Quite a few operating systems and GUIs offer the ability to use multiple desktops. You can switch and shuffle between them, just as if each desktop was its own window, but it’s not! This trick is now available to Windows with the recent Windows 10 update. The feature is called Task View.
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September 2, 2015Mutliple Windows Desktops with Task View
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August 19, 2015Tablet Era, RIP
Tablet sales are flat. Even Apple is freaking out. Has the passion gone from the relationship? Or is something better coming along? July 29, 2015It’s Windows 10 DayHere it is! Supposedly, sometime today, all those computers that are scheduled to get the free Windows 10 update will enjoy the potential of the update. I can’t wait! Well, yeah, I can wait. In fact, I will be waiting most of the day. July 22, 2015Microsoft Surface Pro 3
It was once a struggle for me to get the high tech equipment I needed to write a book. Today, it’s no longer a struggle. In fact, the only struggle I have is what to do with all this high tech stuff once I’m done writing the book?
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January 19, 2015There’s Nothing Like TravelI don’t do a lot of work-related travel, not like some people I know. Still, several times a year, I find myself on the road. Having a nice hotel room is good. Restaurants are a plus. Wi-Fi is a necessity. November 14, 2014Booty From the PastRecently I retired a few electronic goodies, sending them out to my office boneyard in the garage. While rearranging items to make room, I found an old IBM Laptop case. I became enchanted. “Hey,” I thought, “I wonder what’s inside?” October 13, 2014Adios, Dial-Up ModemThe sun is about to set on the dial-up modem, once the most common way to access the Internet. According to Pew Research, fewer than 3 percent of Internet users have a dial-up modem. An era has passed. August 18, 2014Ancient Airport SecurityComplaining about airport security isn’t anything new. What is new, however, is the commonplace acceptance of technology by TSA personnel. Items such as cell phones, tablets, and laptops, breeze through the checkpoint these days. That wasn’t always the case.
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August 6, 2014How Not to Remove MalwareSomeday you may be unfortunate enough to experience a particularly nasty virus or other malware on your PC. It happens. Your next step is to decide how to remedy the situation. Taking that step is, unfortunately, fraught with peril.
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July 18, 2014Adblock Plus
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There it is! Your favorite page on the Internet appear, ready for you to digest some important fact or trivial tidbit. And, lo: What’s this? An ad. It shuffles in from the left, or fades in over the entire page. Your day is ruined.