Windows Essentials are Dead – Part 2

Advertisements Formerly called Windows Live Essentials, this great group of MS created and maintained apps died on 2017-01-10. IntroductionAs I mentioned last time, Microsoft has recently discontinued the download and support of a set of add-on apps that were formally part of its “essentials” brand, as these add-on apps were considered an “essential” part of …

Windows Essentials are Dead

Advertisements Formerly called Windows Live Essentials, this great group of MS created and maintained apps died on 2017-01-10. Introduction Back in the day, Microsoft put out some decent add-on software. This add-on software took on a life of its own and was given an “Essentials” brand as these add-on apps were considered an “essential” part …

Making the Switch

Advertisements I’ve been thinking of doing this for quite a while now – going completely Mac, that is. There are a couple of reasons for this, the biggest is that I own a Unibody MacBook, and have been flirting with the Mac-side of the Force for quite some time. There are others, but this is …

Welcome to the New iTechGear.org!

Advertisements Microsoft recently announced that it was ending its Windows Live  Spaces web service.  Everyone that has a Space can migrate it to a WordPress Blog.  After the beginning of next year (Q1) existing Spaces will be removed from the web. I’ve been blogging for quite a long time, and I’ve been a freelance writer …

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