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And now, a world free from ugly Microsoft clip art!
One of the happiest pieces of news to cross my email lately is the announcement that Microsoft is doing away with its oh-so-tacky clip art and replacing it with something much better and more…
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Cyber Monday? It’s Email Freedom Day for me!
After Thanksgiving’s feast, you may want to unstuff something. I recommend your inbox. And today is the very best day to do it! Why? Because if a vendor is going to send you consumer…
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End of Apple’s iPad era not as near as some think
Much is being made of an IDC prediction of falling worldwide tablet sales and the first year-over-year decrease in Apple Inc. iPad purchases. Business Insider deems this “So much for the tablet market –…
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We failed: Security should not be a user’s problem
There are all sorts of excuses to be made, but as someone who joined personal computing in 1980, I need to tell my fellow users that we’ve failed you. The goal of personal computing…
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Evernote, I love you but you annoy me
Dear Evernote: I love you, but you are getting on my nerves. I realize what we used to call “groupware” has never developed as most of us hoped, but if I wanted SharePoint, I…
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And you thought BlackBerry had died, didn’t you?
After years of circling the drain, BlackBerry Ltd. did a big layoff and went silent. At least that is what I remember, for I had long ago decided Research In Motion, as it was…
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Telecom carriers “maligned”? Not hardly, they get what they deserve
There is such a thing as industry analysts kissing up to customers, and then there is this press release received this morning from Strand Consult: “It’s an irony that the world’s operators, which provide…
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Smart glasses are dangerous, creepy and niche: Why smart watches are better
Interesting research, compiled by Digital Trends, says digital glasses — think those awful Google Glasses and their ilk — will remain niche products until 2018. And maybe longer. Forever would be fine by me. If…
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Opening up: Microsoft’s new recipe to woo iOS, Android developers
Making good on his promise that Microsoft will stop foisting Windows on folks who would rather use something else, CEO Satya Nadella this week announced that Office 365 can now work with apps written…
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Android L to create as many problems as it solves
It has always been easy to point and laugh at Android. Just give an Android smart phone user a handset from a different manufacturer and watch the fun. Unlike Apple, which totally controls the…