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By Chris Duckett Takeaway: Microsoft has updated SkyDrive to support Windows desktops, OS X and iPad — but at the same time has revised the storage limit from 25GB to 7GB, unless you claim to reserve the existing 25GB limit. Users of Microsoft’s SkyDrive who signed up when the service offered 25GB of storage will

By Derek Schauland Takeaway: Derek Schauland takes Microsoft’s new Storage Spaces technology for a spin in the lab to see what it’s all about. It is part of the Windows Server 8 preview. Microsoft is doing something pretty wild in terms of storage in Windows Server 8. In this post, I’ll look at the new

By Will Kelly Takeaway: Are tablets going to replace the corporate desk phone? Will Kelly believes that the pieces are coming together to make this a sensible option for many companies.   The office desk phone is officially on notice that it might be heading to a dusty equipment closet down in the basement. It’s

By Susan Harkins February 11, 2012, 8:25 AM PST   Takeaway: Outlook is complex enough to confuse your users and create support headaches. These basic concepts will give them a better grasp of how things work.   Training users on Outlook is often as simple as showing them how to download their mail. But some

By Ryan Boudreaux Takeaway: Ryan Boudreaux looks at the state of online privacy policies in light of Google’s and others run-ins with consumers. Does your web develop strategy include tracking technologies?   On Thursday, March 1, 2012, Google updated its privacy policies in a combined effort to allay criticism from several communities, and to consolidate

By Jack Wallen February 13, 2012, 8:28 AM PST Takeaway: Jack Wallen walks you through the steps for migrating your Outlook contacts to your Android phone if you’re using IMAP or POP3. If you own an Android device, you probably already know that you can’t sync to Outlook without the help of third-party software. Of

By Marco Fioretti February 7, 2012, 12:20 PM PST Takeaway: Marco Fioretti offers a script that you can use to create backups that don’t exceed a certain file size, making it easier to spread backups across various storage media or services. Backups are a necessity of digital life. The more frequently you make them, the

By Rosemary O’Neill How will your employees react to unlimited vacation time? Depends on how you answer these three questions. The call came in the middle of the day, and our COO was panic-stricken.  Her husband had just fallen off a ladder and shattered his leg.  Months of surgery and recovery lay ahead.  Could she possibly

Soon, patients will be able to buy smart pills that have tiny ingestible sensors that can help track their medication use. Um, the call is coming from inside the house? Patients not taking their meds as prescribed cost the US $290 billion in increased medical costs. And last week, Silicon Valley’s Proteus Biomedical announced the

By Justin James January 10, 2012, 12:20 PM PST Takeaway: Justin James gathers the information you need to make the right deploy decision when applying Microsoft’s January 2012 patches in your organization. Happy New Year to all! Given the complete lack of out-of-band patches (security or otherwise) and the sparseness of the nonsecurity patches, it