Microsoft is giving away over 80 e-books on tech topics like Windows 8, SharePoint and Office 365. To make them easier to find, we shortened the web address to tinyurl.com/FreeFromMS.
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FrugalDad.com has a run-down on the new Windows 8. With its new “Metro” system, the Windows 8 screen will look more like a phone screen, with a social app, a cookbook app, games, etc. A portable version will let you carry all your preferences on a USB stick. Then, when you plug it into another Windows 8 machine, you will see your familiar desktop and apps.
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Microsoft Flight Simulator will be free starting this Spring. This is one of the most famous entertainment programs in computer history. In fact it was such a combination of sophisticated programming, animation and skill that it was typically kept running on autopilot, so to speak, in the show windows of Microsoft stores. Back in those days – back when there were lots of companies making Microsoft compatible computers – some with wonderful names, like “Kentucky Fried Computers,” the true test of whether or not a system was compatible was whether it could run Flight Simulator. Those early versions trained you how to land at airports like Chicago’s Meigs Field, which no longer exists (a nostalgia trip). This Spring you can […]
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Microsoft has launched a new tech support service called “Answer Desk.” Fifteen minutes of help is available free round the clock, seven days a week.
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This is one fancy mouse. The new “Touch Mouse” from Microsoft has a touch-sensitive surface that covers the whole mouse, so you can let your fingers do the walking. The Touch Mouse responds to one-finger, two-finger and three-finger commands. The first time you plug the mouse in, a video pops up to teach you the tricks. For example, moving three fingers away from you displays capsule images of all the windows you have open, side by side. Moving three fingers down the surface sends all open programs to a minimized state in the task bar. Move your thumb from side to side to go forward or back on the Web. Regular scrolling is done by moving a finger.
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File email into folders for later access, with Mail Manager from Oasys-Software.com.
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The Kinect sensor is Microsoft’s response to the success of Nintendo’s Wii machine. That has a motion sensitive controller and the game responds to its movements. With the Kinect and an Xbox 360, the game responds to your movements. This has led to some very interesting new developments. Several smart young tech types have already figured out how to use the Kinect to draw in 3D, create 3D videos and control robots with their body movements. We went to YouTube.com and watched Tomoto Washio transform himself into Ultra Seven, a Japanese superhero. He appeared to be shooting a stream of sparks and flames wherever he pointed his hand. He could also appear to detach a crescent from his hat, throw […]
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Microsoft’s Hotmail has been the most popular online email service for the past 15 years. It has 350 million users and they’re not going anywhere. Microsoft has now added a feature that Google’s Gmail has had for sometime: the ability to use Hotmail without changing your old email address. To the recipient of your message, the email still appears to come from your other email account, if you want to hold on to that. One of the best Hotmail features is its ability to send really large photos – up to ten gigabytes — without adding them an attachment. A small version of each photo appears in the email, and if the recipient wants to see the full picture, they […]
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