The Windows 8 "Consumer Preview", What's in a Name?
It is widely expected that when Microsoft launch the Windows 8 beta in a few weeks that it will be labelled the "Windows 8 Consumer Preview". This has alarmed and concerned many […]
Windows XP Now Has Less Than 800 Days of Support Left
It seems like just a short while ago that I was writing about how Windows XP had just 1,000 days of support left but now that number is down to under 800! […]
Microsoft's Guide For Gmail Users To Switch To Hotmail
Google recently revealed the plan to merge the privacy policies and terms of service for most of the company's products. This move gives all Google services direct access to all user data. […]
What might a post-Windows world look like?
We take for granted these days that Microsoft will always provide new versions of Windows and Windows Server, that Google will always provide world-leading search and that many other companies will just […]
Could "Windows TV" be Windows 8's biggest surprise?
The closer we get to the unveiling of the Windows 8 beta, the more I'm thinking about the impact (or not) this operating system is going to have on the world. Since […]
Will Windows 8 Tablets Make IT Pros Hate Microsoft?
As we approach the beta of Windows 8 I've been thinking more about Windows tablets, and on our sister site Windows8News I've today written an article about the pros and cons of […]
Microsoft to Launch More Multi-Platform Products in 2012
In a week where Microsoft have released a SkyDrive app for Windows Phone, OneNote for the iPad and updates to Hotmail, the Senior Director of Office 365, Tom Rizzo, has said we […]
Microsoft SkyDrive Feature Update
Microsoft in the beginning of December launched a SkyDrive update that improved the functionality of the service significantly. One of the biggest new features is what Microsoft calls simple app-centric sharing. This […]
Create Web Based Interactive Excel Mashups
How do you make Excel data available on the Internet? You can upload the spreadsheet directly to a website that you have control over, or a file sharing service, or use the […]
Microsoft Silverlight 5 Available
Microsoft has released a new version of Silverlight, a technology for creating interactive web and mobile applications. It is in many regards Microsoft's answer to Adobe's Flash technology. There have been rumors […]
Microsoft Answer Desk Launches, US Only Support Site
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, […]
Windows Store Details Announced
Microsoft's next operating system Windows 8 will have an app store. That's what every tech savvy Windows user knows. Microsoft's own Antoine Leblond and Ted Dworkin have now started a small series […]
Save Technet Documents As PDF or HTML
Microsoft's Technet site is a huge documentation repository for all things Microsoft. The library on Technet offers technical documentation for Microsoft products and technologies. Sometimes you may want to save documents to […]
New Microsoft Security Essentials Public Beta Begins
Microsoft have begun issuing invitations to testers who expressed an interest in the next generation version of their Security Essentials, free anti-virus product. In the invitation email the company say... The Beta […]
New SkyDrive Features Launch from Microsoft
Microsoft have today announced that new features are rolling out to users of its SkyDrive service. There's no wait for the new features either as they're going to start rolling out immediately. […]
Microsoft Security Essentials Beta Program Sign Up
Update: It is interesting to note that you can still sign up for pre-releases of Microsoft Security Essentials on Microsoft's Download Center. This version is no longer limited to a certain number […]
How to get your Microsoft Office Files to Open after Office 2010 Trial Expires in Windows 7
It is good that Microsoft offers a 60 day trial of Office 2010, but once it expires and you try to open Word or Excel Files, you will get an error message […]
Microsoft Translator Bookmarklet
While Google Translate is probably the most popular online translation service, there are others that may be less popular but are often equally good when it comes to translating contents into other […]
HTC Titan Windows Phone Review
I've used a lot of Windows Phone handsets since the platform was first released a year ago so you can imagine that I was a little sceptical about the new HTC Titan because […]
Microsoft Readies Task Manager For Large Scale Computer Systems
When you look at the performance view of Windows Task Manager on your desktop PC you probably see between two or eight logical processors listed in the interface. On large scale computer […]
Skype Developer Tools Extended, Opens Skype App Directory
Skype is a voice over IP software that millions of computer users use every day to communicate with each other. The Skype protocol or functionality up until now has not been made […]
Microsoft Office 2007 Service Pack 3 Released
Microsoft yesterday has released Service Pack 3 for their Microsoft Office 2007 suite. The update applies to both Office 2007 as we as Microsoft Office Project, Microsoft Office SharePoint Designer, Microsoft Office […]
Does a Hidden Office 365 Clause Prevent Spam or Hamper Business?
Spam is a thorny issue, but Ed Bott has written today about a little known clause in the contracts for Microsoft Office 365 customers that could give them serious cause for concern. […]
Skype Update Removes Google Product Bundling
With Skype now being a Microsoft Division it was clear that some things had to change. There is still a lot of speculating going on in this regard. The Skype development team […]
Skype Acquisition Closed, Now Part Of Microsoft
Microsoft yesterday announced that the company closed the acquisition of Skype which is now an official part of Microsoft Corp. The acquisition, which cost Microsoft $8.5 billion US Dollars was originally announced […]
Find Out Your Microsoft's Product Support Lifecycle
One of the aspects of buying a specific product online or offline is to consider that product's support lifecycle. The support lifecycle in plain terms refers to the time the developer or […]
Microsoft Launches Browser Security Website
Microsoft have launched a new website aimed at helping people identify how secure their web browser really is. www.YourBrowserMatters.org will tell visitors in a simple score from 0 to 4 just how […]
Bing Daily Deals Launched In 12 US Cities
While some experts say that daily deals sites are already fading away again others say that their boom will continue in the next years. Microsoft with its Bing search engine certainly thinks […]
Microsoft drops to 3rd Place biggest Tech company, behind IBM
It's not been a good year for Microsoft when it comes to their overall standing in the technology business space. A couple of months ago Apple overtook the company as the number […]
"Save Sam" and win some Great Tech Prizes from Microsoft
Microsoft UK are running a new Windows 7 competition with some really great prizes through their TechNet newsletter between now and the middle of December. The competition is intended to bolster Windows […]
Bing Adds HTML5 Video Support To Homepage
The Bing homepage and the Google homepage have several things in common. They both embed a search form prominently on the page. The page itself has been designed to be almost distraction […]
Bing Now Suggests Top Actions For Some Searches
Bing just like Google may display sitelinks or authority links underneath the first search result for a certain query. Google recently gave those sitelinks more room which I criticized for being to […]
Windows 8: What I Think Microsoft Is Missing
You have probably read a good dozen or even more Windows 8 related articles in the past week. With the release of the developer preview came a huge increase in articles and […]
Should you Install the Windows 8 Developer Preview?
I've been using the Windows 8 Developer Preview now for a few days on three different machines, a desktop, a laptop and a tablet, to get a good overall view of how […]
Bing Gets Adaptive (Personalized) Search
A recent search engine trend is to personalize the user experience. You can best see this on Google Search, where you not only see personalized search results based on previous searches and […]
What I Do Not Like About Windows 8
In 5 Things I Love About Windows 8 I listed five features of Microsoft's upcoming operating system that I really like. If you read that article you may have noticed that those […]
Windows 8 unveiled with a focus on Metro
Windows chief Steven Sinofsky unveiled Windows 8, well some of it anyway, to the world today and put most of the focus on touch and the new Metro interface that we've seen […]
How will Microsoft Market Windows 8 tomorrow?
Tomorrow (Tuesday 13th September 2011) sees the official unveiling of Windows 8 from Microsoft at their BUILD conference in Anaheim, California. The keynote address, which goes out at 9am PT | 5pm […]
Microsoft Mouse Without Borders, Control Multiple PCs With One Mouse
Have you ever worked with two or even more computers at the same workplace? Maybe by using a desktop computer and a laptop at the same time. If you did, you had […]
Overcoming Office 2010 Starter Purchase Problems
Most new PCs these days will come preinstalled with Microsoft's relatively new Office 2010 Starter. This is the replacement for the frankly awful Microsoft Works and gives people a much better upgrade […]
