This is one of the neatest add-ons to hit Microsoft Outlook. The add-on integrates Microsoft’s Live Maps into your Outlook appointments. When you create an appointment the ‘Location’ tab automatically pulls map information from the Live website, when you input a from/to address...

My girlfriends laptop crashed the other day and with it all of her music disappeared. The good thing is that she had all of her music saved on her Ipod, the bad thing is that Itunes does not let you copy the music from an Ipod onto a computer (it kinda goes against the buying music model). Itunes allows...

Microsoft Word allows you to view the changes that took place between one version of a particular document and another. This tool is specifically useful when writing contracts which can vary from time to time or other documents whose format can be reused and changes tracked. I read about this feature...

Scrap files allow you to transfer selected data from on program to the other. Let’s say there is an address that I would like to save for later use in a Word document I’m currently working on. Instead of creating another word document, I can simply hihglight the text (in this case the address)...

"Preview the 2007 Microsoft Office system and gain first-hand experience with the new look and feel, features, and functionality of the 2007 Microsoft Office release. 2007 Microsoft Office system Beta 2 is a public preview release designed to help you evaluate the Microsoft Office system. The beta...

I must admit that sometimes I can be rather lazy…lazy to the point that I wont go to the start menu to shut off my computer, I rather have a button on my desktop that is always accesible that allows me to turn of my computer the minute I double-click it. Below you will find instructions on how...

If you have a valid Windows XP installation you can download Microsoft’s shared Computer Toolkit. The toolkit allows you to control restrictions and other settings on your computer. The toolkit is aimed public computers (school computers, libraries, Internet Cafe’s, etc), but in my experience...

If you would like to design your dream home, car, or anything that you can think of…without the complexity of AutoCAD, then you have got to try SketchUp. I’ve used it to design some furniture I have eventually built. It is very easy to use and can be incorporated with Google Earth. Now...