2024 Winds Down with a Fresh Look at the Microsoft Client Stack (Premium)

Microsoft’s strategy for moving customers to new versions of its client software products involves two distinctly different–one might say, incompatible–tactics. The first is the traditional customer-focused meeting of needs that dates back to the com… Continue reading 2024 Winds Down with a Fresh Look at the Microsoft Client Stack (Premium)

Modernizing .NETpad: WTF, WPF (Premium)

With .NET Conf 2024 and the release of .NET 9 behind us, I’ve finally had a chance to watch the relevant session videos from the show. And there is unexpectedly at least one other change to WPF’s support for Windows 11 theming, one that addresses a sho… Continue reading Modernizing .NETpad: WTF, WPF (Premium)

Digital Decluttering: Documents Archive Complete (Premium)

I can’t believe I’m writing these words, but I have completely archived what was previously an enormous amount of digital clutter across OneDrive and my NAS. In doing so, I have reduced my OneDrive storage usage by over 160 GB, and I am seeing even big… Continue reading Digital Decluttering: Documents Archive Complete (Premium)

Protect Your Email With This Top-Rated Tool — Just $40 for Labor Day

Mail Backup X is one of the top-rated tools on the market for backing up and archiving your emails. It’s just $40 for life this Labor Day weekend. Continue reading Protect Your Email With This Top-Rated Tool — Just $40 for Labor Day

Microsoft is discontinuing its Office apps for Chromebook users in favor of web versions 

Since 2017, Microsoft has offered its Office suite to Chromebook users via the Google Play store, but that is set to come to an end in a few short weeks. As of Sept. 18, Microsoft is discontinuing support for Office, which includes Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote and Outlook, on Chromebook. Microsoft is not, however, abandoning […] Continue reading Microsoft is discontinuing its Office apps for Chromebook users in favor of web versions