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Knee deep in Outlook Live

From a hands on experience, what students are using with Microsoft's online email client. by Zack Whittaker

Tags: Live, Knee, Microsoft Outlook, E-mail, Groupware, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Online Communications, Enterprise Software, Zack Whittaker, iGeneration, Microsoft, Outlook, Student, Productivity

Image galleries 2009-06-26

Disaster City 1 (Windows)

Disaster City is a game where the goal is to build a town and protect it against many disasters. If disasters strike a badly protected town, you will face problems and your reputation will fall. When your reputation bar reaches zero, you are fired. A well-planned city however, will be...

Tags: Town, Disaster, Knee, Microsoft Windows, Games, Operating Systems, Software, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2006-02-07

Additional Resources

Your top Windows 7 questions, answered

If we wanted tech stats on Linux we know the URLNever ceases to amaze me that people search for ways to say a whole lot of absolutely nothing relevant. Must be because they don't have an answer so they change topics. Typical!You beat me to it Ed!!!nt64-bit environment...

Tags: Network technology, Linux, Operating systems, Linux Distro, 64-bit, Microsoft Windows, operating system, Microsoft Windows 7

Discussion threads 2009-11-12

Psystar: Cocaine, car crashes and a chance to beat Apple

Monopoly Much?How has apple been able to get away with this? Microsoft gets sued for sending their browser with their operating system while not blocking anyone else's browsers on their systems. Apple does not allow anyone else to use their operating system on other hardware, not sure how...

Tags: Operating systems, car, Apple Inc., operating system, hackintosh, Psystar

Discussion threads 2009-11-12

Did Microsoft copy Mac OS for Windows 7? Yes ... uh, wait ... no ...

How do you like this....Microsoft has just patented "sudo":http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20091111094923390RE: Did Microsoft copy Mac OS for Windows 7? Yes ... uh, wait ... no ...Of course, Microsoft has been copying things from the Mac for years. Look at Windows and Mac OS from the very beginning... the Mac had a...

Tags: Operating systems, Desktops, Sudo, Microsoft Corp., Apple Inc., Apple Macintosh, operating system, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 7, Apple Mac OS

Discussion threads 2009-11-12

2010 Subaru Outback 2.5i

Photo gallery:2010 Subaru Outback 2.5iAs much as we respect the general utility of many Subaru models, the cars have proved very limited in useful cabin electronics. That hasn't changed much for the 2010 model year, with Subaru moving very tentatively into accommodating personal electronics. The 2010 Subaru Outback 2.5i maintains...

Tags: gear ratio, cargo area, Outback, Subaru

Product reviews 2009-11-11

U.S. Ethics Committee staffer file-shares sensitive document

So the answer will be change the technology, right??...I certainly hope not. The person responsible should be fired immediately, if this group is supposed to be so secretive and protective of their data. Putting ANY work-related material on your personal computer is not only a bad idea, it may be...

Tags: Peer to peer (P2P), U.S. Ethics Committee staffer, U.S. Ethics Committee, sensitive document, staffer, file-sharing

Discussion threads 2009-11-04

Canadian organization enables peer-to-peer carbon comparisons

Waste of time.Global warming is a lie anyway.People who really want to believe that - against all science - should not burden others.Where are your facts to support otherwise?I would like to see your proof that Global Warming is NOT occurring.Here you go. My pleasure.My challenge to you: watch this...

Tags: Corporate communications, P2P, global warming, video

Discussion threads 2009-11-03

Adesso WKB-3100UB wireless keyboard with trackball

The $80 Adesso WKB-3100UB wireless keyboard is a good mini keyboard for surfing the Web from your sofa, but it's a nightmare to use as an everyday keyboard and trackball. The keyboard is usable most of the time, but its inaccurate trackball, poor button press recognition, sticking keys, lack of...

Tags: Keyboards, wireless keyboard, wireless, keyboard-and-mouse, keyboard, Adesso, trackball

Product reviews 2009-10-29

2010 Scion xB

Photo gallery:2010 Scion xBWith funky styling and a reputation built around the tuner crowd and the sound-off set, the Scion xB almost single-handedly established the market for little boxy city cars in the North American market. However, the current generation xB faces stiff competition from the likes of the even-quirkier...

Tags: Performance management, Scion xB

Product reviews 2009-10-27

JAMA studies push the need for H1N1 flu shot

Still fighting that war eh, Dana? :)Get over it man.Interesting piece of information:Recent news in Canada:"Four Canadian studies involved about 2,000 people, health officials told CBC News. Researchers found people who had received the seasonal flu vaccine in the past were more likely to get sick with the H1N1 virus."So......

Tags: H1N1 flu, flu, regular flu

Discussion threads 2009-10-13

Seeking a Stallman for open source

Stallman is for OSS what Washington was for USAWe need more people like Stallman to liberate us from the M$ tirany not Benedict Arnolds like Icaza!We need to speek louder about M$ dirty deeds not to seek peace with the devil.Stallman is a liberalJust thought LinuxGeek ought to know that....

Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Stallman, open source, Icaza, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-10-09

California screenin': Majority of residents oppose big-screen TV ban

Regulate power, not sizeThey should be regulating the power consumption of TVs, not necessarily their size. Force the companies to make big screen TVs less power hungry and more efficient. Not flat out ban them.TVs should strive to be Energy Star compliant because I'm sure many of them...

Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, TV, big-screen TV

Discussion threads 2009-09-17

An open letter to the RIAA: Illegal file sharing problem solved?

I think I'll skip......governments collecting and paying royalties. Its called tolling and every business in the world would like to access governments' ability to use force to collect money for them.What would be the outcome of such a scheme? Whenever "artists" (and I use the word loosely given...

Tags: Taxes, Vertical industries, Free trade, Peer to peer (P2P), RIAA, government, file sharing problem, tax, open letter, file-sharing

Discussion threads 2009-08-31

MSFT, YHOO, AMZN join fight against Google Books

Who are they kidding...?Why is it that projects that seem to have some benefits for people on the whole are so quickly trashed by some silly claims of competitiveness and personal privacy?Of course this is payback......by Microsoft. Let's see how Google likes dealing with stupid antitrust regs. :)The only monopoly...

Tags: E-books, Only Problem, Google Inc., e-book, Google Book, Amazon.com Inc., Microsoft Corp., Yahoo! Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-08-21

Google to make Web app to replace rejected iPhone app

Cross-platform appsA high profile web app, like Google Voice, could really shine the spotlight on web apps, as an attractive way to build powerful, cross-platform apps for smartphones. It may even accelerate the development of more comprehensive support for HTML5, BONDI, WebGL, etc., on all of the smartphone platforms.This is...

Tags: cloud computing, Web application, Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-08-09

Major security holes in popular XML libraries

Major security holes in popular XML librariesOpen Source SecureSo much for Open Source software being secure. I thought that with all those developers looking at the code it was ment to be more secure than closed software.Superior peer-reviewed software... strikes out again. Of course the fanboys will somehow manage to...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, Microsoft Windows, Blogging, software, XML Library, Major security, XML, security

Discussion threads 2009-08-06

Yahoo-Microsoft deal: Details from the SEC filing

Yahoo-Microsoft deal: Details from the SEC filingyahoos Bartz Was Opiated while selling search....New York Times article few days back stated ms. bartz, after knee replacement, had been taking schedule narcotics, including strong opiates for pain when yahoo-microsoft deal was struck.Ms. Bartz was even unable to stand upright in decision making...

Tags: Bartz, Microsoft Deal, SEC filing, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-08-05

Apple's not-so-secret tablet: Flawed from the start

Apple are rumoured - key word there is "rumoured" - to be building a tablet device which can only be described from reports as a netbook-sized iPhone. After trying to explain this to my friend in the pub last night, who isn't the most technically minded of people but thankfully...

Tags: Touch Screen, Apple Inc., Tablets, Keyboards, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Peripherals, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2009-08-05

Microsoft privately testing Office 2010 streaming-download model

Microsoft privately testing Office 2010 streaming-download modelCTR Inferior So FarAfter installing CTR on my Windows 7 machine, I can say that this installation method so far is inferior to a single downloaded .exe installation for Office. Installing each EXE piecemeal as you require to run them instead of a one-time...

Tags: Outlook 2010, Microsoft Office, CTR, Office 2010, streaming-download model, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-07-28