Cloud computer has really taken the Internet by storm the last few years. The idea that all off your data can be offloaded and stored on the Internet or cloud and be accessible anywhere around the world is obviously appealing to most consumers. While the Pros are apparent, the Cons are equally apparent. If you [...]
Bing, Microsoft’s latest shot across Google’s search supremacy bow, has continued to steadily gain market share since it’s launch in June 2009. Last week Microsoft completed a 10-year deal with Yahoo which would replace Yahoo’s search technology with Bing which promptly gave Bing around 20% of the search traffic. Bing is officially a player in [...]
I’ve written numerous times about my migration and love of Google Gmail. Like many, Gmail is my portal to all my email – it’s configured to send and receive email from just about all my accounts throughout my Internet history. I say just about because until the other day, Microsoft’s Hotmail could not be easily [...]
I was a late holdover to the phenomenon of a free web-based email service. When Hotmail and Yahoo Mail really started gaining traction webmail was pretty slow and cumbersome compared to the experience of a traditional desktop email client – no surprise really. Any email power-user would quickly lose their patience if they were forced [...]
I’m a keyboarder at heart, those that read the site already know that. For me, it’s just a more efficient manner to interact with the computer. If I’m typing away at something but then have to lift my hands off the keyboard to use the mouse, it just breaks the flow. I’ve written in the [...]