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More great Office 2010 features for business

Most of us by now are familiar with all the obviously new parts of Office 2010 , such as the revised Ribbon , the Backstage document view , Paste preview , and Originally posted here: More great Office 2010 features for business  Read More →

Microsoft’s embarrassing problem with the future

If you haven’t noticed, Microsoft has done a pretty good job with its core products lately: Windows 7 , Office 2010 , SharePoint 2010 , The rest is here: Microsoft’s embarrassing problem with the future  Read More →

Microsoft’s server road map: Top 5 developments coming soon

It’s that time of year again. TechEd 2010 is being held this week in New Orleans, and Microsoft has used it to give IT a preview of where its enterprise platforms are heading in the near term. For those of you not at the conference with me, here’s what you should know. View post: Microsoft’s server road map: Top 5 developments coming soon  Read More →

Amazing News: FiOSTV Tops ACSI Consumer Satisfaction Index – Cable …

Leading the list of satisfying services are Verizon’s FiOS TV (73) and AT&T’s U-Verse TV service (72). DirecTV’s rating fell due to price increases (71 to 68) while Dish Network saw a big jump (64 to 71) due to pricing promotions. Comcast and … where AT&T (75) and Cox (74) lead while Comcast (68) — currently the third largest residential phone company — sits... 

12 Essential Security Tips and Hacks for WordPress

It is recommended that you don’t allow write access to any of your publicly-accessible files, but some WordPress plugins require that certain files and folders are writeable. Configure your installation such that you only give all your … The rest is here: 12 Essential Security Tips and Hacks for WordPress  Read More →

Microsoft will launch Office 2010 May 12

Microsoft will officially launch Office 2010 to businesses at an event slated for May 12, the company announced today. Enterprises with volume license agreements will be able to obtain the finished product that same day, Microsoft added. Office 2010 is set to go on general sale to consumers and business without licensing deals sometime in June. Excerpt from: Microsoft will launch Office 2010 May... 

Does Comcast Charge Too Much??? — The Gadgeteer

All of that said, I will get to my question: Is near $200/month reasonable for HD cable TV (w/ HD DVR), internet phone (w/free long distance), and high speed internet? Also, have any of you canceled Comcast service for other options … My Verizon FIOS triple play is more like $130? But without premiums (HBO and such). 8 Tyler Puckett March 3, 2010 at 10:00 pm. Dump Comcast like a bad habit. Get... 

Windows 7 early adoption beats Vista’s 2-to-1

In the five months since its release, Microsoft’s Windows 7 has captured twice the usage share than did Vista in the same time period, a Web metrics company said today. According to NetApplications.com of Aliso Viejo, Calif., Windows 7 accounted for 9 percent of all operating systems in use online for the month through last Sunday. By comparison, Vista had a 4.5 percent share five months after... 

Microsoft vs. Google: The empire strikes back

It can’t be easy being Ray Ozzie. Microsoft’s chief software architect is just 18 months into the job as Bill Gates’ handpicked successor, yet depending on whom you ask, his tenure will either signal a bold new era for the company or mark the beginning of its terminal decline. See original here: Microsoft vs. Google: The empire strikes back  Read More →

Microsoft to pull Facebook, MySpace into Outlook

SEATTLE (AP) — Microsoft Corp. is taking another step toward turning Outlook, its desktop e-mail program, into a hub for information from popular social networking sites such as Facebook and MySpace…. Here is the original: Microsoft to pull Facebook, MySpace into Outlook  Read More →