Feb 20
Windows only: While Apple, Google and Facebook often get the lion’s share of the tech industry’s attention, one would be unwise to dismiss Redmond’s sleeping giant. Regardless of its lack of mind share, Microsoft is still home to thousands of intelligent, talented engineers that are working on innovative technologies.
Today, we are going to cover one such example. Let’s learn about Microsoft Photosynth. Read more
If you are a Microsoft Word 2007 or 2010 user that frequently works with long documents, and desires an efficient way to section/navigate your file, you may be interested in learning about bookmarks. Read more
Although you may reap the benefit of a decreased price point, PCs that ship with Windows 7 Starter and Home Basic editions are sure to disappoint, as they lack many of the attractive improvements that Microsoft introduced in their venerable operating system.
If you are lacking the funds to upgrade to a more feature-complete version of the OS, you might benefit from today’s tip. Read more
Some users may not be aware that they have the ability to pin their favorite applications to their operating system’s app launcher. It’s a relatively simple task to accomplish, so let’s learn how to pin some apps for both OS X and Windows. Read more
Aside from their search engine, Gmail was the first Google product I became enamored with and has become a fundamental part of my daily workflow. It’s convenient, fast, flexible and powerful, and after years of use, it is painful to even think about relying on another application for my email needs.
While it has millions of users, there are many people that are still content with comparable offerings from Microsoft, AOL (yikes!!) and Yahoo. As Google continually expands their offerings and branches out into new areas (i.e., Google+), more people may wish to try something different.
If you think you may be one of these people, this post is for you. Read more
Windows only: Tabbed browsing, whether in a web browser or in an operating system’s file navigator, enhances your ability to attend to and shift between multiple tasks. After spending some time with it, it is hard to go back to applications that lack this useful feature.
If you use Microsoft Office for Windows and you’ve either had a clandestine desire for tab implementation, or you’re simply looking for a novel way to get things done in your favorite productivity suite, you might want to check out Office Tabs. Read more
If you use a PC, the odds are strong that you have other Microsoft products installed on your system. Normally, it is required that users manually update these applications in order to get the latest hot fixes, patches and service packs available. Wouldn’t it be better if there was an easier way to keep your Microsoft software up-to-date? Read more
Buried deep in the Microsoft Word arcana are features that, while relatively unheard of, can be quite useful on a day-to-day basis. If you’re looking to score some brownie points with the cube farm administrators, you need to learn about “Spike.” Read more
May 18
One of the things that took some time to get used to after I first tried OS X was the way it approached windows. Coming from the Microsoft realm, I was used to working with applications that took up the entire screen, so once I saw that OS X apps rarely do this, I was irked.
Over time, I began to appreciate why working with non-maximized windows might be useful. One example is when you want to drag browser items from your selected window to the desktop. In Windows, this workflow is not feasible by default, but with a few tweaks, you can be dragging items to your desktop with impunity. Read more
For many of us, email remains one of our primary means of correspondence. More importantly, we have years of conversations stored on a server somewhere out in the ether. Whether you use your ISP’s web-based service or popular offerings from Google or Microsoft, it is a good idea to create local backups of your web-based email in case the third party you rely on suffers serious technical difficulties, or worse, permanently loses your data. Read more
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