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Every year Microsoft updates their massive library of free eBooks, and the list of their 2017 offerings has just been announced.
You’ll find eBooks for virtually every Microsoft product and service, all the way from Azure to Windows 10.
While most of these eBooks were written for developers on topics that won’t interest the average user, there are several great titles that will benefit most everyone. [Read more…]
Important update: Chrome and Firefox have both started flagging the tool I recommend in this post as malware. I believe this to be a clear case of a false positive but I have removed the links just to be safe.
Original post continues below… [Read more…]
By now you probably know how important it is to create regular backups of the data that’s stored on your computer’s hard drive.
You also probably know that it can take a good long while to create each of those backups.
Luckily, there’s a simple and easy way to greatly speed up the backup process (and the restore process as well, should it ever be needed)… [Read more…]
Hello again. I hope you had a great week!
Facebook has risen from its humble beginnings in Mark Zuckerberg’s college dorm room to become one of the most powerful and most-used entities on the Internet.
For example, did you know that Facebook now has over 2 billion registered users? That’s an astounding number considering there are only about 7.5 billion people living on the entire planet!
Even more astounding to me is how the folks at Facebook keep the site up and running as smoothly as they do given the mind-boggling number of people who are actively using the site at any moment in time. [Read more…]
Question from Paula H.: I’ve noticed that Microsoft releases most Windows Updates to everyone at once but every now and then they’ll release one to people in batches, over several days.
Why don’t they just release all updates to everyone at the same time? Seems like it would be simpler that way.
Rick’s answer: That’s a great question, Paula. And if memory serves you’re the only person who has ever asked it.
There are actually two reasons why Microsoft “rolls out” some updates instead of making them available to everyone at the same time: [Read more…]