Microsoft announced that Office 2016 is available as of September 2015. If you are an Office 365 user, your software will update automatically over a period of time as Microsoft rolls out the software to its user base. This is one of the major benefits...
In last month’s blog post, we covered the end of mainstream support for Windows 7 and the very interesting news surrounding Windows 10 - in particular that the update to Windows 10 will be free for Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 users for the first...
Microsoft has been in the news quite a bit over the past month, with stories about Windows old and new capturing the attention of consumers and businesses worldwide. The first big news story concerned support for Windows 7. On January 13, 2015, Microsoft's mainstream support for...
Since the iPad was first introduced in 2010, we’ve witnessed explosive growth in the market for the first truly new piece of personal technology since the PC: the tablet computer. The industry has even coined the term “Post-PC Era” to note the decline in sales...
Back in December 2011, we wrote about Microsoft Windows 8 and the Tablet Market. At that time, Windows 8 was just around the corner, hardware manufacturers were experimenting with new types of devices, and we were unsure how it was all going to come together....
The sun is setting on our old friends Windows XP and Office 2003. Alas, life does go on and sunrise brings new opportunities with a new day. Microsoft will no longer provide extended support past April 8, 2014. That means no new security updates, non-security...
As you have probably heard by now, Microsoft announced their new tablet technology, called Surface. By most accounts the hardware appears to be high quality. The 10.6” screen has a very nice display, touch screen technology and the device has many available ports for connectivity. Rather...
It’s no secret to businesses using Microsoft’s venerable Windows XP that Microsoft will be terminating extended support for the operating system on April 8, 2014. Termination of extended support means that there will be no monthly patches for security problems, bugs, etc. In short, as...
Microsoft divides its support lifecycle into two phases: "Mainstream" and "Extended." In the Mainstream phase, software receives free security updates, bug fixes, new or improved features, etc. In the Extended phase, only security updates are provided. Windows XP and Office 2003 are currently in Extended support...
There has been a lot of discussion about cloud computing in recent years and major companies like Google and Microsoft are investing millions of dollars into competing for that space. At Colden Company Inc., we are often asked about the cloud and whether or not...