There was a time when 100% of my work, study, and leisure took place on a laptop. Even though I do miss the portability and convenience of that rose-tinted era, one thing I do NOT miss is typing on a laptop keyboard. More of this article in MakeUseOf.com
Mac users have it easy when it comes to computer security. There’s no need to run resource-hogging anti-virus software, worry about the lion’s share of exploits that specifically target Windows users, and your Mac will even scream at you for trying to install software from an unknown source. Check out this article in MakeUseOf.com
Sysadmins, rejoice: PowerShell is coming to Linux and Mac. Microsoft announced Thursday that its automation and scripting system is breaking out of the confines of Windows and going open source. More information from this article in PCWorld.com
Microsoft is now giving Mac users an easy path to get their notes out of Evernote and into its OneNote note-taking service. Check out this article in PCWorld.com
Years back, Microsoft began paying people to use its Bing search service via a program called Bing Rewards. Now, Microsoft will do the same with its Edge browser and other products. Check out this article in PCWorld.com
Gerry’s in luck, because Microsoft’s new Edge browser has something called the Favorites Bar, which is just Microsoft’s word for bookmarks, and it’s pretty easy to enable. Why it’s not enabled by default is beyond me, but there’s a lot of things about Edge that I don’t get. For example, why is the icon that represents Favorites three horizontal lines of different lengths? That makes no sense at all, but now I’m getting sidetracked. Check out this article in PCWorld.com
Not long ago I explained why I prefer to use Fedora, where I listed the focus on free and open source software as primary a reason. A commenter then asked why some people care so strongly about this. More of this article in MakeUseOf.com