As you may know, Microsoft made the desktop version of OneNote 2013 available for free for personal use to users on Windows 7 and newer. Today, Microsoft announced that it’s removing all of the functional limits of this free version, making it even better. “We’ve heard from many of you that enjoy the ability to take…

While Microsoft should be lauded for its smooth transition to the cloud, doing so comes with challenges that have yet to be resolved. That is, how can it convince consumers, especially, to pay for ongoing software subscriptions like Office 365 when free alternatives—including some of its own making—are so good? You can see the impact…

Dell announced its back-to-school lineup today, which is a bit odd to consider sitting here under the weight of 6 feet of snow. But the PC maker says it will offer students its best-ever education portfolio ever this fall. And while there’s a stray Android tablet and Chromebook in there, there are of course Windows-based devices…

With Windows Phone 8.1.1 and the Lumia Denim firmware update finally shipping to the Lumia 830, you may be wondering which Denim features you get and which you don’t on Microsoft’s “affordable flagship.” The good news? You get all the important stuff, and a nice performance bump as well. Of course, the most confusing thing…

As I understand the schedule, the Nokia Lumia 930 is the last Lumia flagship to be released until Windows 10 hits the streets in the second half of 2015. As such, it will have a year-long reign atop the market for Windows Phone handsets. Which is fine: the Lumia 930 isn’t just the greatest Windows…

HP hit a home run with its Stream 11 and Stream 13 laptops, so it’s no surprise that the PC maker is trying to extend this success with other product types. The HP Stream 7 is the firm’s entry-level tablet, and while it lacks the svelte form factor of competing mini-tablets, at less than $100,…

Office Lens is one of my favorite Windows Phone apps, letting you use your handset’s camera like a portable scanner. Since its September release, this app has gotten better and better. And this week it pick up more useful features, including the ability to save to PDF and auto-classify images. Before this week’s new update,…

I get this question a lot: Midstream in Surface Pro 3’s life cycle and on the eve of the Windows 10 launch, should you pull the trigger on this device or wait for Microsoft to release a presumed Surface Pro 4? David J. asks: I typically refresh my computer every 3 years and I am…

In the latest episode of What The Tech, Andrew Zarian and I discuss RadioShack filing for bankruptcy and rumors that Amazon may take over many of their retail stores, Windows 10 and the Raspberry Pi 2, and why Samsung is losing ground in the mobile market. Running time: 58:38 Subscribe Audio: iTunes | RSS | Stitcher | TuneIn Video:…

With OneDrive available everywhere—on PCs and Macs, iPhones, iPads, Android devices of all kinds, Windows Phones and tablets, and even Xbox One—there’s no excuse for not taking advantage of this pervasive cloud storage service. But what if you need more than the 15 GB of storage that Microsoft provides for free? Here are a few…

We all know that Apple sold fewer iPads in 2014 than they did in 2013. But it turns out that Apple wasn’t alone in experiencing a shortfall in 2014: the entire tablet market constricted in the final quarter of last year, with fewer tablets sold worldwide than the same quarter a year ago. This doesn’t…

It’s one of the biggest downers in personal technology: you buy a new PC, take it home and set it up, and then spend hours investigating and removing the crapware that PC makers put on there. But there’s a better way thanks to a small selection of utilities designed specifically to help remove this space-…

Here’s an interesting question about File History, an update to the “previous versions” functionality that Microsoft provides in Windows 8.1. By default, you can only configure File History to use a second disk or a network drive. Is there a way to store previous versions of files on the PC’s only internal disk? Why yes. There…

While the world has clearly moved on to HD video, many of us still have massive DVD collections and would like to make this content available digitally so that it can be enjoyed on mobile devices and streamed to screens around the home via Plex or similar solutions. So here’s how I rip DVD movies and…

If you’re lucky enough to own one of a select few, mostly high-end Lumia smart phones, and are further lucky enough to have been updated to the very latest system update—Windows Phone 8.1.1 plus the Lumia Denim firmware—then you are in for a treat in the form of a new version of the Lumia Camera…

One of the major gaps in Microsoft’s cross-platform strategy has been closed: Today, Microsoft made its OneDrive for Business cloud storage service available to users of Apple’s computing platforms. But the implementations are different: Mac users can now download a public preview of the OneDrive for Business sync client, while iOS users can now access…