Wi-Fi Sense in Windows 10 to reduce users’ network security
Windows 10 introduces a new feature that freely shares all your Wi-Fi passwords with your Outlook, Skype, and Facebook contacts.
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Document format support in the new Word apps and Word 2016
Which document file formats are supported in the different version of Microsoft Word 2016? The answer varies from operating system to operating system.
Day Against DRM: Living with digital restrictions
How Digital Rights Management (DRM) technology has negatively impacted my life.
Lenovo Yoga 3 Pro review
Review after six weeks with the Yoga 3 Pro 1370 hybrid tablet/laptop from Lenovo. Unique features, but with poor performance.
Don’t save game progress in My Documents!
Windows has long had a My Games folder, but many games insist on saving your game-progress to My Documents instead. Game developers, please stop it!
Do you trust Microsoft with all your passwords?
Windows has become your password manager, but it also syncs all your credentials to Microsoft. Should you trust it with the keys to your digital kingdom?
Multiple accounts required to keep Windows private and secure
You shouldn’t use a Windows Administrative account for your everyday use. Setup one basic and one admin account to increase security.
Windows Live Tiles plug-in for Nikola
Set up your Nikola-powered static blog to work with the Windows Live Tiles feature using my new Nikola plugin.
Windows thought 111 years had elapsed in a week
I left my laptop’s battery fully discharged for about a week. An obscure Windows feature caused it to believe 111 years had elapsed when I powered it on again.
Let me download Windows!
Microsoft should let paying customers download Windows as an ISO-file instead of forcing them to purchase it on physical media.
Microsoft Office has poor document format support between platforms
Office apps support different file formats depending on your operating system. They don’t interoperate with each other. Here’s a format comparison.
Comparison of Markdown editors for Windows 10
I compared six Markdown editors for Windows 10 from the Microsoft Store. The results weren’t overly impressive.