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How Can Android Tablets Succeed?

Is there a single key to Android tablets’ future success? It’s a quesiton many of us have been asking lately. We’re not unfamiliar with the contenders: Here at PCMag we’ve spent a fair amount of time with the Apple iPad (this author owns one) and an increasing amount of time with a variety of shipping […]

Windows 7 Family Pack Makes a Comeback

Microsoft on Sunday resurrected the Windows 7 Family Pack. For $149.99, the bundle provides upgrade licenses to Windows 7 Home Premium for up to three devices. To upgrade, however, the computers must already be running on either Windows Vista or XP systems and they must be capable of handling Windows 7. Best online Microsoft MCTS […]

Netflix Releases Windows Phone 7 App, Canadian Xbox Streaming

Netflix announced Monday that subscribers in Canada can now stream content via the Xbox 360, while U.S. and Canadian users can access content on their Windows Phone 7 devices. Users in Canada can now access Netflix’s “Watch Instantly” library via the Microsoft Xbox 360, provided you have a Netflix membership, a broadband Internet connection, and […]

Find Out What’s Not Working in Windows 7

You may have problems with hardware you don’t even know about. Here’s a way to check for these and correct them. I recently had to do a clean install of Windows 7 on a friend’s laptop. Easy, right? Boot from the installer disk, and let Windows download all the appropriate drivers. Best online Microsoft MCTS […]

Tip: Resizing Photos in Windows Live Photo Gallery

A colleague recently needed to both crop images to a square aspect ratio and resize them down to thumbnail size. At first glance, Windows Live Photo Gallery, the free downloadable image editor for Windows 7 and Vista, seemed to offer no help. But a little peering into the app showed it was completely up to […]

Microsoft Hotmail Bug Affected 17K Users

Microsoft on Monday said its Hotmail problem affected more than 17,000 users, but insisted that the problem has since been resolved. Starting December 30, Windows Live Hotmail users trying to access their e-mail were met with empty inboxes. The problem affected 17,355 accounts, which saw their sent messages, inbox, and folders disappear. Best online Microsoft […]

Microsoft Confirms Zune for Mac Software Coming in 2010

A version of Microsoft’s Zune software will be available for Apple Macs by year’s end, the company said this week. “Later in 2010 Microsoft will make a public beta available of a tool that allows Windows Phone 7 to sync select content with Mac computers,” Microsoft said in a statement. As a result, Windows Phone […]

Microsoft Excel 2003

Most of the major improvements in Microsoft Excel 2003 involve workgroup functions, but there are a few enhancements that may tempt individual users to upgrade. The key new Excel enhancement—XML, IRM (information rights management), and SharePoint aside—is its new List feature. This addresses some of the problems traditionally associated with lists—including the fact that the […]

Windows Market May Dip Below 90 Percent This Year

Microsoft Windows’ market share is on the verge of falling below 90 percent this year, according to the latest data from Net Applications, diluted by the uptake of alternative mobile operating systems. Windows’ market share, which includes its mobile Windows OS performance, sank to 90.29 percent in December 2010, down from 92.21 percent the year […]

Microsoft Restores Hotmail Access

Microsoft on Monday said it had restored e-mail service to Hotmail users after many reported that their entire accounts were deleted without warning. “We have restored the emails to those who were effected,” Microsoft said in a Monday note on its help site. Best online Microsoft MCTS Training, Microsoft MCITP Certification at certkingdom.com Users who […]

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