5 Outlook shortcuts you need to know

Outlook: Love it or hate it, there's room for improvement.Personally, I tend to view Microsoft's information manager as bloated, confusing, and frequently annoying, which is why I'm always on the lookout for ways

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: April 20th, 2012 Rick Broida

Windows 8 Enterprise embraces BYOD

Microsoft has bowed to the age of consumerization and 'bring your own device' (BYOD), announcing features in the next version of its business OS, Windows 8 Enterprise, it hopes will fit in with

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: April 20th, 2012 John E. Dunn

Windows 8 upgrade path from Vista, XP still unclear

Microsoft today declined to confirm whether users of Windows XP and Vista will be able to upgrade their PCs to Windows 8 when the latter launches later this year.On Monday, Microsoft spelled out

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: April 18th, 2012 Gregg Keizer

Office 2007 support extended by six months

Microsoft has extended the mainstream support period for Office 2007 by six months to align the suite's lifecycle with a little-known provision in the company's support policy.Although it's unclear when Microsoft added the

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: April 12th, 2012 Gregg Keizer

Intuit Canada launches QuickBooks Online

Businesses scrambling to get their books in order ahead of the end-of-the month deadline for filing taxes now have one more option for help with the launch of QuickBooks Online.Intuit Canada has launched

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: April 11th, 2012 ITBusiness Staff

Ubuntu pitches metal-as-a-service for server provisioning

Ubuntu developer Canonical is working on a new provisioning platform called metal-as-a-service (MAAS), which will be used to activate new servers, on top of which a cloud can be deployed, founder Mark Shuttleworth

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PostPost helps you find the tweets you want

The more you use Twitter, the more overwhelming the micro-blogging service can be. That's because the more you're on the service, posting more information, following more folks, and consuming more information, well, it

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: March 30th, 2012 Liane Cassavoy

Avira releases free Mac antivirus, Android tracker

German security company Avira has released free antivirus software for Apple Macs, joining a host of security software providers offering protection for OS X.Avira said Apple's market share for computers has increased, which

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: March 28th, 2012 Jeremy Kirk

Windows 8 Preview beats Windows 7 in performance tests

Windows 8‘s Metro interface may be controversial, but it looks like few PC users will complain about the new operating system’s performance. Our PCWorld Lab put the Consumer Preview of Windows 8 through

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: March 23rd, 2012 Nate Ralph

Three ways to use Evernote for work

If you are familiar with Evernote, you know that it's an app and Web service that lets you save and organize notes, PDFs, images, and all kinds of other random bits of data.

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: March 21st, 2012 David Spark

Linux 3.3 integrates Android code

Version 3.3 of the Linux kernel, now available after a short delay, includes kernel code from Android as well as an upgrade of networking features and support for an additional processing architecture.The latest

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: March 19th, 2012

Did Microsoft leak attack code for critical Windows bug?

Hackers who posted a barebones proof-of-concept attack for a critical Windows vulnerability may have obtained some of the code from Microsoft or one of its antivirus partners, the bug's finder said today.Luigi Auriemma,

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: March 16th, 2012 Gregg Keizer

A fresh update for LibreOffice

Just a month after the release of LibreOffice 3.5, the Document Foundation on Thursday announced an update to the software that's designed to increase the stability and security of the free office productivity

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: March 16th, 2012 Katherine Noyes

10 tips for mastering Microsoft Word’s spell check feature

You use Microsoft Word's spelling checker every day, and probably just as often encounter some of the tool's puzzling behavior. Do you know how to get rid of a word that you mistakenly

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: March 14th, 2012 Helen Bradley