Blogging from Windows 8 using Windows Live Writer 2012

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It appears that the word “live” didn’t get removed from all the old Windows Live Essentials 2011 Apps when they upgraded the suite to Windows Essentials 2012 (WE2012).  I just installed WE2012 on a newly minted Windows 8 Enterprise Laptop (I am a Microsoft TechNet subscriber and the RTM version is available there now) to test the user experience and discovered that like Windows Live Mail and Windows Live Messenger, the live brand has yet to be removed from Windows Live Writer (WLW).  Good, one less thing I have to change. Surface RT, now starting at $349 at Microsoft Store

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Home Tech Podcast: jpeg2RAW Photography for the Average Guy

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  Jim and Christian are joined this week by Mike Howard, Tim Kemperle and Kathleen Bowie, all from http://jpeg2RAW.com for a special of The Home Tech Podcast.  The hosts of jpeg2RAW joined this week to talk photography for the Average Guy. The Drobo Giveaway concluded and the winner was: Amish Gangar.  Congratulations Amish. Listen Mobile:… Click for more / Podcast Player>

Drobo Giveaway, Mars Curiosity Rover, Dell UltraSharp U2412M Monitor, Tim’s Core i7 Gaming Build, AVG Internet Security, Raspberry Pi for Backup – HT084

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Jim and Christian are joined this week by Mike Howard from http://jpeg2RAW.com for Show 84 of The Home Tech Podcast.  We had a NASA insider (Christian) and chatted some about the Mars Curiosity Rover, a Dell Ultra Sharp U2412M Monitor, covered Tim’s Gaming Rig and more.  Listen all the way to the end for some… Click for more / Podcast Player>

Galaxy SII and ICS, Drobo Giveaway, Reddit, Outlook.com, NASA – HT083

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Jim and Christian are joined this week by Rich O’Neil from Rich’s Random Podcast Generator for Show 83 of The Home Tech Podcast.  Have you had a chance to sign up to Win the Drobo.?  Follow the link and get that done today.  And a reminder to join us on Jpeg2RAW podcast on Aug 14th… Click for more / Podcast Player>

Adding a Google Apps Email Account to Outlook.com

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  The new Outlook.com is out from Microsoft and it has quietly made a splash with a reported 1 million users in 6 hours. I am a Google Apps user and I have several email accounts that are not your traditional yourname@gmail.com but are myname@mydomain.com and are hosted on Gmail servers.  The set up for regular Gmail accounts is fairly straight forward, the setting up an Google Apps account is not as intuitive for the average guy.  Here is how you get it started. First, go out to http://outlook.com and sign in with your Microsoft ID.  If you don’t have

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Acronis One-Click Restore: PC Restore Made Easy

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    On Rich’s Random Podcast Generator #19, co-host Jim Collison and I walked through every tab and feature of Acronis True Home Image 2012. In doing so, we came across something that caught my eye: a feature that lets you to burn a PC backup image to bootable DVD(s). The feature is called Acronis One-Click Restore, and it’s a great way to give family and friends whose PCs you repair a simple way to perform their own PC restore should the need ever arise. The steps to creating the bootable DVD(s) can be a little tricky if you’ve never

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