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Microsoft released NO non-security updates for Office on November 5, 2024   Office 2016 reached  End of Mainstream Support on October 13, 2020. EOS for Office 2016 is October 14, 2025. Updates ...

https://www.askwoody.com/2024/november-2024-office-non-security-updates/

ISSUE 21.45 • 2024-11-04 MICROSOFT 365 By Peter Deegan Comparing Microsoft 365’s subscription/rental to the single-purchase, perpetual-license Office 2024 “boxed” product is not quite the...

https://www.askwoody.com/2024/microsoft-365-vs-office-2024-which-to-buy/

FREEWARE SPOTLIGHT By Deanna McElveen WinDirStat has been a staple for system administrators and users for a very long time. Nineteen years ago came its latest update — until now. 2005: Condole...

https://www.askwoody.com/2024/windirstat-it-was-a-very-long-wait/

APPLE By Will Fastie Or were they? It turns out that the rumors I mentioned in my Apple article last week were not entirely accurate. With respect to the M4 chips, they were. With respect to the ...

https://www.askwoody.com/2024/three-days-of-m4/

PATCH WATCH By Susan Bradley • Comment about this article Just because features such as Microsoft Recall and Apple Intelligence are available does not mean you’ll be forced to use them. If yo...

https://www.askwoody.com/2024/what-isnt-coming-to-your-computer-or-phone/

One of the scams I’ve personally seen lately is a scam that purports to be from your Bank but really isn’t.  One of the recommendations I’ve seen is to always ensure you keep a copy of the...

https://www.askwoody.com/2024/always-call-the-right-phone-number/

ISSUE 21.44 • 2024-10-28 ON SECURITY By Susan Bradley When you use technology, one challenge is determining whether a vulnerability is actually being exploited. This is especially important if ...

https://www.askwoody.com/2024/are-they-attacking-that/

PUBLIC DEFENDER By Brian Livingston I’ve been thinking about the profession of journalism lately, given the emails bombarding me these days about how I could create 240, 300, or even 1,200 arti...

https://www.askwoody.com/2024/write-200-social-media-posts-in-10-minutes-quality-right/

WINDOWS 11 By Ed Tittel Managing sleep and power states can be challenging on Windows PCs. Things can go sideways when it comes to waking up various elements of Windows — most notably, network ...

https://www.askwoody.com/2024/s0-sleep-in-windows-11/

APPLE By Will Fastie Most observers were expecting an Apple event in October. They were wrong. Which is not to say there was no surprise. On October 15, Apple announced its new iPad Mini. “Anno...

https://www.askwoody.com/2024/the-october-surprise/