Rather than syncing Google Calendar with Outlook, reader Seth uses the “homepage” feature of Outlook 2003 to access Google Calender. Here’s how: 1) Right-click on your calendar in Outlook and select…
Link to Microsoft Outlook Tip: Access Google Calendar Directly From Outlook

Windows only: Freeware application Adobe Reader SpeedUp selectively removes Reader plug-ins to speed up load times of the notoriously slow PDF application. Granted, most of us left Adobe Reader long…
Link to Featured Windows Download: Speed Up Adobe Reader with Adobe Reader SpeedUp

When I was running Windows XP, I would use various applications for dealing with image files. I never really became too attached to any of the ones I found. When I moved to Vista, I decided to do some hunting to see what other applications were available. I came across a free piece of software […]

by Mark Bloomfield
In a world where applications are taking themselves online, there’s a host of amazing web applications that perform all types of services and cater for just about any industry. Thanks to the joys of technologies like AJAX, Rails, PHP, XML powered Flash and the like, there’s no limit to the functionality that can […]

Details on HP’s Windows Home Server have been leaked thanks to online retailers, so we get an early peek at what the first WHS offerings can offer at their various price points (which are pleasantly not reminiscent of OEM Media Centers).
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Link to Windows Home Server system specs, prices, and launch date leaked

Windows only: Duplicate file cleanup utility DoubleKiller scans folders for identical files so you can delete or move them off your PC’s hard drive to free up space. Like Easy Duplicate Finder,…
Link to Featured Windows Download: Find and remove duplicate files with DoubleKiller

Windows only: Freeware application Absolute Uninstaller aims to replace the default Windows Add/Remove Programs dialog, similar to previously mentioned Revo Uninstaller and MyUninstaller. Like Revo,…
Link to Featured Windows Download: Remove Programs in Bulk with Absolute Uninstaller

Microsoft’s full-on war with Google is about to heat up as the company expands its Content Ads beta program to include more US partners.
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Link to Google in its sights, Microsoft opens up Content Ads beta program

Last week’s Skype outage was apparently caused by a massive user reconnect after a Windows Update forced millions of computers to restart.
Link to Outages: Last week’s Skype outage was apparently caused …

Microsoft recently opened up the hooks for its Windows Live ID service, formerly known as Microsoft Passport, to all web developers. We’ll take a look at what this might mean for the future of online authentication.
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Link to Microsoft aims for online supremacy, opens up Windows Live ID