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. Microsoft is putting a bigger […]
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 OF COMPUTER TRESPASSER COMMUNICATIONS. Chapter […]
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 that’s total bollocks. Skydrive is […]
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 editing of word-processing, spreadsheets and […]
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 as well as online storage […]
