On Thursday, Microsoft announced final availability of Windows Live Essentials 2011, Microsoft’s suite of consumer apps designed to complement Windows. Microsoft vice president of Windows Live engineering Chris Jones announced the final release on the Inside Windows Live blog. Best […]
12 Tips to Speed Up Windows 7
Sure, Windows 7 is much faster than slowpoke Vista, but there’s still room for improvement. Here are a dozen tricks that can make Windows 7 faster. Windows 7One of the main virtues of Windows 7 is its speed—especially when compared […]
Happy 20th Birthday, Windows 3.0
Before version 3, it was hard to take Windows seriously. After version 3 it was hard not to. May 22, 1990 saw the release of Microsoft Windows 3.0. In many ways it was the turning point for Windows, the version […]
Microsoft, New York City Ink Licensing, Cloud Computing Deal
Microsoft and the city of New York have inked a licensing deal that will consolidate its various licenses into one and provide city officials with access to Microsoft’s cloud-computing features. New York previously had 40 different licenses for Microsoft products […]
Is Windows 8 going on sale in January 2013?
Usually when it comes to the unsubstantiated, but perhaps reliable rumor mill, Apple products lead the charge. Not today however, there is a pile of juicy Microsoft tips just for you. According to Wzor.net, a source that has been partially […]
Microsoft’s Yammer-like OfficeTalk may become a real product
When the first rumors of OfficeTalk broke to the surface in March of 2010, we never expected the product to make it out of the idea stage. Sure, Microsoft let a few favored customers play with the Yammer-esque software, but […]
The TNW Microsoft Week: HTML5, homebrew, and Ballmer’s Facebook math
It is Friday all over again, and that means that we here at TNWmicrosoft are going to walk you through the biggest stories from the last seven days. For our weekly question, we would love to know if you would […]
Microsoft Advisory Tackles Unpatched IE Vulnerability
Microsoft has issued an advisory for an unpatched vulnerability affecting all versions of Internet Explorer on all platforms. The vulnerability could allow a malicious Web page to trigger a denial of service or remote code execution in the context of […]
Verizon Selling Microsoft Kin ONEm, TWOm as Feature Phones
Microsoft’s Kin phones are back from the dead – sort of. Verizon announced Thursday that it is now offering the Kin ONEm and the Kin TWOm, but the devices are now features phones, not smartphones. “They provide an option for […]
How to Create a Word 2007 Table of Contents II
When your Word documents approach novel—or even novella—length, it may be time to give readers a table of contents. By default, Word assumes you want to use the “Heading” styles for your TOC entries: Heading 1, Heading 2, Heading 3, […]