Or, maybe you have a second-hand computer from your work’s IT department, and it doesn’t work at all. Whatever the case, if you don’t want to carry around a hard-wired or wireless mouse all the time, since your phone is with your anyway, you might want to make it a mouse instead. Make Your Phone a Mouse, Keyboard or Touchpad Note that here we’re looking at Remote Mouse, which is versatile and works with Windows, OS X, Android, iOS, and Windows Phone....

The new mobile devices are the Nexus 6 phablet, Nexus 9 tablet, and Nexus Player. Here’s a quick look at each device. Nexus 6 Smartphone The Nexus 6 is Google’s first large-screen (6-inch) phone – often referred to as “phablets” and will start at $649 unlocked for the 32 GB version. There is also a 64 GB version that will go for $699. Unlike the previous Nexus phones, this one will be offered by the big four U....

In addition, you can now start free video meeting with your friends and family right from the browser through integration with Microsoft’s Meet Now service. The company is adding a Meet Now button to the New Tab Page that allows anyone to create a video conference room using Skype and invite friends and family all without needing a Skype account. The new price comparison feature works across different retailers while shopping online inside Edge....

Microsoft has plans to release a commercial version of the Kinect SDK, but hasn’t said a word about when it’ll be available. “Microsoft’s investments in natural user interfaces are vital to our long-term vision of creating computers that are intuitive to use and able to do far more for us,” said Mundie. “The fruits of these research investments are manifesting across many of our products, Kinect for Xbox 360 among them....

He decided that he will retire from his position within the next 12 months as the company looks for a new CEO. Until then, Ballmer is still running the show. “There is never a perfect time for this type of transition, buy now is the right time,” said Ballmer through a statement issued in a press release. For now, a board-elected committee is tasked with finding a new CEO. It’s chaired by John Thompson, its lead independent director and former Microsoft CEO and co-founder Bill Gates....

Improvements and Fixes to Core Microsoft Office 2016 for Mac Apps Microsoft Outlook for Mac 15.18.0 (160109) Full-Screen ModeView multiple messages or invitations side-by-side.Room FinderFind available conference rooms when scheduling a meeting. Of all the updates, this is probably the one that I’m the most excited about. Room finder makes finding available conference rooms simple.Bug fixesOk… Unfortunately, that’s all the details Microsoft provided. Microsoft Word for Mac 15.18.0 (160109) Save ....

For those of you out there with a Windows Home Server, you might be interested in a new download Microsoft released today. I noticed it today on the Microsoft Download Center Feed – It’s called the Windows Home Server Toolkit V1.1. Now, call me crazy BUT, I don’t see the logic here. If a product for the “HOME” requires a toolkit to troubleshoot it and get it working, the manufacturer has failed....

Windows 10 Preview Build 19603 New in this week’s build is File Explorer integration in Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL). Now you can open File Explorer and easily access your Linux files from the left-hand navigation pane. Here’s a look at the general changes and improvements in this release: Going forward, services that are implemented by binaries residing in the user profiles will be persisted on upgrades.Narrator will no longer automatically enable scan mode when interacting with the Ideas pane in Excel....

Windows 10 Preview Build 17110 The new Enterprise feature allows IT admins to run custom actions as part of a two-phase setup process. In today’s post, Dona Sarkar writes: “In RS4, we are adding a new feature that will enable your enterprise to run your own custom actions/scripts synchronously with setup.” The functionality occurs by using preinstall.cmd or precommit.cmd and is explained as: Pre-install: This would be just before all the system and device compatibility scans run....

Windows 10 October 2020 Update (20H2) As always, Microsoft is throttling the availability of the update at first to ensure there are no widespread issues when updating to the latest release. So, not everyone will get it right away. The update will first be made available to customers on supported devices running Windows 10 version 1903 or higher. It won’t be automatically installed you will need to go to Windows Update to manually install the update....

Microsoft Surface Tablet Details 10.6 Display with Gorilla Glass 2.0One-of-a-kind scratch resistant vapor deposition caseLiquid Magnesium case9.33mm with USBFront and Rear facing camerasDual 2×2 antennas for WiFiBuilt in 3mm Magnetic Cover with a keyboard and a trackpadTouch sensitiveComprised of seven layersAvailable in many different colorsBuilt-in accelerometerRuns Microsoft OfficeUSB 3Windows 8 Pro and Windows RT VersionsRT Version – 32GB and 64GB models – Available @ Windows 8 LaunchPro Version – 64GB and 128GB models – Available 2-3 Months after Windows 8 LaunchMicrosoft Surface Product Page...

Install HWMonitor First download HWMonitor and start the installation. One thing to point out during the install is, you’ll be asked to install the Ask toolbar. Make sure to uncheck both boxes so you don’t end up with a useless toolbar and Ask.com as your homepage. Using HWMonitor Start the program and it will give you information from the sensors on your PC. Most of this information is very useful if you’ve overclocked some of your components and want to see if anything’s overheating and might need attention....

This is by no means a compromise in terms of hardware specs. It sports a dual-core 1 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 CPU, 1 GB of RAM memory and a 3.8 inch TFT WVGA touchscreen. As well as an 8-megapixel rear facing camera. The touchscreen’s resolution is 800 x 480 pixels. There are Windows Phone 8 devices with 720p resolution out there, but this smartphone is more affordable. The main camera is a 5 megapixel one, while the front-facing one is a VGA one....

Z Launcher from Nokia for Android Nokia’s Z Launcher plans on completely changing the way you interact with your Android device and make it easier and faster to access what you want. Nokia says the launcher is optimized to work on select devices including — Nexus 5, Galaxy S5, S4, S3, Moto X, HTC One and Sony Xperia Z1. Optimized is subjective though. We’ve tested it on other Android devices and it works....

The iPhone 7 Plus goes for $669 for a 32 GB model and $769 for a $128 GB model. Of course, it’s a little less exciting to get anything less than the latest and greatest. But I’ll tell you what… I have always been one or two generations behind on my iPhone and I’ve never felt paralyzed by FOMO. In fact, I have no intention of upgrading my iPhone 6S unless it breaks (which, given my track record, is actually pretty likely)....

– from Wikipedia The Automated Method After transferring all of your images to your computer you need to load all of them into a single Photoshop document. For up to 3 images, opening the first one and then using File > Place for the others is okay. If you have a larger number of photos, however, try File > Scripts > Load Files Into Stack. A window entitled Load Layers will appear, allowing you to import your images....

Pin Specific Settings to Windows 10 Start Menu While you’re getting acclimated to Windows 10 and tweaking it, you’ll find yourself in Settings a lot, especially as Microsoft moves more and more classic Control Panel settings there. To get started, click the Start button and click on Settings from the left column. Or, for keyboard warriors, hit the Windows key + I to open Settings directly. From the Home page of Settings, you can right-click any sections and select Pin to Start....

Games from PortableApps Portable Apps is a popular suite of portable programs you can run from your USB flash drive. One of the categories is games, and there’s plenty of them. There are different styles of games like Adventure, Arcade, Action, Board, and Card games like Chess and Solitaire. Pen Drive Apps Another good source of games you can play from a USB flash drive is at pendriveapps.com. One of the cooler games is the first-person shooter, Urban Terror....

With Office 2013, Microsoft seems determined to put an end to stuffy cramped conference presentations and make them accessible online. But, if you ask me it’s off to a rocky start. Here I’ll take the feature for a spin using the Office 2013 (365 Home Premium) Preview. Note: This feature is only available in Microsoft Word, PowerPoint and OneNote 2013. Open your PowerPoint presentation or Word document and click the File tab....

In this article, we show you how to identify, remove, and determine your product activation status in Windows 10. Scams Pretending to Be Windows 10 Product Activation Recently, a follower on Twitter sent a tweet asking me to confirm if a recent message on their computer about activating Windows 10 was a scam. After reviewing the image below, it turned out her hunch was right. Scams such as this are intelligently designed and engineered to appear genuine....