Microsoft

Microsoft is making available a public download of their Office 2010 beta, which incorporates many new features. Also available for download is SharePoint Server 2010, Visio 2010, and Project 2010 which are available for download at the link below.
So what’s new in this latest Office version?
The betas released today include everything we’ve talked about so [...]

Make sure your system is up to date and has the latest protections in place.

AVG anti-virus: 11/15/09
Avast: 11/12/09
Norton anti-virus: 11/11/09
McAfee anti-virus: 11/11/09
Lavasoft Ad-Aware: 11/13/09
Spybot Search and Destroy: 11/11/09
Microsoft Security Essentials: 11/11/09*
Nod32: 11/13/09

Updates as of November 15, 2009 6:00am CDT.

Yesterday, November 11, 2009, many of the news services were reporting on an interview with Microsoft partner group manager, Simon Aldous. The article, which has been quoted around the Internet, is titled ‘Microsoft’s New Vision.’ Microsoft claims that the statement is being misquoted by the Apple fanboy sites that seem to be enjoying themselves at [...]

Ed Bott over at ZDNet has taken the time to put together a simple to understand chart that explains the ins and outs of Microsoft’s cryptic licensing requirements. Ed does go on to explain that he is not a lawyer, but after reviewing the chart below, it does seems to me that he has nailed [...]

Microsoft has taken off the wraps for its new MSN site and is offering a preview. Microsoft is also offering free Hotmail email with 5 GB of storage plus some additional features that Microsoft has stated users wanted. For instance, the new site appears to be less cluttered than the older MSN site is. Users [...]

Last night I received an email from an acquaintance of mine asking me about the ‘N’ versions of Windows 7 and whether these versions use a different product key. He went on to say that there was a company selling product keys on eBay for what was being described as the ‘N’ version and that [...]

Last week my wife and I were watching the TV when up popped one of those Microsoft Bing commercials. I am sure you have seen the commercial where the teenage daughter asks Dad a question and in a zombie stare he goes off in a tangent babbling out obscure facts. The girl turns to her [...]

Microsoft has had a rough year when it comes to its line of financial software. In June it stopped producing its MS Money product and now it is discontinuing its MS Office Accounting software as well. Though the product may be in the process of being discontinued, you can still get the Express version, which [...]

Microsoft is clarifying what the company says is a LEGAL upgrade process is for upgarding to Windows 7, contrary to the opinions expressed by some on the Internet. This is not a new situation, in that we seem to run into this brick wall with each Windows release. This unfortunate situation seems to rear its [...]

I have been using two email programs since about 2003 on the personal computers that I own. I use Outlook 2003 for my personal emails and also for my MSN account through Microsoft. I also have used Outlook Express for my gmail account. I get Google alerts daily which accounts for the bulk of my [...]

It is hard to believe that it has been over two years since Microsoft and Yahoo! starting talking merger, buyout, partnerships, and so forth. This last announcement by the CEOs of both companies, with champagne toasting, back slapping, and stock selling to be the real thing. But it appears that there are some minor issues [...]

As the world wide recession lingers on and more people struggle to make ends meet, more people are hanging on to their older computer systems. We are all aware that businesses failed to embrace Windows Vista and continue to use the reliable, though aging, Windows XP. But no matter how many consumers or businesses try [...]

Since the release of Windows 7 it is now becoming apparent that the upgrade path from previous Windows versions are full of pitfalls. One would of hoped that Microsoft would of had a better plan in place to assist users in their quest to upgrade. It is now becoming clear this will not be the [...]

The conspiracy theorists are already out in force trying to convince us that there is another conspiracy being hatched by Microsoft. This plot suggests that Microsoft purposely priced the Windows 7 upgrade high in order to dissuade people from upgrading. The plot suggests that Microsoft wants people to buy new computers instead.
In a recent article [...]

Microsoft is trying to get Windows 7 out to as many users as possible. For Netbook users without a DVD drive, their Microsoft Store has a download and burn solution to a USB drive. The user only needs to change the BIOS to boot from the USB drive in order to install the new operating [...]

Microsoft is offering 7 days of deals in conjunction with its launch of Windows 7 today. The sale ends on October 28, 2009, so hurry.  Some offers are only ‘while supplies last,’ so you may have to hurry to take advantage of these deals. The Microsoft blog site states the following deals will be offered [...]

Today is the day that Microsoft officially launches its new operating system. As of midnight, Windows 7 has launched and is now available on new computers as well as packaged DVDs for users to upgrade their current systems. But will Windows 7 be enough of an enticement for most users to upgrade their systems? Or [...]

When Bill Gates was the big dog at Microsoft, his image fit the company. Mr. Gates looked like a computer nerd and could have been a great poster child for all things relating to computers. When he left the company for other endeavors, he turned the reins over to Steve Ballmer. Many in the technology [...]

Mozilla has posted on their blog site a notice that they are blocking Microsoft’s .NET Framework because of security concerns. In a statement it says:
I’ve previously posted about the .NET Framework Assistant add-on that was delivered via Windows Update earlier this year. It’s recently surfaced that it has a serious security vulnerability, and Microsoft is [...]

Over at CNET, writer Dong Ngo has an interesting article in which he has made a comparison of Microsoft’s Windows 7 and Apple’s Snow Leopard. The writer states he used the same computer to run both operating systems individually, using the new Bootcamp version 3.0 which he states made Windows run even better on a [...]