Lance Whitney is a freelance technology writer and trainer and a former IT professional. He's written for Time, CNET, PCMag, and several other publications. He's the author of two tech books--one on ...

Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. is a senior editor and author of Notepad, who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 ...

Windows 8.1 Milestone Preview (MP), due to hit Wednesday on first day of Build conference, comes with a host of gotchas Rumors are swirling around the Internet that the final version of Windows 8.1 ...