An Office themed bit of web humor. Here’s a bit of web humor doing the rounds. It starts with the statement … Whoever stole my copy of Microsoft Office, I will track you down Followed by replies: You Excel and re-posting 😀 What’s your Power Point? Works for me You shouldn’t
Microsoft blurs the line between Skydrive and Live Mesh. As Office-Watch.com reader Bernard L. notes “My Live Mesh was automatically converted to a synced Skydrive folder weeks ago! “ Bernard is right, the 5GB cloud storage element of Live Mesh was recently renamed to ‘Skydrive Synced Storage’ but it’s separate
More tips and notes on the Windows 7 and 8 library feature What’s in a Library It’s easy to see what folders are part of a library. In Explorer there’s a link showing the number of locations, click on that to see a list. The default save location (set in
Win 7 Libraries can be for subjects not just types of files. Microsoft’s default Windows Libraries mislead people into thinking libraries are for types of files (Music, Video etc). Libraries can be used for any heading or subject you like as long as they are separated by folder in their
Merge your cloud documents into your regular computer folders. Windows 7 has ‘Libraries’, a way to bring folders and files from different locations into a single searchable ‘location’ and that can include sync’d folders from cloud services. ‘Location’ in quotes because no files are moved or copied – it’s a
How private is your cloud data from legal copying? The issues and concerns about the law, privacy and cloud storage. In this article we’ll try to set out some of the legal issues surrounding cloud storage. We’ll focus on the legal side, not the technical possibilities, and give links to
Some more cloud privacy problems to consider … In preparing our article about privacy law and the cloud some other possible privacy breaches came to our attention. Cloud storage can move Let’s say you setup a cloud service and ensure that the servers are located in a place that’s acceptable
Some comments and official statements from Microsoft, Google and Amazon. Here’s some collected statements and legalese from some of the major players in the cloud market. What Microsoft says about the Patriot Act The UK launch of Office 365, Microsoft’s managing director for the UK made it clear that neither
Can you install more than one cloud service: Skydrive and Google Drive and Dropbox and so on? A few readers have asked if they can run more than one cloud storage service at the same time. The questions are in two forms: Using the same service with different accounts Using
It’s often the case that there’s a gap between marketing spin and the product’s reality. If the gap is too wide, it’s called false advertising. It’s often the case that there’s a gap between marketing spin and the product’s reality. If the gap is too wide, it’s called false advertising.
Here is a verbatim copy of the controversial US Patriot Act Section 217. Below that are some more readable versions. Here is a verbatim copy of the US Patriot Act Section 217. Below that are some more readable versions. Source: US Government Printing Office – PDF “ SEC. 217. INTERCEPTION
Microsoft kills off one of their most useful and innovative products. Today, Microsoft announced yet another reshuffle of their online services. ‘Windows Live’ is dead, now to be known by the names for individual services. According to Microsoft, and duly parroted elsewhere, Live Mesh is being ‘replaced’ by Skydrive. But
Online storage services are everywhere but now the big players have joined the game in earnest. Online storage services are everywhere but now the big players have joined the game in earnest. Both Skydrive and Google Drive are interesting to us because, unlike other cloud storage services, they include online
How to use the latest incarnation of Microsoft’s Skydrive. Skydrive from Microsoft has been around for some time, but now they’ve finally released software to synchronize the cloud storage with your PC and some other devices. It’s the Microsoft version of Google’s new Drive service. Both offer browser based editing
How to get the bonus Skydrive storage Microsoft is offering 7GB of Skydrive storage for all comers but past Skydrive users get a boost to 25GB. Here’s how to get it. Login to skydrive.live.com In the left column, at the bottom there’s a ‘Manage Storage’ link. This is where you
Google Drive doesn’t really save Google Docs content to your computer so the offline support is limited and clumsy. We’ve been testing the new Google Drive and really can’t believe what we’ve found. A major shortcoming in the support for documents created by Google’s own ‘Docs’ service. Google Drive doesn’t
The Kindle is getting a new file format to replace MOBI called KF8 Amazon is rolling out a new ebook file format to replace the limited MOBI format it has used since the very first Kindle. Amazon uses the AZW extension for ebooks ‘locked’ with digital rights management. It’s called
We look into the privacy claims about Google Drive. There’s been a lot of talk about privacy with files stored on Google Drive. Part of it is based on a selective reading of Google’s terms of service while the other part is courtesy of a campaign from Microsoft to undermine
How to setup Google Drive and share documents. After giving more promises than a desperate ex-boyfriend, we now have Google Drive – Google’s effort to link their online storage with computers and devices. Like DropBox, SugarSync, Skydrive and others, Google Drive aims to be a single point to store files
One Windows 8 product will include Office – but only in part and expect to pay more later. There are four Windows 8 products (actually three since one is the only choice for the upcoming Windows tablets): Windows 8 – the equivalent of the current ‘Home’ editions of Windows 7
How to change the Windows Send to email option to something less annoying and more directly useful. For a long time Windows has an option to select a file in Explorer and email it. Right-click on a file, choose ‘Send to’ then one from the list of options. The exact
How some tablet, phone and reader screens look under the microscope. For some people it’s not enough to just use a new device, they have to check out the details. Lukas Mathis grabbed his USB microscope to check out the details of his new iPad compared to the older iPad
Enterprises pay less for Office 365 though the reason is silly. Microsoft has announced a price drop of ‘up to 20%’ on Office 365 for their enterprise ‘E’ plans as well as an extension of the Education offer, effective 14 March 2012. The announcement of these price drops is strange
Reading the coverage of Windows 8 Consumer Preview is like deja vu all over again. Reading all the coverage of Windows 8 Consumer Preview is like deja vu all over again … the same headlines with a new date stamp: “New Windows 8 experience is confusing, confusing as hell.” “Fantastic
