Want to design standards-compliant websites, beautiful modern Windows applications, or even create beautiful vector icons and graphics?  Expression Studio 4 is a nice suite of applications from Microsoft that lets you do all this and more, and it shows that Microsoft has been paying much more attention to design and standards compliance in the last several years.  Creative Suite Web may offer similar features and more, but it is still...

I haven’t added my recent articles to Techinch lately, so here’s a whole load of them.  I’m trying to figure out a better way to share links; I would like to do Tumblr-style link posts, and need to see if I can hack that into my theme.  Anyhow, for now, here’s everything I’ve written since my last How-to Geek update: Customize the Default Screensavers in Windows 7 and Vista Complete Guide to Symbolic Links (symlinks) on...

Cloud computing has taken the world by storm.  From the newly released Microsoft Office Web Apps and the popular Google Apps to collaboration tools such as Dropbox and Backpack from 37signals, more and more of us are using online applications and storing more data in the “cloud” every day.  But with our data scattered around between various services, we still keep large amounts of data on our computers.  Favorite mp3s,...

Are you ready to get started with cloud computing?  Whether you’re a developer wanting to tab cloud resources for your application or are simply a home user wanting to backup your files securely online, Windows Azure is a great cloud computing service from Microsoft that can meet your needs no matter how large or small.  You can use as little or much storage or computing power as you need, and be certain that your projects and...

What’s the best way to make tech simpler? Well, what’s better than detailed how-to guides on the very best of Windows, virtualization, apps, the cloud, and more?  How-To Geek has been doing a great job at this for some time, and they have many very helpful posts with vibrant screenshots and detailed instructions on ways to make tech work better for you.  And I’m proud to announce that I’ve joined their team!  I’ve...