Disclaimer : I don't work for the BPOS or the Office 365 team. For the purposes of this article, I'm just another user/early adopter of cool Microsoft tech. I use Exchange online for my home mail with just a couple mailboxes. I am not tech support (and...

The default Notebook on your new Windows device is probably called "Personal (Web)" and the default section is called "Unfiled Notes." If that's OK with you, move along. If, like me, you're particular about naming conventions, and try to change any...

Windows Phone 7 is finally here -- and its fantastic! Live Tiles for a data-centric, rather than app-centric glanceable UI, hardware choice, and amazing Office, Exchange, and XBox Live integration, with hundreds of additional apps already available in...

With my new job, I find myself frequently (twice a week) switching between EST and PST. This can be confusing when planning meetings and other events on my calendar, because I have to mentally keep track of where each attendee is. Often I find myself...

This is written for Windows 7, since it runs all Gadgets in the same process. It shouldn't be too difficult to modify it for Windows Vista. Basically all this does is provides you with a quick way to start and stop Gadgets on your computer. Save it...

Here's a couple cool toys that allow you to use one computer with multiple users. I imagine this would be great in the classroom, but I'll bet there are some other cool uses too... The Multipoint Mouse SDK allows you to use multiple pointing devices...