Technologgie

Free Cartoon for the Day from Andertoons

I have worked with Mark Anderson of Andertoons before, and he provided several free cartoons for the CD of one of my PowerPoint books, Special Edition Using Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007.

Now Mark is providing one of his awesome cartoons absolutely free, only for today! Participants can use the cartoon in presentations, newsletters, websites, and anything else that could use a good laugh. The free cartoon will be offered for one day only with the only stipulation being that you do not resell the image or profit from it.

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Filed Under: Fun
Tagged as: Cartoons, Free Cartoon, Fun, Graphics, Visuals

Focus on Microsoft Office 2010 Site

Microsoft’s site has an updated Office 2010 section that provides plenty of info on what’s coming in the next release of the world’s most popular suite of office applications (see Figure 1 below).

Figure 1: Office 2010 Site

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Filed Under: Microsoft Office
Tagged as: Microsoft, Microsoft Office, Office 2010

Microsoft Office Web Apps and Google Docs: The Tale of Curious Comparison

My dictionary defines comparison as the act of examining resemblances, and this post looks exactly at that sort of act. So what are we comparing? Are these apples or oranges, or something more similar — maybe oranges and lemons? Well, you can decide that later — for now let us look what everyone in the online world has to say about Microsoft’s Web Apps and Google Docs. This promises to be very interesting!

The future may be the cloud

Ian Paul of PC World thinks that “the future may be the cloud, but it also may be Microsoft that ushers us into that realm of possibility and imagination.” He adds, “Forget about the half measures of Office Live Workspace; Microsoft’s new Web apps will let you create, edit, and save documents right online. Here’s a quick head-to-head between Google and Microsoft Web apps.”
Read more on the PC World site.

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Filed Under: Microsoft Office
Tagged as: Excel, Google, Google Docs, Microsoft, Microsoft Office Web Apps, Office 2010, OneNote, PowerPoint, Word

Ultimate Windows Tweaker v2.0: Free Tweak Software for Windows Vista and Windows 7

The Windows Club released Ultimate Windows Tweaker v 2.0 for Windows 7 and Windows Vista.

Ultimate Windows Tweaker v 2.0 is a freeware TweakUI-style utility that enhances and optimizes Windows 7 and Windows Vista systems, both 32-bit and 64-bit. You can also download and use it as a portable application to customize your Windows installation, as needed. The creators of this program claim that “with judicious tweaking, it can make your system faster, more stable, and more secure with just a few mouse clicks.”

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Filed Under: Utilities
Tagged as: Freeware, Microsoft Windows, Tweak, Utilities

Kaspersky Free Guide to Stop Cybercrime

Kaspersky Labs is providing a free guide called Your Guide To Stopping Cybercrime — you can download it by visiting a special website called Stop Cybercrime (link no longer existent, and thus removed) — then click on a link called Guide to stopping cybercrime as shown in Figure 1.

Figure 1: Download the Cybercrime Guide

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Filed Under: Security
Tagged as: Antivirus, Kaspersky

Microsoft Office Web Apps: A New Name

The name Microsoft Office Web Apps is not good enough, and Microsoft is looking for a new name for its upcoming competitor suite to Google Apps, featuring web-hosted versions of its Word, PowerPoint, Excel and OneNote programs.

LiveSide reports about a 3rd party survey that Microsoft commissioned to help decide a new name — they ended up with several choices including Ensemble, Optro, ArcLight, Offsite, and Equipt.

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Filed Under: Microsoft Office
Tagged as: Microsoft, Microsoft Office Web Apps, Office Online