Microsoft discussed the enterprise features coming with Windows 10 at a previous event and today invited Windows Insiders to learn about the coming consumer experience at an event on January 21, 2015. Coming from Redmond, this consumer-focused event is limited to press-only invites. However there is be a live stream promised for people to watch remotely. The details on the … [Read more...]
Product Review: Amazon Fire TV Stick
I bought the Amazon Fire TV and reviewed it back in April. The Fire TV has a lot going for it - powerful hardware, quality build, and an easy-to-navigate interface. Amazon takes all of the great features of their Fire TV and strips it all down in order to produce them as cheaply as possible. Unfortunately, the quality suffers as does the experience. The Fire TV Stick must … [Read more...]
Windows 10 Build 9879 introduced new WMI classes
Windows Management Instrumentation, or WMI, allows you to ask the computer about itself. The hardware, operating system, and other modules that make up a "computer" can be queried for more information. To access the different information, you do so through classes of the WMI system. For example, to find out how much memory a computer has you could run this from the command … [Read more...]
Veeam Endpoint Backup FREE arrives in beta
Veeam, most well known virtual machine backup software, announced back in October that they were working on a new product: Veeam Endpoint Backup FREE. Veeam Endpoint Backup is designed for physical computers running Windows 7 or higher as well as Windows Server 2008 or higher. Yesterday, the company held a webinar to discuss the product and started inviting individuals to try … [Read more...]
Microsoft retires Clip Art from Office; Try this list of CC0 alternative sources
Microsoft has closed up shop for the Office.com Clip Art and image library. The announcement came Monday from the Microsoft Office Blog. In its place, Microsoft is providing a Bing Image Search filtered to images licensed with Creative Commons. Microsoft has often removed popular features for precisely that reason. Certainly web access and bandwidth are at a whole new level … [Read more...]