Since I started working with the Windows Explorer shell in Windows 95, I’ve often wondered why there isn’t a “New Folder” toolbar button. Today, I was organizing some files and dragging-and-dropping them to other folders and occasionally, in the middle of a drag operation, realized that I needed to create...

Is anyone else getting sick of the anti-Microsoft bent Slashdot has? For years I avoided the site because of it's slated, often fact free view towards Microsoft, Windows, etc. A year ago however, I subscribed to their daily news summary and have found most of the stories interesting. Nevertheless, it...

I predict that spam, at least spam as we now it now, will be eliminated by September, 2005 , probably sooner. With 83% of the mail sent to Hotmail.com addresses, the epidemic is great enough to bring out the big artillery to combat it. The various state (like in Washington) and Federal laws are good...

I'm a little sick about how the industry press is reporting on the source code leak. The first reports were rip with speculation that competitors with Microsoft's applications would finally have a inside look and be able to compete fairly. That kind of thinking is just plain silly. It seems sinister...

OL2003 is the latest evolution of a very sophisticated application, there are many improvements, including excellent junk mail handling, and the space saving two-line view. There are many little nits however. Today’s nit is that OL2003 hides public folders from view. The new navigation bar replaces...

A lot of people are up in arms about Microsoft's decision to charge for new Office 2007 beta downloads . Existing beta testers can download the upcoming refresh for free; this is simply for new users. Since the end of May, Beta 2 has been downloaded more than 3 million times...That's 500 percent...

Some people have tried to paint the recent announcement by Apple as example of Apple innovating and Microsoft following . Headlines like " Microsoft changes tune on selling DRM-free songs " are simply misleading - none of the technology companies truly wanted DRM, but they were a necessary evil in selling...

Some people have tried to paint the recent announcement by Apple as example of Apple innovating and Microsoft following . Headlines like " Microsoft changes tune on selling DRM-free songs " are simply misleading - none of the technology companies truly wanted DRM, but they were a necessary evil in selling...

A lot of people are up in arms about Microsoft's decision to charge for new Office 2007 beta downloads . Existing beta testers can download the upcoming refresh for free; this is simply for new users. Since the end of May, Beta 2 has been downloaded more than 3 million times...That's 500 percent...

Since I started working with the Windows Explorer shell in Windows 95, I’ve often wondered why there isn’t a “New Folder” toolbar button. Today, I was organizing some files and dragging-and-dropping them to other folders and occasionally, in the middle of a drag operation, realized that I needed to create...