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Microsoft Office 2010 Goes Live
After a lengthy phase of beta testing, Microsoft finally unleashed its long-awaited update to the Office 2007 desktop productivity suite. Office 2010 includes a number of new features, among them a redesigned menu system, improved inline multimedia editing, real-time collaboration, improved security settings and — perhaps the biggest of them all — a cloud-based web [...]
Small upgrade, Big Performance
Did you know that a simple upgrade like adding more memory to your computer can sometimes boost performance substantially? With the operating systems of today and the applications we run like any word processing applications or spreadsheets are demanding more memory. If you don’t have at least 1gb of memory, your not fully utilizing the [...]
Windows 7 has finally arrived!
Windows 7 was officially released to the public on October 22, 2009. I’ve been fortunate to have been running it since its beta release back in February. Since then I have formed a personal and professional opinion about the new OS from Microsoft and I have to say that they seem to have finally gotten [...]
Rumor: iPhone to Get a Premium App Store | Gadget Lab from W
As Apple gets ready to preview its new software developers’ kit and an updated iPhone operating system next week, there could be some changes to the company’s App Store too. read more | digg story
Moving from a windows mobile world to the iphone
For years I have been using a windows mobile device for my emails and web browsing. I started off initially with the AT&T 8125 which was a mobile device with a slide out keyboard. This phone I liked but then as technology progressed it was upgraded to the 8525 model which had a faster processor. [...]
Backing up your Firefox bookmarks in real-time
I thought I would share a quick little favorite of mine that I always use. It’s called Google Browser Sync. If you are like me and have collected hundreds of bookmarks over the years, this is a perfect backup for your bookmarks. This little plug-in works using a Gmail account and backs up and saves [...]
Trouble with Service Pack 3? Here’s some tips that might help
Disable AV software It seems that some antivirus (AV) software causes the SP3 install tohang, while the installer seems fine with others. Disable AV softwarebefore beginning the install process. Uninstall beta/RC versions of SP3 It’s a good idea to get rid of these earlier versions. Ifyou’re having problems removing them, try ininstalling previousversions through Safe [...]
How you can read hundreds of web sites in just a few minutes a day.
I’m sure most people have a few websites that they visit on a weekly or even a daily basis only to find out that there is nothing new to read. Going from site to site, typing in each website address or clicking on your bookmarks or shortcuts. Instead of going out to 10 or even [...]
Toshiba Preps 128GB Solid-State Notebook Drive
Toshiba this week said it plans before April to ship a 128 GB solid-state drive that will appear first in Toshiba notebooks sold in Japan. The drive, which has no moving parts, achieves the unusually high capacity at a lower cost than most SSDs through the use of multi-level cell NAND flash technology. read more [...]
Vista SP1 officially released
Looks like all those rumors yesterday were true — Microsoft has just posted up the official standalone version of Vista SP1 read more | digg story