Archive for January 5th, 2010

etc: Microsoft has released Windows Azure. For those with an …

Microsoft has released Windows Azure. For those with an MSDN subscription, Eric Golpe has step-by-step instructions on how to get started

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Brief: Microsoft reveals Office 2010 retail prices

Microsoft has revealed prices for the various Office 2010 SKUs that it announced back in July 2009 . The company also confirmed the existence of the Office Professional Academic 2010 edition, which we first got word of last month after the retail box art for four SKUs leaked to the Web. Now these four have received US retail price tags, which we’ve outlined in the following chart: SKU Included applications Boxed Price Key Card Price Home and Student Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and OneNote $149 $119 Home and Business Same as above, plus Outlook $279 $199 Standard Same as above, plus Publisher Volume Licensing Volume Licensing Professional Same as above, plus Access $499 $349 Professional Academic Same as above $99 N/A Professional Plus Same as above, plus SharePoint Workspace, InfoPath Volume Licensing Volume Licensing Microsoft also confirmed that the Office Home and Student boxed product is available in a Family Pack, which allows usage of up to three PCs.

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etc: Microsoft has finally outlined a clear support policy fo…

Microsoft has finally outlined a clear support policy for Silverlight, similar to the tools category where Microsoft provides a minimum of 12 months notification prior to the end of support.

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etc: Microsoft has confirmed reports that phone messages rece…

Microsoft has confirmed reports that phone messages received after January 1, 2010 may be dated 2016 on certain Windows Mobile phones. Redmond is working on a fix for the issue.

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Believe It or Not: The Tablet is Far From a New Idea

With CES coming shortly, everyone’s attention has been turned to Apple and their new “iTablet”. There is no question that Apple makes quality products, this is not the debate

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etc: Microsoft Research is showing off real-time video stitch…

Microsoft Research is showing off real-time video stitching in a project aiming to combine the video sources from multiple users recording the same event from their mobile phones. Read More: Microsoft Research , MS Mobiles What is an “etc post?”

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How much will Microsoft Office 2010 cost?

Microsft has released the Microsoft Office 2010 U.S. retail pricing today

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The Secret BEHIND the Windows 7 “GodMode”

Windows has a set of certain folders which are identified by unique strings referred to as CLSID or Windows Class Identifiers. These folders can be accessed by using the CLSID identifier codes that… For more visit The Windows Club.

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Driver Magician Review (GOTD)

Driver Magician is a commercial software program to backup, restore and update system drivers. System drivers ensure that computer hardware runs properly on a computer system. Many computer users on the other hand tend to ignore drivers as much as they can because it takes time and some knowledge to update the system drivers regularly

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Add more desktop features to Windows 7 with Preme.

Preme for Windows 7 is a freeware application for Windows 7 that enhances  your Windows 7 desktop by adding more functionality & features to your corners & mouse. Features: – Touch the upper…

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