A couple of months ago, in our article about Microsoft's plan to encrypt all new Windows PC by default starting with the latest feature update, we promised we'd create a guide on determining whether your machine is encrypted and how to find the recovery key that it's critical you keep a note of. So here it is!

Although Microsoft would prefer you forget that a permanently licenced version of Office exists in favour of an ongoing 365 subscription, the 2024 edition of the somewhat stripped-down suite is sneaking out now.

Having completed our HowTo series on how well Copilot currently integrates with each of the main Microsoft 365 apps (Outlook, Word etc), we thought it might be worth a roundup, analysing what we found, and asking whether it's currently worth the subscription? 

In the last of our Microsoft 365 Copilot specific guides for now, we will take a look at what the new AI tools bring to the venerable email app Outlook. Could it start writing all your emails for you? Maybe...

Microsoft have had a data encryption service called Bitlocker for some time. Historically, this has allowed any users of the Pro version of Windows to encrypt all their data if they opt in. Once the next Windows feature update is released, this will be available to all, and will be the default for new installs. 

Do you ever get the feeling that every website looks basically the same these days? This certainly wasn't always the case. So what has changed in the last few years (or not, as the case may be) to create this relative stability in the website world?

We continue our quest to rattle through each 365 app and give a flavour of what assistance Microsoft's Copilot AI can provide to you. This month, let's take a look at Powerpoint.

For decades, Windows PCs have been powered by the same type of chip - usually an Intel or AMD processor. They've had many improvements over the years, but the fundamentals have been the same. This is now changing, and it may have important implications on the next PC you buy.