Dec 24 2013
SkyDrive just got a bit better for Windows Phone users! If you’ve used Windows Phone with your Microsoft account then you should have received an e-mail from Microsoft outlining its appreciation for its Windows Phone users. The good bit in the e-mail is the bit inviting you to claim an additional free 20GB for your …
Oct 08 2012
The title pretty much says it all – if you’re a user who has migrated from MobileMe to iCloud Apple has extended the offer of free storage for another year concluding on 30/09/2013. This means that whatever storage these users had paid for prior to MobileMe being shutdown will continue to be available for no …
Jul 28 2012
Last night I decided to try out Office 2013 – perhaps not the smartest thing to do just as the university semester is getting underway but I couldn’t help myself. Anyway, I just wanted to share my first impressions of it with you starting with the installation. First of all, the time between kicking off …
Jul 19 2012
Just a quick note for the SkyDrive users out there. Microsoft SkyDrive application for Windows has received an update but unfortunately the client software doesn’t look like it will automatically update itself. That’s a little disappointing that other Microsoft products use Windows Update as the updating mechanism such as Microsoft Office and Microsoft Security Essentials …
Jul 09 2012
Just a quick one for today. For those interested in the server side of Windows then you might want to pick up free digital copy of Introducing Windows Server 2012 here. It’s a leisurely 256 pages spanning five chapters, entitled: The business need for Windows Server 2012, Foundation for building your private cloud, Highly available, easy-to-manage multi-server …
Apr 24 2012
Like the old saying, what one hand giveth the other taketh away. Today, Microsoft upgraded its SkyDrive service with some improved functionality including the ability to access it as a drive in Windows Explorer or on your Mac but in doing so it is downsizing the generous 25GB of storage to 7GB. It’s a bit …
Jan 23 2012
Here’s something that might interest those cloud storage enthusiasts out there or people wanting to check things out before migrating their data. If you want to try out Bitcasa which touts as being able to provide “infinite storage on your desktop” then here’s you chance to get an account. Just click here to signup and check …
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