Seagate slapped with a class action lawsuit over hard drive failure rates

Seagate is facing a class action lawsuit over its 3TB consumer hard drives, which by some accounts have suffered unusually high failure rates. Check this article from PCWorld.com

How to Measure Area and Distance in Google Maps & Earth

The secret to planning a trip using Google Maps or Google Earth is in accurately mapping distances. Check out this article from MakeUseOf.com

Switching from Windows? Essential Keyboard Tips for Mac Newbies

Moving from a Windows PC to a Mac can be a shock for new users. Your favorite shortcuts from Windows don’t work, useful keys such as Home and End are missing from your Mac’s keyboard, and Apple’s ctrl key functions nothing like the one on Windows. More tips from this article in MakeUseOf.com

Say goodbye to the socks: Evernote’s getting out of e-commerce

Two and a half years after Evernote announced that it would offer a suite of branded products through its own online retail store, the productivity company is walking away from the business of selling products like socks, messenger bags and wallets. Check this out from PCWorld.com

It begins: Microsoft starts ‘recommended’ rollout of Windows 10

Many users of Windows 7 and 8.1 will start seeing a more aggressive push to upgrade to Windows 10 in the coming days, as Microsoft starts to roll the new operating system out as a recommended update which will automatically download. Check out this article from PCWorld.com

7 Skype Bugs That Microsoft Could Have Avoided

When Microsoft bought Skype back in 2011, a collective groan could be heard around the Internet. A beautifully made product, constructed by a dedicated team from Sweden, Denmark, and Estonia, was now being taken over by the Redmond giant; the same beast that tried to force the worst browser ever on us. Check the article from MakeUseOf.com

How to Disable the Microsoft Office Upload Center

Microsoft Office continues to add new features with every edition, with Office 2016 offering plenty of reasons to upgrade. However, some people see these new features as bloat and thus stick with older versions, even going so far as to still use Office 2003 today. More of this article from MakeUseOf.com