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What Flavor Do You Want? Office 365 Or Microsoft Office?

What is the difference between Microsoft Office and Office 365?. I have an annual Office 365 subscription for my family. Each of us has access to all of the Office products for $99 a year, and, they all update themselves automatically. However, this flavor of Windows isn't for everyone. If you are a single user, and want software that you can use forever without subscription costs; then, Microsoft Office is for you. Frankly, as a WordPerfect user, I don't care what you use. I consider my family's use of Word to be a personal failure. But, alas, many of my legal counterparts also use Word, so I have to live in the jungle with them. What's in your computer?

Playing Around With Ubuntu 18.04

11 Things To Do After Installing Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 'Bionic Beaver' - OMG! Ubuntu!. Linux is the operating system ordinary people never heard of, or used. However, it is the basis for Microsoft Windows and Apple's OS. Ubuntu is a front end graphical interface designed to be used by us ordinary people; and, while you can get to a Linux command line interface, and learn the commands, most of us don't want to. The newest version of Ubuntu looks even easier to use than past versions, and I have loaded it on to my previous daily driver, the Samsung 2 in 1 ATIV. Slim and light, this little notebook computer is fast and great to use. So, I will spend part of the holiday doing these 11 things with the system. Once it is tweaked and ready, I intend to explore how much real world lawyering can be done with a Linux computer. Any lawyers out there using Linux?

Install A New OS Over Lunch

Install Ubuntu desktop | Ubuntu tutorials. I don't go out to lunch much. I prefer to work as long as I am interested, and then do something else. Today, I am downloading Ubuntu Linux version 18, and installing it on my old Samsung ATIV computer. Since I switched to the Microsoft Book 2, the ATIV has been sitting in a briefcase unused. Windows 10 had crashed on it, and I wasn't using it. So, in a bit, I will have a brand new Unix machine with 256 GB of speedy SSD storage, and a Core i7 processor. Cool.

#TBT - Einstein Loved Windows XP

The good old days.

Microsoft Brings Android App Mirroring To Windows 10

Microsoft brings Android app mirroring to Windows 10. Most of us use our phones for most photos and texts. But, getting those photos and texts to our windows computers can be a hassle. Since all my photos and texts are in the Google cloud, or are sent to Google Photos in the cloud, I can access them within the Chrome browser. But, for many Windows users, building app mirroring to Windows 10 is the answer. Microsoft promises more robust Android mirroring in the future. But, for now, Microsoft is innovating, and this is a good sign. Sorry, Apple users, you can't do this. Just another reason to switch to Android. Boom.

Why The Odds Are Fifty-Fifty You Are Still Using Windows 7

Windows 7 vs. Windows 10: 5 Reasons Your Old Love Is Still Going Strong. Hey, I get it. I hate the tile interface of Windows 10 also. The first thing I do when I install a new computer is buy a copy of Start 10 for Five bucks, and go back to the Windows 7 desktop interface. But, Windows 10 is 3 years old, and there are many security improvements. There are still some who say that, forced updates, and the tiled interface, and lack of support for some legacy software, keeps many users on Windows 7. And, despite what Microsoft says, older computers can't always handle the load created by Windows 10. So, when it comes to operating systems, as long as you are using one that keeps up with security updates, use what you want. Remember, it's about the software you need to use. Compute that. 

Malwarebytes Review -Is Your Data Worth $39 A Year?

Malwarebytes Review - 2018 Malwareybtes Free And Premium - We Hate Malware. You can try Malwarebytes Premium for 14 days free. But, as Bill Gordon writes here, the anticipatory protection provided by Malwarebytes Premium is worth the $39 a year cost. For $49 a year, you can protect 3 computers. It is light, fast, sits quietly in the background, and blocks nasty websites and viruses. It even provides protection against ransomware, which is becoming a problem in law firms and other organizations. Like Bill, I have tried them all, and I highly recommend this product. It occasionally gives false positives; but, I would rather that and be sure I am getting the bad stuff out. Along with using two factor authentication, you need to do this to protect your computer and your data. If you don't, don't call me when something bad happens. This is the first software I install when I get a new computer. Just set it and forget it. Boom. 

Windows 10 Update In October Has A Phone App

Hands-on with Windows 10's new 'Your Phone' Android SMS features. The next big update to Windows 10 will be available for your computer in October, and it includes the new YourPhone app that controls and syncs your smartphone on the desktop. You will be able to send, receive and read SMS text messages as well as sync all the photos on the phone. So far, the app only works with Android phones; so, if you have an iPhone you are out of luck. If you live in Google Chrome, you already have SMS capability in the Android messages browser screen; but, having it available on the Windows desktop will certainly be a nice addition.

Execupundit Rants About Tech

Execupundit.com: And Now for a Minor Rant. Execupundit loves books and doesn't like the complicated non-intuitive commands and procedures in modern software. But, he forgets that, to someone that is not interested enough to learn, even books can be a complex jungle of words. As lawyers, we must study and become "expert" in many things, since cases require it. If you apply the same time, interest, and effort to applied technology that you do to building a library and keeping it organized, you might find that you are a hidden techie after all. 

NotPetya - The Biggest CyberAttack In History

The Untold Story of NotPetya, the Most Devastating Cyberattack in History | WIRED. This is a complex story of large scale hacking that caused billions of dollars of damage across the globe. It is a story of major corporations that were seemingly unconcerned about computer security. And, it is a story that illuminates the fact that, no matter how large or small you are, any computer connected to the Internet can be destroyed by a large cyber hacking operation. What can you do to prevent it from happening to you? Not a lot; but, something. One of the ways this spread was in corporations that had computers running Windows 2000 in a Windows 10 world. Windows 2000? I will bet that some businesses are still running 10 and 20 year old operating systems. In fact, multi-factor authentication is a necessity in the modern world. Every computer user should read, and try to understand, this article. It is your future. Hackers. They really are out to get you.