Pandali Folder Master allows for easier manipulation of Outlook folders

Pandali Folder Master for Outlook lets you move multiple folders around. The latest version also includes a wizard to help transfer Outlook folders to another machine, as well as to Gmail and other IMAP email systems.

Posted on: November 24, 2010 9:00 am

First look: Office 365 beta shows promise but lacks polish

Office 365 combines features of Business Productivity Online Standard Suite (BPOS) with Office 2010. Microsoft plans to offer Office 365 as a tiered, and perhaps hosted, service. This article includes screen shots of the beta version.

Posted on: November 24, 2010 9:00 am

Microsoft dumps Drive Extender from Windows Home Server

Microsoft’s Windows Home Server (WHS) was aimed at the Small Office/Home Office market, people who may not have a real need for a dedicated server. Now Drive Extender, a file-based replication system offering easy storage expansion, has been dropped from the next version making it look like Microsoft plans to kill the product.

Posted on: November 24, 2010 9:00 am

How Microsoft Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Open Kinect

While Microsoft may not have meant for Kinect to be jail-broken, the company seems to be enjoying the attention. A representative of the company has confirmed there will be no prosecution of those who have hacked the system.

Posted on: November 23, 2010 9:00 am

Make Random Reboots Tell You What’s Up

If your PC suddenly decides to reboot itself you can lose whatever you were working on and still not know what happened. This article provides a simple way for you to get the information you need to give to your tech support person.

Posted on: November 23, 2010 9:00 am

WinZip Courier Shrinks Files Sent With Outlook

Sometimes it may be necessary to send an e-mail with a large attachment. WinZip Courier can compress attachments being sent through Outlook to help avoid problems.

Posted on: November 23, 2010 9:00 am

How I invented Desktop Publishing

Back before WYSIWYG was invented, to print documents you had to be inventive and you had to know your printer very well. This article is a trip down memory lane for those who started using PCs in the dark ages.

Posted on: November 23, 2010 9:00 am

Google lures Microsoft Officers with Docs plug-in

Google Cloud Connect for Microsoft Office is a new service letting users of MS Office upload documents to Google’s servers so they can be edited with Google Docs. The service is available for Office 2010, 2007, and 2003.

Posted on: November 22, 2010 9:00 am

Microsoft Offers to Marry You

Microsoft Australia is offering a $25,000 wedding and honeymoon package to some lucky couple. There is a catch. The groom will have to organize the entire wedding using an internet-connected PC in five days. The groom is even required to select the bride’s dress.

Posted on: November 22, 2010 9:00 am

Microsoft Purchasing 882 Novell Patents

Now that Attachmate has purchased Novell, Microsoft is purchasing a number of patents held by Novell. The 882 patents are being sold for $450 million in cash.

Posted on: November 22, 2010 9:00 am