A Microsoft tool that helps keep you in sync

Ron Barrett — Fri, 16 May 2008 23:24:09 -0400

Here's a tool that may have slipped under the radar for some. It has been in beta since Oct. 2007 and it seems like a throwback to a former tool but it is really much more. I'm talking about Microsoft's Sync Toy 2.0. The idea behind Sync Toy may sound familiar to some. Can you recall a popular software in the Windows family called Microsoft Briefcase?

The idea of the two is similar, the ability to synchronize files between multiple computers. With Briefcase you would place the items for synchronization into the "briefcase" and then copy them to the secondary PC or laptop.

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Microsoft Mesh Could End Windows OS As We Know It

Mitchell Ashley — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 03:28:38 -0400

Microsoft announced today they are again extending the product life of Windows XP Home, supporting it on ultra-low cost PCs to combat the Linux surge into that market. This revolving door of Windows end of life entensions is turning into one of those death row sagas, where the condemned continually waits for that fateful stay of execution call from the Governor. Most everyone will attribute Windows XP's extended lease on life due to the variety of complaints and seeming low value proposition of Vista to IT organizations being asked to bear the costs, enduring yet another Windows operating system upgrade.

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A Microsoft tool that helps keep you in sync

Microsoft Mesh Could End Windows OS As We Know It