Category: Microsoft
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Doing good for humanity
After ending his role at Microsoft in summer of 2008, Bill Gates will continue as world’s most powerful philanthropist. Time magazine writes this: Gates isn’t just focused on specific diseases and educational deficits. To him, that’s thinking small. Like the high school password stealer he once was, the cocky Harvard kid, Gates wants to rewrite…
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Office 2007 delayed, AGAIN
Oh it is just another slight delay they say, see this CNET story. And it has to do with some performance concerns discovered in latest test versions. Should not the development be past that phase by now? The new target release date is “early 2007”. Well we should see it by May I think. And…
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Apple backs Windows on MAC
Apple not so surprisingly, released today beta software package named Boot Camp that enables Windows XP installation on Intel-based MAC computers. It is significant step in Apple’s struggle to gain maket share which has seen better days in 1990’s. This move will not get it done, but may be enough to convince some to try…
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Web Office Suite best products
The appeal for use of Web based applications is very strong and here are some advantages: Simple to use Free or inexpensive Accessible from any computer with an internet access Operating system independent Nothing to install on local computer An excellent review of office web applications is available here.
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MS Office 2007 brings changes
The newest productivity suite from Microsoft is due for release early next year and will be named Microsoft Office 2007. The name is not surprising since Microsoft has been following the same naming policy for long. More surprising is the fact that it took four years to build an upgrade to Office 2003. Many believe…