlook Integration Stick with me. I’m going to describe the feature built into OneNote 2010 that works so well – quietly,...
OneNote 2010 – Outlook Integration
Previously: OneNote 2010 – Introduction OneNote 2010 has been tightly integrated into Outlook, as well as Word, Powerpoint, and Internet Explorer. It opens up a completely new...
OneNote 2010 – Introduction
Microsoft OneNote 2010 is the best reason to buy Microsoft Office 2010. It was already a hidden treasure in Office 2007, and the improvements in the new version take it to a new...
Outlook Address Book And Microsoft Word
Previously: Displaying Contacts In The Outlook Address Book Sorting The Outlook Address Book By Last Name For some reason the ribbon bar in Word 2007 and Word 2010 does not have...
Sorting The Outlook Address Book By Last Name
Previously: Displaying Contacts In The Outlook Address Book When you open the Outlook Address Book to address an email message, the names in your Contacts folder are sorted by...
Displaying Contacts In The Outlook Address Book
When you click on the TO: button to address an email message in Outlook, most people expect to see a list of their contacts. If your mailbox is run by Microsoft Exchange, chances...
Windows Live Sync And Missed Opportunities
Microsoft is finalizing a new version of Windows Live Sync, its free software for syncing files among different computers. The new version replaces the two overlapping programs...
The Rollout Problem
There is an interesting consequence to the development of a global population obsessed by technology: it’s become very difficult to introduce a new service and have sufficient...
Social Networking Primer
If you’re over 35, you will be secretly relieved by David Pogue’s helpful column in today’s New York Times. Bless his heart – he’s written concise, easy-to-understand...
Office 2010 Upgrade
A quick reminder – if you purchased a new computer with Microsoft Office 2007 in the last few months, you can get a free upgrade to Microsoft Office 2010. It requires a modest...
New Notebooks
It is impossible to keep up with the flood of new devices onto the market. Technology is appearing everywhere, in every form factor, faster than anyone can hope to keep up with...
Kindle DX Update
The Apple iPad has been out for a while and it’s become clear that it may fill a niche for some people as a way to read magazines and newspapers, once publishers finish work on...
GMAIL LICENSE AGREEMENT
Wayne Small, an Australian SBS consultant, took a look at Google’s license agreement recently and wrote up a nice reminder that big companies do not make any pretense of playing...