Apr 13, 2011 | Android, Apple, iPad, Microsoft, mobile, news, tablet, web_services
The iPad was not the first tablet on the market. Microsoft was one of the first companies to deliver a tablet, with the first prototype demonstrated more than ten years ago. No one cared. Apple created the demand for the iPad more or less from scratch, leaving...
Apr 11, 2011 | Apple, Microsoft, security, software, updates, Vista, Windows7, WinXP
A large collection of patches and updates will be delivered tonight, Patch Tuesday, the second Tuesday of the month. Last month was a paltry bunch of updates, not really worth mentioning, but this month brings 17 security bulletins fixing 64 different vulnerabilities,...
Mar 29, 2011 | Dropbox, IE, Microsoft, Office, software, web_services, Windows Live
Previously: Battle Of The Browser Updates Comparing The New Internet Browsers, aka Microsoft And The LastPass Problem Syncing Bookmarks And Favorites With Firefox 4 And Chrome 10 Microsoft is bringing up the rear for a reason. Since it’s not obvious how...
Mar 28, 2011 | Google, IE, Internet, Microsoft, mobile, software, web_services
Previously: Battle Of The Browser Updates Comparing The New Internet Browsers, aka Microsoft And The LastPass Problem Many people are building imposing lists of bookmarked web sites. Having access to that list from each of our computers is quickly moving from a...
Mar 25, 2011 | Google, IE, Internet, Microsoft, security, software, web_services, Windows7
Previously: Battle Of The Browser Updates The latest and greatest versions of the three major Internet browsers have been released. Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 Mozilla Firefox 4 Google Chrome 10 They are all streamlined and secure. Each has slightly different...
Mar 23, 2011 | Microsoft, software, Windows Live
My goal for you is simplicity. I want you to use wonderful tools that are easy to use and easy to keep up to date. Little things make me irritable. Here’s a story of a little thing. It’s not important. You are not requested to do anything. This has no consequences for...