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Yippie - Microsoft to open source Windows Calculator !

The Matrix is crazier than we all suspected... A digital billboard in Odessa malfunctioned, in the fog. Convincing unknown numbers of m...

I'd be posting except I'm spending all my time dealing with this Microsoft bug . I'm a) an e-mail hoarder and b) an old school ...

Yuck. The Start Menu is a step backwards. I kept all my files handy via the recently used and pinned (by app) lists. They've made that m...

Fake Windows Update  is fantastic. Pick an OS and hit F11 to go full screen. It hides the mouse cursor and you can even press Enter for a BS...

I've generally enjoyed using Windows 10, but its refusal to apply updates when I want is a pain. I'm excited that they may be about ...

If you want an application to show up in the Start Menu's Most Used list... don't pin it to the Start Menu as a tile. I like the Mos...

I upgraded my laptop and everything seemed fine - except the new Edge browser. It would not load anything. All the other browsers (IE, Chrom...

I upgraded to Windows 10. It went very smoothly. My very limited testing showed no problems - OneDrive and Dropbox were syncing, the browser...

I'd been looking at Docker and saw this Slashdot post about a Windows container technology . As I was reading the comments, it made me ...

There is a new Raspberry Pi... the Raspberry Pi 2 : "Let’s get the good stuff out of the way above the fold. Raspberry Pi 2 is now on...

Install applications from the PowerShell command line in Windows 10 : "With Windows 10, however, we are finally getting an official p...

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Low cost HP Windows Laptops. This looks really impressive http://t.co/whNPyoA143 — Wally (@wbm) September 30, 2014 "HP's Str...

So Apple had to  pull back the iOS 8.0.1 update. And now there is the Shellshock BASH vulnerability . Time to upgrade your Mac or Linux b...

Spent my day building a Windows 2003 Server with SQL Server 2000 (SP3a) on an old PowerEdge 2600. Good times. Don't be too jealous.

Random comment... I love Group Policy. It is a wonderful tool for lazy admins.

Hot off the e-presses... " Largest collection of FREE Microsoft eBooks ever, including: Windows 8.1, Windows 8, Windows 7, Office 201...

This week my friends have included: fixboot Two XP machines suddenly lost their minds. A little Recovery Console magic got them going a...

Since none of you are migrating away from XP , here is the hack to keep getting patches from Microsoft for it .