Category: Microsoft

May 09, 2018

Microsoft Safe Links – Not so Safe

It's really, really hard to stay ahead of the bad guys. Just ask Apple how many times it has released

May 03, 2018

Windows 10 User? What Data is Being Sent to Microsoft?

It's no secret that computer systems send data "under the covers" without the user's knowledge. Apple does it. Google does

Apr 19, 2018

Microsoft’s Defender Phishing Protection Available for Chrome

Chrome is my default browser of choice. According to Microsoft, the Edge browser protects against 99 percent of phishing attacks

Apr 11, 2018

Patch Tuesday Fixes 66 Vulnerabilities

The monthly roll-up from Microsoft fixes 66 security issues. The updates impact a lot of different products such as Microsoft

Feb 15, 2018

Patch Outlook Now!

Microsoft's February patch update has fixes for 50 bugs affecting its products, including two dangerous Outlook bugs. One of the

Feb 05, 2018

Windows 10 Required for Office 2019

Still running Windows 7? You won't be able to run Office 2019. Microsoft advises that Office 2019 will only run

Jan 23, 2018

Microsoft Introduces “Do Over” Function for Enterprise OneDrive Users

If you are a business Microsoft Office 365 user, the chances are pretty good that you also have OneDrive for

Jan 17, 2018

Compare Documents Using Microsoft Word

Don't want to spend money on a document compare utility? Use the native capability of Word to compare documents. How

Jan 15, 2018

End-to-end Encryption Makes Skype Conversations Private

The history of Skype is fairly long for a technology company. First, Skype was developed as a peertopeer (P2P) free

Nov 27, 2017

Microsoft Office Available for All Chromebooks

It took a little while, but Microsoft's testing is completed and Office is available for all Chromebooks. The apps are

Nov 13, 2017

Malware Delivered via Microsoft Word Without Macros

It is a common practice to deliver malware via Word by using macros to execute code. As a result, macros

Nov 09, 2017

Are You Still Using Office 2007? Seriously?

Unbelievable! Spiceworks reports that about two thirds (68%) of businesses are still using Office 2007. Office 2007 reached End of