In my last How-To, I illustrated how to train Vista to recognize your own style of handwriting. In the ensuing discussion, it became apparent that with all the...
Apologies to the Baha Men for the reach in the title. The cartoon heads are barking about Tablet PCs. I don’t mean cartoon head in any...
In my last How-To I referred to changing your indexing options as a way to improve battery life. That got me to feeling like I really...
Windows Home Server (now in BETA/CTP) looks like it will offer an interesting solution for home users to hook up to a server and share media...
I’ve been a big fan of the Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) and its lighter cousin Windows Presentatoin Foundation Everywhere (WPF/E). Haven’t been a fan of the...
Have you ever needed to create a task or appointment that included the details that are contained in an email you received? Unless you know this handy...
This week’s How-To is one that I have found extremely useful for keeping your Outlook 2007 appointments and OneNote 2007 notes organized. Like many, I have...
Microsoft has released Virtual PC 2007. I know quite a few readers here are familiar with earlier iterations of Virtual PC using if for testing a...
Chris at MobilitySite.com has some good info on the release of Microsoft’s Windows Mobile 6, codenamed CrossBow. He’s got the new naming conventions from Pocket PC to...
Lets’ hope that Microsoft has been pumping up those download pipes, because when Vista and Office 2007 are released on January 30, customers will be able to...
As you can see from the image here, I am installing Windows Live OneCare. I have heard a lot of bad things so far about the...
Colin Walker has written an open letter to Microsoft. He’s concerned about the lack of marketing focus and evangelism from Microsoft in his home, the UK....
Today is Nov 30 and it is “Ready for a new day” for Microsoft as they officially unveil Vista, Office 2007, and Exchange Server 2007. Listen...
Eric Mack, a well known productivity guru, picked up on my post on business applications that should be ink-enabled for Tablet PC support. Not only is Eric...
With Vista sort of rolling out to MSDN folk and getting ready for the business release in a short time, it is time to take not...
Remember all those cool demos of OpenGL touch screen manipulation? Robert Scoble has recently posted a link to a video of some very interesting stuff from...
This is the year of surprises – Windows running on a Mac and now Microsoft supporting Linux. In a surprising press release today, Microsoft announced plans to...
The final version of Windows Desktop Search, (3.0 RTW) has been released by Microsoft. If you’re using Office 2007 B2TR, (including OneNote 2007) you most likely...
Interesting read in The New York Times interviewing Steve Ballmer. The premise is that Windows might be nearing the end of its dominance given the influences...
Looks like Vista RC2 is available, at least to those who are a part of the official beta. Thanks to an anonymous GBM reader for this...