Jun 3, 2007 | mail, Microsoft, Outlook, remote, web_services
Windows Live Mail has been released in nearly final form for Windows XP and Vista. It’s an important step forward but only if you’re able to keep Microsoft’s e-mail programs straight.These programs run on your computer:Microsoft Outlook –...
May 31, 2007 | Google, web_services
Google Maps has introduced a very cool new feature, Google Maps Street View. In selected cities, the Street View button allows you to get street-level photographs in high resolution, capable of being zoomed and rotated thru 360 degrees. It may not be terribly useful...
May 30, 2007 | phone, web_services
If you have more than one phone, then you should know about GrandCentral – genuinely cool technology to unify your phones in ways that are close to magical.I have a cell phone and an office phone. I can’t drop either one – there’s no reliable...
May 20, 2007 | Microsoft, OneCare, security, web_services
Microsoft continues to make progress with its security software.A preview is available of the Microsoft Malware Protection Center, a long overdue web site to gather information about viruses and adware/spyware, as well as information about the definitions and status...
May 7, 2007 | mail, Outlook, remote, web_services
Windows Live Hotmail got its official launch yesterday, and the announcement included a compelling detail: Microsoft will make a free connector available to sync Windows Live Hotmail with Outlook. This may affect you more than you expect.A month ago I wrote up some...
May 3, 2007 | web_services
Cool Internet site of the day: ZipDecode. A simple map of the United States with yellow dots on a gray background. Click on the map to activate it, then type in the first digit of a zip code. The map lights up in the part of the country covered by that first digit...
