Raspberry Pie?

Hey, it is summer time and I do not know about you but I love a good, hot slice of apple pie any old time.  Yes, with ice cream too!  Back in the first quarter of 2012 they came up with another type of pie in the UK; a Raspberry Pi.  But this one you…

Soluto

Your computer continues to start up slower than you remember it doing when you bought it.  You may have already run Disk Cleanup, Error-checking and Defragmentation but things still frustrate you about its operation.  Wouldn’t it be nice to have some "anti-frustration" software on your side? Well, there is!  Soluto has been available for several…

Wi-Fi Down?

I go to many coffee shops, restaurants and other businesses which offer free Wi-Fi for their customers.  And yes, sometimes the food is not my favorite and the coffee not the best.  However, since I am a geek and like to have the Wi-Fi I visit and use their establishments anyway.  Throughout time I have…

Real Final Thoughts on Office 2013 & Internet Explorer 8, 9 or 10

I received several emails last week after my final Office 2013 article.  They asked if I would use it or not.  They wanted to know what I really thought, so this should be the absolutely, positively last Office 2013 column.  I am also including a reminder about Microsoft Internet Explorer.  Office 2013 has several revamped…

Office 2013-Final Thoughts

Today is the wrap-up of Office 2013.  Thanks for all of the positive emails you sent about this series of articles.  Also, thanks for the ideas for future columns…keep reading, there is a good chance you will see them here eventually. First, two tips I received from readers need mentioning.  Jennifer reminded me I should…

Office 2013-PowerPoint

As with other components in Office 2013, PowerPoint offers the “Landing Page” and the capacity to save your slideshows to the cloud…you are your Microsoft SkyDrive. The landing page is a fancy term for the opening page of PowerPoint.  It does have many options.  The first you will notice is the, “Take a Tour” button. …

Office 2013-Outlook

Well, not all of the Office 2013 applications have a lot new going for them and Outlook is one of them.  It really has not changed that much.  It is cleaner, which is the Windows 8 "look."  As I stated in the past it is, in my opinion, boring.  As with the other Office apps…