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Will Augmented Reality Push Us Over A Privacy Cliff?
Ten years from now you may pick up your augmented reality glasses automatically, exactly as you pick up your phone today. The glasses will do many of the same things, plus they’ll offer new ways to communicate or obtain information or entertain yourself. They also...
Windows 8 Tip: Set Internet Explorer To Open On The Desktop
This tip is directed to people experiencing Windows 8 for the first time on a desktop or notebook computer who want to minimize confusion by spending most of their time on the...
Windows 8 Tip: Make Desktop The Default Tile On The Start Screen
There is no shortage of guides for learning Windows 8 basics, starting with Microsoft’s guide to new features. Here’s an article that goes through the basics of the Charms bar,...
The Microsoft Surface Tablet And Productivity (Part 2)
Previously: Some Thoughts On The Microsoft Surface Tablet (Part 1) Because it is built on an operating system that appears identical to Windows 8, Microsoft’s Surface tablet has...
Some Thoughts On The Microsoft Surface Tablet (Part 1)
I’ve been using a Microsoft Surface tablet for a few days. It is a fascinating device, with pros and cons that make it impossible to deliver any blanket assessment. Most of you...
A Snapshot Of The Tech Market
Let’s catch our breath for a minute and do a quick recap of where things stand as we head into November. COMPUTERS Windows 8 is becoming available, at least as an option, on new...
Windows 8 Is Officially Released
With a Microsoft press event in New York followed by crowds filling Times Square at midnight, Windows 8 is now available to everyone, sold with new computers as well as appearing...
Everybody Hates Windows 8 (Or So They Say)
“If even a tenth of a percent of new Windows 8 users respond with the level of dismay and distress my wife did, Microsoft and those unlucky enough to be in frontline tech support...
Windows 8 Is Completely Different From Windows 7!
Windows 8 is a mobile OS that includes a rich desktop environment as one – and only one - of its features. Windows 8 is NOT an updated version of Windows 7 that happens to...
Windows 8 Is Exactly Like Windows 7!
Windows 8 is exactly like Windows 7! Many of you will experience Windows 8 for the first time on a desktop computer or notebook. This article is for you. With some very simple...
Windows 8: The View From 36,000 Feet
Windows 8 is a term that will be used to refer to several different things. It is the next operating system for Windows computers, but you’ll also see the name used loosely to...
Windows 8: The Shift To Mobile Devices
In order to understand why Microsoft has created Windows 8, you have to look at the long-term, fundamental change in the way the world uses technology. We are in the middle of a...
The Road To Windows 8
On October 25, Microsoft will formally unveil Windows 8, followed closely by a separate presentation of Windows Phone 8 on October 29. Windows 8 computers, notebooks, tablets and...
Use InPrivate To Manage Multiple Online Identities
Here’s a tip for anyone who runs into trouble juggling multiple identities in Internet Explorer. Most of you can look away and stop taking notes – this is extra credit material...
Microsoft Does Not Call To Fix Your PC
A few days ago I was contacted by a woman who had been tricked by a phone caller pretending to represent Microsoft. The caller claimed that her computer had viruses on it and...
‘Tis The Season For New Software
As we head into the fall, the software publishers are lining up their annual updated versions of the core Windows programs for businesses. Here are some of the ones that have...