Oct 26, 2008 | file_sharing, Microsoft, mobile, web_services
If you’re using my favorite web service Live Mesh, watch for an update in the next few days. It will be required to continue using Live Mesh; file sharing and remote access will go dead until the update is installed. I’m going to do a backup of the files...
Oct 21, 2008 | computers, Dell, Internet, Microsoft, mobile, phone, photos, remote, SBS, software, web_services
Access everywhere! Lots of interesting services are being set up to make it easy for you to have access to files, folders, photos, and computers from anywhere, whether it’s working on an office computer from home or bringing up pictures from your home computer...
Oct 15, 2008 | Microsoft, Office, security, Vista, WinXP
Microsoft released security updates on Tuesday night, following its normal monthly schedule. Your computer should have restarted during the night. We’re all overwhelmed by updates but we’re stuck with them. The holes fixed today are the ones that the bad...
Oct 12, 2008 | file_sharing, Internet, Microsoft, photos, remote, software, web_services
I routinely set up a Windows Live ID for my clients when they get a new computer. There are many programs and online services in the world; Microsoft’s programs and services under the Windows Live name are well designed, free to explore, and reasonably simple...
Sep 17, 2008 | Apple, audio, hardware, Microsoft, network, photos, software, video, Vista, WinXP
Since the market for living room computers never developed, Microsoft decided to focus on “extenders,” a different way to deliver media to your television. Huge numbers of people already have a computer in the house running Windows Vista Home Premium,...
Sep 17, 2008 | audio, computers, Microsoft, photos, video, Vista, WinXP
Your photos are on your computer. Your music is on your computer. It makes sense that computers should be able to record TV shows – it’s kind of a computery thing to do, right? It’s probably occurred to you that it makes sense to store movies on a...
