Some of us have netbooks or smaller laptops with ten to twelve inch screens that we take with us to travel light whilst still having access to a fairly functional computer. However, in doing so, we sacrifice the luxury of a larger screen which can make a big difference when attempting to do heavy multitasking …
Tag: Microsoft
Dec 24 2010
Microsoft Pulls the Plug on Office Genuine Advantage
In news that largely went under the radar, Microsoft has quietly disabled the use of Office Genuine Advantage in its Microsoft Office products in the last round of updates. In a nutshell, OGA provided a mechanism to verify the legitimacy of a software installation as a prerequisite step prior to allowing various add-ons for Microsoft …
Nov 24 2010
Windows Home Server – Vail is Fail After Abandoning Drive Extender
In a hark back to the flop of the Windows Vista “wow is now” campaign Microsoft has seemingly shot itself square in the foot by announcing that the second version of Drive Extender (or DE) technology from Windows Home Server was being dropped. For those of you wanting to know about the original Windows Home …
Nov 14 2010
Microsoft Temporarily Disables URLs in Windows Live Messenger
If you are using an older version of Windows Live Messenger you may have noticed that URLs have been disabled (i.e. they are not clickable). Microsoft has taken this step to help prevent a worm spreading through its instant messaging service (although presumably someone could still copy and paste the link manually into a browser). …
Nov 13 2010
Hotmail Finally Implements Complete SSL
In a development that could be seen as a response to the havoc that FireSheep has created in the last week, Microsoft has finally enabled complete SSL security for its Hotmail service. Previously, authentication would be encrypted using SSL but users would then be switched back to plain HTTP (which of course is insecure). The …
Nov 02 2010
Learn How to Make App Tabs in Your Browser
Just a quick tip for this evening. With Mozilla Firefox 4.0 Beta 6 and also Google Chrome you have the ability to create an “app tab” (in Firefox speak) or a “pinned tab” (in Chrome speak). Basically, these are like sticky tabs that persist between browser sessions (i.e. when you close and reopen them) and …
Oct 26 2010
Regain the Traditional Start Menu with Classic Shell
Here’s a quick tip for those that may have made the move to Windows 7 before realising the changes to the start menu and the taskbar or otherwise had change thrust upon them without much choice (like your old computer having gone to heaven thus requiring the purchase of a new computer). One of the …
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