Jan 18, 2013 | computers, Dell, laptops, Lenovo, shopping, Windows8
Lenovo has begun shipping the Thinkpad X1 Carbon Touch, an updated version of its already awesome Ultrabook, now with a touchscreen that is perfectly suited to Windows 8. It is elegant and powerful and well-designed. It is thin and light, almost impossibly so. It has...
Jan 16, 2013 | bruceb, business, computers, network, remote, security, updates, Windows10, Windows7, Windows8
Your brush with danger from the weekend Java vulnerability ought to help you appreciate the importance of staying up to date on all the programs targeted by malware: Windows, Internet Explorer, Chrome, Firefox, Java, Flash, Adobe Acrobat & Reader, and the other...
Nov 20, 2012 | computers, Windows7, Windows8, WinXP
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 Windows 8 have enough exciting and interesting new features to be worth the effort to...
Oct 30, 2012 | Android, Apple, computers, Google, hardware, iPad, laptops, Lenovo, Microsoft, phone, shopping, Surface, tablet, Windows Phone 8, Windows8
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 computers from the major manufacturers. At the moment everything is in transition, so you...
Oct 26, 2012 | computers, laptops, Microsoft, software, Surface, tablet, Windows7, Windows8
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 for the first time on tablets and hybrid notebooks with detachable keyboards. You’ll hear...
Oct 16, 2012 | Android, Apple, computers, Google, iPad, laptops, Microsoft, mobile, Office, phone, software, Surface, tablet, Windows7, Windows8
Windows 8 is a term that will be used to refer to several different things. It is the next operating system for Windows computers, but you’ll also see the name used loosely to describe a tablet operating system, a phone operating system, the environment for apps that...
