Encryption: Keeping Your Data Locked Down
Losing your phone is crippling. Losing a device like a laptop is debilitating. These devices are expensive but the data that they contain may be just as costly. Theft is a constant concern when you are dealing with pricey devices and the information they may contain.
Losing your hardware is…
Welcome To Windows, Alexa!
Microsoft has Cortana, its built-in digital assistant included in Windows 10 operating systems. Apple has Siri, its own digital assistant. Then, of course, there is Amazon’s Alexa. Which, unless you have been living under a rock, might be the most well known digital assistant thanks to Amazon’s marketing campaigns and the…
With a recent update to Windows, Microsoft is giving users a better look at the state of their digital privacy. Windows Diagnostic Data Viewer is an application that allows users to view data that is sent to Microsoft from their computers.
This is a breath of fresh air, especially amidst orders from France to stop tracking…
With Windows 10’s arrival comes all sorts of great new features, many of which are unprecedented. Here are four new features that you should check out on your Windows 10 device.
Microsoft OneDrive Integration
Microsoft’s cloud storage solution, OneDrive, is a major focus with Windows 10, especially with the cloud growing more important for modern companies. With…
What’s the best way to share files between your different personal devices and computers? It turns out that you can share files over your home’s network and you don’t have to be an IT technician to do it.
To be sure, there are many different ways to share files between your different devices. You can send…
New Ransomware Disguised as Windows 10 Launcher
You may have already received the Windows 10 upgrade notifications on your PC. You many not want it, but it's not going anywhere and you'll get it soon enough.
However, be cautious with your emails.
There is a fake Windows 10 upgrade email floating around the Internet, which contains a program…
Lumia 940XL: is it the new flagship Windows phone?
Well, it's that time of year again. It's been over a year since the release of the Lumia 930 and, with Windows 10 set to release on July 29th, one would think it's time for a new revamped model to hit the market.
And that suspicion would be…
Solitaire has returned; Microsoft has listened to the masses.
Solitaire players rejoice. Windows 10 will usher in the rebirth of the built-in games. Unlike Windows 8, where you had to download and install the game from the app store, solitaire will once again be preinstalled in the operating system. There is no final decision if…
Consider this your friendly reminder that we're fast approaching Microsoft's cutoff date for providing its hardware partners with copies of Windows 7 Home Basic, Home Premium, or Ultimate to pre-install on new systems. Once October 31, 2014 (Halloween) comes and goes, OEMs like Dell and Hewlett-Packard can still sell whatever inventory is left of PCs…
Remember the Start Menu? Microsoft is bringing it back. That much is clear enough, as the company announced the forthcoming resurrection at Build earlier this year. Here’s something new: The Start Menu is now expected to return in August. The new Start Menu will incorporate Live Tiles and other Windows 8 elements that will update the…
Microsoft may have retired Internet Explorer 6 (IE6) last week, but it's still keeping track of the ancient browser's user share on a death watch-like website that's been running for more than three years. IE6 launched in August 2001, about two months before Windows XP shipped. Microsoft issued the final security update for IE6 on April…
Microsoft will announce its rebranding of its "Windows Azure" cloud operating system to "Microsoft Azure," this week
The announcement is expected to happen today, March 25, and to take effect on April 3, the second day of Microsoft's Build conference in San Francisco, said a couple of individuals who asked not to be identified, but who…