I use Windows XP at work and Mac OS X at home, and I use R (the statistical programming language) on both. Under OSX, I can have all processor cores maxed out running multiple instances of R without ...

It’s not surprising that an operating system called Windows has historically had an excellent window management feature. Microsoft always made it easy to dock two windows side-by-side using a keyboard ...

This column first appeared in Advisorator, Jared’s weekly tech advice newsletter. Sign up for free to get new tips every week. It’s time to finally get your windowing situation in order. While I love ...

There’s an old saying that the more money you have, the more you want. That’s kind of how I feel about external monitors. I’ve got two, but man, three sure would be sweet. And four? Don’t get me ...

Windows 11 comes with a lot of multitasking features, allowing users to be more productive. Whether you use one or multiple monitors, you can use all of the following multitasking functionalities on ...

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer showed off a few new features that the company will push out to Windows Phone 7 users this year, including access to SkyDrive, multitasking capability and a new HTML5 ...

Microsoft very politely targets Apple in a commercial (posted below) selling their newly announced Windows 7 OS series. This isn’t us interpreting the commercial, the ad literally screams “we do ...