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First look at Windows 8.1

Posted on June 5, 2013June 5, 2013 by Michael Sauers

Jensen Harris from the Windows Team shows some highlights of what to expect in Windows 8.1 coming later this year as a free update for…

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Tuesday Tech Tip: Lock your workstation

Posted on May 28, 2013 by Michael Sauers

Here’s a basic security tip: when you walk away from your computer you should lock it so no one else has easy access. When you…

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Skype with care – Microsoft is reading everything you write

Posted on May 16, 2013 by Michael Sauers

Anyone who uses Skype has consented to the company reading everything they write. The H‘s associates in Germany at heise Security have now discovered that the Microsoft…

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Windows 8.1 will be a free update via the Windows Store

Posted on May 14, 2013 by Michael Sauers

Today at the JP Morgan Technology, Media & Telecom Conference in Boston, Tami Reller shared with the audience that the update previously referred to as…

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(Re)Start Me Up: The Great Windows 8 Debate

Posted on May 9, 2013 by Michael Sauers

First, the easy one. The Start menu is not coming back, nor should it. The new Start screen is a superior app launcher, and if…

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Microsoft Mulling Nook Media LLC Purchase For $1 Billion

Posted on May 9, 2013 by Michael Sauers

Microsoft is offering to pay $1 billion to buy the digital assets of Nook Media LLC, the digital book and college book joint venture with Barnes &…

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Tuesday Tech Tip: Screen blanking in PowerPoint

Posted on April 30, 2013 by Michael Sauers

When you’re giving a presentation sometimes you want the audience to pay attention to you instead of your slides. In these cases remember these two…

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Tuesday Tech Tip: The Office Clipboard

Posted on April 23, 2013 by Michael Sauers

From PCMag.com: The standard Windows clipboard holds only one item at a time. You can install clipboard extenders… but, in Office, you can use the…

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Two-factor authentication now available for Microsoft accounts

Posted on April 17, 2013 by Michael Sauers

Two-factor authentication is one of the best things you can do to secure your online accounts. Today, Microsoft is rolling out this important feature for…

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Microsoft looking to release Office for Linux in 2014

Posted on April 12, 2013 by Michael Sauers

This rumor stems from a source in Brussels, Belgium, who spoke to Phoronix’s Michael Larabel at FOSDEM, one of Europe’s larger open source conferences. According…

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