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A Tiny Windows Tip Of Minimal Importance
Press the Windows key + M to minimize all open windows. Your programs are still running on the taskbar but your desktop is immediately cleared. That’s it. That’s the tip. A Tiny Windows Tip should be a “TWIT,” don’t you think? When you talk to me, I want you to think...
GOOGLE LAUNCHES FUTURE SEARCH
Google Australia launched Gday today, a new search engine that allows users to search content on the internet before it is created. "Google spiders crawl publicly available web...
WINDOWS SEARCH 4
Microsoft released a preview of Windows Search 4 today, an update to the Windows Desktop Search program that is built into Windows Vista and can be installed separately on...
THE END OF WINDOWS XP
Windows XP will stop being sold by computer manufacturers (Dell, HP, and the rest) on June 30, 2008. Too many people have been writing too much nonsense about Windows Vista,...
THE ART OF THIN
An effective ad from Lenovo to demonstrate that the Thinkpad X300 compares favorably to the MacBook Air.
ONENOTE FOR LAWYERS
Here's a short article from the ABA's Law Practice magazine noting the many ways that Microsoft OneNote 2007 can be used by lawyers for everything from trial notebooks to...
VISTA SP1 SUPPORT
If you have any difficulty installing Vista Service Pack 1 or dealing with problems after installation, Microsoft is offering unlimited installation and compatibility support...
VISTA SP1 & SEARCH
Searching in Vista quickly becomes second nature. Clicking the Start button and typing the name of a program brings it up immediately - no need to hunt through the long list of...
APPLE UPDATES: SAFARI INVASION
A client asked me about an update window that had popped up so I sat down in front of "Apple Updates" and stared at the three programs listed - "updates" to iTunes, QuickTime,...
WINDOWS VISTA SERVICE PACK 1 RELEASED
Windows Vista Service Pack 1 is available today through Windows Update. Here's the announcement of the general release of SP1, and here's a technical note about a handful of...
WINDOWS HOME SERVER DATA CORRUPTION
The products developed using Microsoft's Windows Home Server software do a number of extremely useful things - backups, remote access, file and photo sharing, and file storage -...
R.I.P. PC MAGAZINE
I can't let the moment pass without acknowledging the loss of a dear friend. Magazines were a crucial source of information in the primitive days before the Internet. PC Magazine...
TALES OF WOE: SOFTWARE DEPT.
My office computer is a powerful Dell tower, with an Nvidia video card and too much software. I choose software carefully, but I use a lot of programs and there is an...
TALES OF WOE: HARDWARE DEPT.
My stick doesn't work. The Dell Latitude D630 is my favorite laptop, just the right combination of light weight and computing power and screen size, with nothing left out - a...
FOLDERSHARE UPGRADE
FolderShare, Microsoft's invaluable free utility for syncing and sharing folders among multiple computers, has gotten a long overdue upgrade. Foldershare starts with a free...
SONIC & SATELLITE SERVICE
Sonoma County's broadband coverage is spotty. Comcast and AT&T are not doing anything to expand cable and DSL service to new areas. There are too many areas with no good...