I received a Chromebook for Christmas (after begging for one, claiming I could use it to add more features to our newsletter 🙂 ). Of course, I couldn’t wait to extricate it from its packaging. As I had figured, Google makes setting up a Chromebook extremely easy. An on-screen guide helps you along. If you don’t have a… Read More »
Even Microsoft employees – who should no better – fall for phishing scams. It appears that a group of miscreants known as the Syrian Electronic Army fooled some Microsoft employees into giving up their Microsoft email account credentials thus allowing access into the bowels of Microsoft. (Yuck!). Anyway, you really need to be careful not to fall for… Read More »
For the first time in over fifteen years, we have taken some measurable time off. Even during our time off, Darcy’s been filling orders and answering support mail — but we haven’t been doing Cloudeight Direct Computer Care repair sessions or writing newsletters. So we have had extra free time off to reconnect with our families and friends… Read More »
Declining PC sales and rising sales of non-Windows tablets and Chromebooks would seem to serve as a wake-up call to the sleeping giant we all know as Microsoft. Whether you love or hate Windows 8 or 8.1, the fact remains it’s the worst selling new Windows operating system ever. We really hope Microsoft wakes up soon — just… Read More »
We can see by the reaction that many of you have to upcoming end of Windows XP, and the poor public reaction to Windows 8 and 8.1 which now if officially the worst selling Windows since Vista – that Microsoft is determined to give you what they want you to have and not what you want. This kind… Read More »