Rick Broida is the author of numerous books and thousands of reviews, features and blog posts. He writes CNET's popular Cheapskate blog and co-hosts Protocol 1: A Travelers Podcast (about the TV show ...

Microsoft Office 2010 knows there are Word-based macro viruses out there. It's so protective, in fact, it can be a bit annoying when you're trying to open Outlook attachments from co-workers. Tech ...

For all of the various improvements in Office 2010, one new feature has driven me to the very brink of insanity: Protected View. This is a feature designed to protect you from malware that might be ...

Unfortunately, we all still click on Office documents emailed from “trusted” contacts, so the next line of defense is to make sure Protected View—the prompt that warns you a file originated from ...