The Windows 10 Accessibility Handbook: Supporting Windows Users with Special Visual, Auditory, Motor, and Cognitive Needs is now available to order at Amazon. In this book you will learn everything you need to know about making Windows 10 easier to use, see, hear, touch, or read, whether you are using it yourself, setting it up […]
If you are waiting for Windows 10 to be officially released before you upgrade, but want to know what all the buzz is about, Mike Halsey, a Microsoft MVP for Windows, has written the perfect book for you. Windows 10 Primer: What to Expect from Microsoft’s New Operating System is now available at Amazon. Mike answers the […]
Microsoft announced today that they are opening up access to .NET and Visual Studio to an even broader set of developers by beginning the process of open-sourcing the full .NET server core stack and introducing a new free and fully-featured edition of Visual Studio, Visual Studio Community 2013. They are also releasing previews of the […]
From Steve “Guggs” Guggenheimer’s blog, “Starting today, we will extend availability of our current Windows 8.1, Windows 8.1 Pro and Windows Server 2012 R2 RTM builds to the developer and IT professional communities via MSDN and TechNet subscriptions. The Windows 8.1 RTM Enterprise edition will be available through MSDN and TechNet for businesses later this […]
Sounds like something I would say, doesn’t it? Ever since I had to give up my Windows Mobile 6.1 phone, I’ve been waiting for Microsoft to add “sync with desktop Outlook” back to their list of Windows Phone apps. So have a lot of other people. But I can’t take credit for the quote – […]
IE11 on Windows 7 offers improved performance, faster page load times, new standards support for next generation sites, and completely revised F12 developer tools. Visit the IEBlog to learn more about: Faster, More Responsive Browsing Leading JavaScript Performance Hardware-Accelerated 3D Web Graphics Professional-Quality Video Experiences on the Web All-new F12 Developer Tools Experience Makes […]
The SP2 release improves the compatibility of the Office and SharePoint 2010 products with Windows 8, Internet Explorer 10, Office 2013, and SharePoint 2013. It also addresses security, stability, and performance and contains all the Cumulative Updates (CU) and Public Updates (PU) that have released since SP1, starting with the June 2011 CU and July […]
If you have been putting off upgrading to Windows 8 Pro from Windows XP SP3, Windows Vista, or Windows 7, now is the time! There’s a great sale going on at the Microsoft Store through the end of January. Right now, you can buy the download version for $39.99, or have it shipped for $69.99. […]
On December 20, 2012, Microsoft announced that Microsoft Expression Web 4 was no longer available for purchase – it is now available as a free download. What’s the good news? The free version is the SP2a version, which includes 3 previously undocumented fixes: Nested object tags are now supported Editing with external tools is supported […]
This time last year, I wrote about two mobile phone features that were “must haves” for me in my next phone: the ability to sync directly to Outlook on my desktop and an SD card expansion slot. The lack of these two features in Windows Phone 7 is what led me to buy an Android […]