Nov 6, 2007 | Microsoft, search
Microsoft is finalizing Microsoft Search Server 2008 Express, a free product for searching files on network servers. It has the potential to fill a need for many small businesses, especially law firms drowning in documents.Microsoft Search Server 2008 Express was...
Oct 29, 2007 | Apple, computers, hardware, Microsoft, software, Vista, WinXP
I wish we could count on the software and hardware vendors to play fair and treat us well, but it’s not happening. We have to take responsibility for our computers.When Windows XP and Vista are installed on freshly formatted hard drives, they are secure,...
Oct 28, 2007 | Apple, business, Microsoft, Vista
The nonstop criticism of Vista has been getting me down, and Apple’s release of Mac OS 10.5 “Leopard” has been greeted with so much overhyped enthusiasm that I began to wonder if I was missing something.As always, what’s missing from the Apple...
Oct 18, 2007 | file_sharing, Microsoft, photos, software, web_services
Microsoft has an appealing new program for displaying and sharing your photos. There is no shortage of photo programs and online services, but if you haven’t committed to any of them yet, Windows Live Photo Gallery looks like a reasonable place to start.Windows...
Oct 11, 2007 | Microsoft, Office, Outlook
There’s a remarkable world of applications designed to work with Microsoft Office. In fact, there’s probably more programs included under the “Office” banner than you realized – the official name is “2007 Office System,” with...
Oct 7, 2007 | Microsoft, software, Vista, WinXP
When your computer starts to slow down, the traditional response is to look for programs and processes that start automatically and bog the system down. One of my first clues about a computer comes from the number of icons down by the clock in the lower right hand...
