As I reported earlier, we knew the release of Microsoft’s Free Anti-Virus Software called Microsoft Security Essentials was just days away, and sure enough, you can now download the FULL Released Version from their website! The Final version looks pretty much the same as it did back in August when I did a review of the new security product, so I won’t spend any time talking about the features or showing screenshots of the product....

An exclusive on Windows for the past 25 years, Solitaire and its companion card-playing games Spider, Freecell, Tripeaks, Pyramid, and Klondike are classic time killers at home (and let’s be real, in the office, too). The original Solitaire has remained virtually unchanged since its first release in Windows 3.0 in 1990. Since Windows 8, Microsoft has moved Solitaire in a new direction, focusing on daily challenges through XBOX Live integration....

Personally, I think this ad is rather funny since Steven Sinofsky first debuted the Surface earlier this year. He seemed to make a big deal about how the keyboard “clicks” to the tablet. What’s your take? Are you excited for the Microsoft Surface launch? It looked like they hired out Marmalade studios to do it, which does some freaking awesome videography: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xk6C0qfhT_4 Comment Name * Email * Δ Save my name and email and send me emails as new comments are made to this post....

Microsoft Will Disable Get Windows 10 App Microsoft started rolling out KB3035583 in late May 2015, which prepped systems for the free upgrade. Users running Windows 7 or Windows 8.1 Update 1 started receiving notifications at the end of July 2015 informing them of its availability. Not all users were happy about the upgrade. Recently, the software firm celebrated Windows 10 reaching a milestone 300 million active installations. This goal has been met with some resistance, though....

Although the update hit Microsoft’s download site yesterday 3/17, the AutoUpdate tool Mac isn’t picking it up so you will need to manually download and run the update using the following link — Lync for Mac 2011 – March Update KB3037358. Although the list of “published” bug fixes and enhancements is fairly short, you can be sure this update is packed full so you will want to grab it and upgrade quickly....

Microsoft Increases RAM Requirements for Windows 10 One hardware element that has remained the same is RAM, until now. Recently, a hardware requirement section showed up on Microsoft’s MSDN Hardware Components guidelines page. Most of the information specifically targets OEM’s building future hardware for Windows 10. Previously, the minimum amount of memory required to run Windows 10 was 1 GB. You can still do this, but the experience is undesirable for mainstream usage, even for 32-bit versions....

What Is It? This app takes your iOS camera to a whole new level. If you like Snapchat and Instagram, you’ll love Musemage. This app has dozens of filters and special effects. Musemage lets you apply effects while shooting or afterward. It even lets you create movies with soundtracks and credits. Who Is It Good For? This app will appeal to everyone. Younger users will have fun with the special effects – I got silly with the rain and snow effects....

These updates provide bug fixes, performance enhancements, and fixes for security vulnerabilities. Microsoft Cumulative Update KB3105210 KB3105210 is a Cumulative update and provides fixes to security vulnerabilities for Microsoft Edge and Internet Explorer. The support page summary states the following: Microsoft Update KB3106932 KB3106932 includes performance enhancements for the OS. According to the support page, Microsoft says: “This update makes improvements to ease the upgrade experience to Windows 10.”...

This time however with the new 40 NM GF110 cores, it should allow the company to bring together 1024 CUDA processors, a 2 x 384 bit interface for the memory and 3GB of GDDR5 vRAM. Though the price will probably still be a little too high. Just to keep things interesting however, NVIDIA’s chief rival AMD is also rumored to be preparing a similar product known as the ATI Radeon 6990 (a....

But what do you do if you have a mix of operating system platforms in your home? One of the challenges of a heterogeneous environment consisting of macOS, Windows, and perhaps Linux machines is that each operating system uses a different file system. This means that normally, they can’t share a common external hard drive. True, you could buy two 1 TB hard drives instead of one 2 TB hard drive....

To commemorate the 40th anniversary of Atari, the online version of the Atari Arcade was launched. The games run on any browser that supports HTML5, so essentially any modern version of Chrome, Firefox, or Safari. Then, if you want a completely ad-free experience, then you’ll want to fire up Internet Explorer. Classic Atari Online Go to the Atari Online Arcade and check out the stack of titles that are available to play....

How To Remove The Sent Via Blackberry Signature From Communications 1. Visit the Blackberry site for your provider. This visit MUST be done from a PC and not your Blackberry browser. Once there, log in. You might need to create a new account if you are unable to log in. Nextel Rogers Verizon Wireless AT&T T-Mobile 2. Click the Edit button for the email you’re sending with your Blackberry....

What Is It? It’s your typical figure-out-the-pattern game. Move the player in the correct order to get to the next level. Apple seems to like these for the free app of the week. This time we have a robot named Roofie (yes, that’s his name, so stop giggling) trying to save his family by getting to the next level. The premise seems too contrived. Roofbot’s graphics are cute, but not very detailed....

Years and years ago before VPN (Virtual Private Network) Services became a common term for the corporate workforce, Microsoft created PPTP (Point to Point Tunneling Protocol.) Like VPN, PPTP allows you to securely connect to remote networks such as your home network or your friend’s/parent’s PCs (in the event they need some tech support.) Additionally, the beautiful thing about Microsoft PPTP is you don’t need $10k of dedicated VPN hardware or a Network Admin to set it up....

What Is It? Imagine Badland crossed with Fruit Ninja. The hero of this story is a bug (who looks like a Bad Robot) trying to protect the forest from monsters who somehow emerge from factory pipes. To advance in the game, you need to slice up the monsters and find the portal to the next level. The parallax forest background set the perfect scenery for this game. You’re encouraged to preserve the forest because it’s gorgeous....

This weekend I made a few significant upgrades to groovyPost.com. All but one should be invisible to the readers. However, if anyone notices any “funny” behavior on the site, please let me know ASAP either here on in the Forum. Updates: 1) The first change this weekend was cutting over from SEO Title Tags to the All in One SEO Pack. Being that this is a large contributor to the overall SEO of the site, this was fairly significant....

If you already have SkyDrive for desktop installed on your system, it will be automatically updated within 48 hours according to the Inside SkyDrive blog post. If you can’t wait to get the new features, it’s available for download now. SkyDrive Desktop Update Log into your SkyDrive on the web, and click Get SkyDrive Apps in the lower left corner of the screen. Or you can download it directly from the SkyDrive Apps site....

First, download the Splashtop Win8 Metro Testbed app from the iTunes App Store on your iPad. It works on any version of the iPad running iOS 3.2 or higher. For a limited time, it’s only $24.99. When you launch Win8 Metro Testbed, you’re prompted to download the Splashtop Streamer for Windows 8. The Splashtop Streamer program is free. Now install the streamer on any Windows 8 system that you want to access from the iPad....

Details Spotify has launched in the US with 3 different plans: Free, Unlimited, and Premium. The free plan offers unlimited music streaming, but there are ads. It isn’t that much different from Pandora, except that it lets you handpick each individual song that you want to play. The unlimited plan goes for $4.99 per month, and all it does is remove ads. If you want the real extra features you’re going to have to dig deep into your pockets and purchase the premium plan at a whopping price of $9....

Membership For the average music listener, there’s not much of a difference between the top two streaming services. Both are available for a similar price for a regular membership, and they each have nearly identical catalogs. Things begin to separate when it comes to speaker support, curation, and extras. Spotify First introduced in Sweden in 2006, Spotify is the largest music streaming service in the world, with availability now reaching 92 countries....