When it comes to tech support for their products, Microsoft tries to handle most requests via websites like Microsoft Answers or the Microsoft Support website. Depending on the product, problem and country, phone support may be available. Some support requests redirect users to the new Answer Desk website which – according to Microsoft – is [...]
Twitter Tweets About Redesign, Forgets To Mention Ads
Twitter today announced redesigns for all platforms the social messaging site is offered for. This includes the web version for desktop PCs as well as clients for Android and iOS systems. Twitter users interested in the changes can head over to the Fly page on Twitter for a first impression of the things to come. [...]
Open Typed Urls In New Tabs In Firefox
Web browsers can be configured to open website urls either in the current tab or in a new tab. The developers of Firefox have added options to Firefox that give the user a choice when opening links with mouse-clicks. A left-click opens the url in the same tab, a middle-click in a new tab. I [...]
Are Work Emails Set to Impact on Your Christmas?
The BBC is reporting a small study by UK security firm Securenvoy into the impact work-related email will have on UK workers this Christmas. The study says that British employees are so “email obsessed” that almost 50% plan to check their work email over the Christmas holiday period. So how does this break down and [...]
Use Big Colored Taskbar Buttons With Taskbow
Microsoft has made changes to the taskbar in Windows 7. One of the new features is the ability to pin programs, and with some tweaking files and folders to the taskbar for easier access. The size of open windows in the taskbar has been reduced to the program’s icon. Users can hoover over open windows [...]
Change File Extension Icons With Types
Microsoft has removed the useful File Types tab in the folder options of Windows Explorer in Windows Vista and Windows 7. The File Types menu displayed a list of known file extensions along with editing options. Types is a lightweight Windows program to modify file extension properties under Windows Vista and Windows 7 (it actually [...]
RoboForm Everywhere Review
Keeping track of online accounts is not necessarily an easy task. Especially so if you follow security guidelines to never use the same password on different sites. Web browsers offer basic password managers that store the data for the user, but this means that the data is only available in that browser. If you want [...]
Windows 8 Beta Coming “Late February 2012″
As Martin wrote earlier, today marked the unveiling of the new Windows Store that will be integrated into all Microsoft products including Windows 8, Windows Phone and the Xbox. One very interesting snippet of information that came from the Windows Store launch though was ‘confirmation’ of the availability date for the Windows 8 beta. I [...]
Windows Defender Offline Tool Now Available
The majority of threats that land on a Windows PC can be removed by antivirus software while the operating system is running. Some threats on the other hand cannot be fully removed when the system is running. The only solution in this case is to either boot into a different operating system, restore a previous [...]