Microsoft Windows Vista Tip - Sync Centre - PCs are quickly becoming the center of our digital universe. With PDAs, cell phones, portable media players and other electronic devices; keeping your content synchronized has been a challenge. With the new feature, Windows® Sync Center in Windows Vista™, you now have a single place to keep all of your devices and information up to date.

Microsoft Windows Vista Tip - Fax and Scan - With Windows® Fax and Scan feature that works with the Windows Vista™ operating system makes it even easier to share fax and scanning capabilities with multiple users. Where previous fax and scanning programs allowed an individual user to send and receive faxes or scan documents with a locally-connected fax or scanner; Windows Fax and Scan provides a flexible system for multiple users to share local or network-connected scanners and fax devices.    

Microsoft Internet Explorer Tip - RSS Feeds - With Microsoft Internet Explorer® 7, users can now discover, subscribe to, and read RSS feeds directly in the browser. With this new feature, you can receive personalized sports, news, financial, or other feeds directly in Internet Explorer 7.  

Microsoft Windows Vista Tip - Vista Sleep - With the new Sleep mode in Windows Vista, you can put your computer to sleep or wake it up in only a few seconds.    

Window Internet Explorer 7 Security Tip - Active X Opt-In - Web Browsers such as Window® Internet Explorer 7 have become an important part of the computing experience for business and home users around the world. With the popularity of web browsers for accessing information, running programs, and even accessing corporate resources, the browser has become a target for viruses, malware, and phishing schemes that present real dangers to Internet users. Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 has several new features that make using the web easier and safer than ever before.    

Microsoft Windows Vista Tips - The Genuine Windows Vista Experience - Software Piracy is a topic that few professionals like to discuss. In May 2006, the Business Software Alliance reported that 35 percent of all software installed in 2005 was pirated, or unlicensed. While software piracy certainly impacts software publishers, counterfeit or pirated software can be dangerous to your business on a number of levels through the inclusion of dangerous malware in counterfeit or pirated software, to fines and liabilities for not having licensed software. When factoring in the total costs, pirated or unlicensed software can cost your company considerably more than genuine Microsoft software.    

Microsoft Windows Vista Security Tip - Windows Update - Many people forget, or simply don't have the time to make sure that their computers have the latest patches and updates installed. With new updates that address performance, reliability, and security issues; it is crucial that computers be updated regularly. Until now, this has been a mostly unpleasant task, requiring users to manually find and install updates as well as restart their computer frequently. By making updating automatic, Windows Vista™ keeps you from having to spend time updating your computer and more time using it.    

Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 Tip - The To-Do Bar - Does your To-Do list consist of dozens of scraps of paper scattered around your workspace with the intention of reminding you of all the things you need to get done? With the new To-Do Bar in Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 you can recycle all that paper and see all of your Tasks and Appointments in one place.    

Microsoft Windows Vista Tip - XPS Document Writer capability in Windows Vista - While printers are not normally considered to be at the leading edge of computer technology, these devices have evolved at a lightning pace over the years. Before today's low cost, high-quality inkjet and color laser printers, we used low-quality dot matrix printers and slow laser printers where quality and performance of printing was often questionable. Additionally, documents that looked correct on screen often came out looking differently on paper, due to differences between what the screen displayed and the printer could render.  

Microsoft Windows Vista Tip - Speech Recognition features as part of Windows Vista - While many people already talk to their computers, the new Speech Recognition in Windows Vista™ , allows your computer to finally listen. Windows Speech Recognition allows users to reduce their use of the keyboard and mouse to control their computers, helping improve their productivity. Users can speak commands to their computer, dictate documents and emails in compatible applications, switch between applications, control the computer, and even fill out forms on the Web.