Sep 22, 2009 | Microsoft, security, software, Vista, Windows7, WinXP
Microsoft will soon release Microsoft Security Essentials, free antivirus and anti-malware software for computers running Windows 7, Vista, or Windows XP. It is simple to install, effective, requires no attention, and uses almost no system resources. It is completely...
Sep 20, 2009 | Apple, mail, Microsoft, mobile, phone
Lots of people are buying cell phones to read and respond to email on the road. It makes a difference what kind of email account you have! Some phones are better than others for particular situations. I’ve written about this before but it bears repeating.If you work...
Sep 17, 2009 | Apple, Microsoft, Office, Outlook, software, Windows7
Microsoft has had aggressive prices for college students for years. Today it announced that college students can buy Windows 7 Home Premium for $29.99. It’s all part of the marketing that is ramping up for the Windows 7 launch on October 22. It’s probably not a...
Sep 7, 2009 | business, Dell, domains, hardware, Microsoft, SBS, software
Trying to help a very small business decide on technology that will last for 5-10 years has always been an interesting challenge, and the choices are completely different now than they were just a few years ago. Small Business Server 2003 was an obvious choice for a...
Aug 27, 2009 | Google, IE, Internet, Microsoft, web_services
Microsoft’s new search engine Bing is an interesting alternative to Google. In my experience, search results with Bing are at least equivalent to Google and frequently better in some way, particularly when the left-hand column includes a useful way to narrow down the...
Aug 25, 2009 | humor, Microsoft
Here’s a comparison of a picture that was used on Microsoft’s US web site and the same picture on Microsoft’s Polish web site. Microsoft is taking some well-deserved heat today for photoshopping out the black guy’s head and replacing it with a white guy’s head. It’s...
