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Encarta Reference Library 2003 Patch: Fixes Researcher Issue for IE Update (exe): Fixes Researcher Issue for IE Update (Msero.dll). See Knowledge Base article 812602. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.; Tags: Encarta.com, Researcher, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Corp., Web Browsers, Patches, Internet; Software downloads 2007-08-29
Microsoft Encarta Premium 2007: Microsoft Encarta Premium 2007 is a well-designed reference tool that's especially friendly for young learners. Encarta offers some 68,000 articles, only two-thirds the amount within Encyclopedia Britannica 2007, but to support interactive learning, Encarta's pictures, videos, and audio files are more easily accessible.Installing Encarta Premium 2007 via DVD took about...; Tags: Microsoft Corp., Encarta.com; Product reviews 2006-09-12
Encyclopedia Britannica Ultimate Reference Suite 2007: For more than two centuries, Encyclopedia Britannica has been a trusted reference source for scholars. The $49 Encyclopedia Britannica Ultimate Reference Suite 2007 packs volumes of trustworthy information into one application that's friendly to use, especially for text articles. Since last year Britannica has fixed most of the aspects of...; Tags: Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP, Operating systems, Britannica, Encarta.com, Encyclopedia Britannica; Product reviews 2006-09-11
Microsoft Student 2007: Microsoft Student with Encarta Premium 2007 offers more math features and a lower price than the 2006 version. The new, step-by-step math resources are a great way to learn and understand math problems. Other features such as foreign language verb conjugations, writing style guides, and access to Encarta Premium 2007...; Tags: Microsoft Office, Student 2007, Encarta.com, tool, Microsoft Corp.; Product reviews 2006-07-20
Social freeloaders: Is there a collective wisdom and can the Web obtain it?: Social freeloaders: Is there a collective wisdom and can the Web obtain it?trueWikipedia is the last place I'd go looking for informationStill useful to a pointYou raise valid points about the small core of people publishing and verifying information for the majority. While I wouldn't bet my life on...; Tags: Wiki, Web technology, Web, Wikipedia, Social Freeloaders, Encarta.com, YouTube Inc.; Discussion threads 2006-06-22

Encyclopedia business ruined by Web, Encarta is the best selling software reference: And while the encyclopedia industry's overall revenue in the United States is growing, sales in 2003 only totaled about $300 million compared to the high of $800 million in 1989. Among CD or DVD versions, Microsoft's $70 Encarta is the best seller but industrywide sales for encyclopedia software fell 7.3...; Tags: Web, Encarta.com, software; Blog posts 2004-03-08

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The search engine conundrum: I was looking through the Channel 8 Students Union earlier on and noticed an important point concerning search engines. It's widely known that search engines are the most viewed websites on the Internet because they are the starting point to look for something. We may even know the direct link...; Tags: Google Inc., Search Engine, Student, Live Search, Search, Zack Whittaker; Blog posts 2008-06-05
Does Microsoft really need to diversify into consumer products?: Does Microsoft really need to diversify into consumer products?Does Microsoft really need to diversify into consumer products?Yes. Diversity is the key for making revenue. If one product or service doesn't generate the whole company isn't at a loss. Only one division is.Microsoft's strengthwas Bill Gates' ability to...; Tags: Microsoft Windows, Game players, Games, Construction, Operating systems, Microsoft Corp., Does Microsoft, consumer product; Discussion threads 2008-05-14
Encyclopedia (gadget): This Encyclopedia gadget has 40 of the Best online Encyclopedia sites. Starting with American Studies, Anime, Artcyclopedia, Astronomy, Bartleby, Botany, Britannica, Canadian, Catholic, CIA Fact Book, Earth, Encarta, Food, Holocaust, Jewish, Legal US, Library of Congress, Life, Literary, Medical, Medieval Studies, MIT Sciences, Mythical, Nasa, Philosophy, Plant, Psychology, Reference, Scholarpedia,...; Tags: Gadget, Sidebar Gadgets, Wiki, Food & Beverage, Online Communications, Manufacturing; Software downloads 2008-05-05
Internet Explorer 8 beta: Screenshots:Internet Explorer 8 beta 1Perhaps acknowledging its declining market share among Internet browsers, Microsoft is borrowing several popular features from Firefox and Safari in its release of Internet Explorer 8 beta 1. Although intended primarily for developers, the beta is public and should be used with caution. We downloaded the...; Tags: Web browsers, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Internet Explorer 8 Beta, Internet Explorer 8, Internet Explorer 8 Beta 1, Microsoft Corp., StumbleUpon, Web browser; Product reviews 2008-03-06
IE 8 activity providers and the big sales pitch: Installing IE 8 really brings home the bundling prowess of Microsoft. How many Windows Live Spaces, Encarta and Hotmail users signed up due to some bundle from the Microsoft giant? Folks, say a picture is worth a thousand words so here's my anti-bundle message from a Firefox...; Tags: MSN Hotmail, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Sales, Web Browsers, E-mail Providers, Internet, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-03-06
Would you let Microsoft snoop on your computer usage in exchange for free software?: Yesterday the media and the blogosphere engaged in a bout of collective hyerventilation over Microsoft offering free software in exchange for being able to snoop on users for three months.Â While this offer is now gone according to Microsoft they have all the participants needed, it does raise an interesting...; Tags: Microsoft Corp., Hardware, Computer, Productivity, Microsoft Windows, Tools & Techniques, Operating Systems, Software, Management, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes; Blog posts 2007-12-12
More reflection on the Kindle: Did Amazon just answer an unnerved media industry's prayers?: More reflection on the Kindle: Did Amazon just answer an unnerved media industry's prayers?Let me add this upSo I shell out three or four hundred dollars for a reader device, plus ten or fifteen per month for the three-year life of the thing, for a total of somewhere around $750....; Tags: E-books, Desktops, Amazon.com Inc., unnerved media industry, e-book; Discussion threads 2007-12-06
Open source values: transparency: Open source values: transparencyI Vote for Honesty Over TransparencyThe operative word should be "honesty".How many times have you seen ads, e.g., that are transparently dishonest? Doesn't "Transparent" mean that one can see through outward behavior into true and sometimes hidden motivations?Journalists and politicians are often transparently dishonest as well, and...; Tags: transparency, Transparency, open source, Open Source Values; Discussion threads 2007-11-06
Wikiscanner reveals Apple's Wikipedia edits: Wikiscanner reveals Apple's Wikipedia editsM$ must be held accountable for spreading FUD!"Computers in Microsoft’s IP range in turn edit Apple entries, adding negative comments about their rival."Somebody has to put the foot in the door and sue the M$ mobsters! What is Apple waiting for?...They have the money to fight...; Tags: Wiki, Linux, Revisionism, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., WikiScanner, Wikipedia, Linux Geek; Discussion threads 2007-08-21
Apple flaw count for 2007: 111 and counting: Apple flaw count for 2007: 111 and countingHAHAHAHAHA!!!Wow, you sure do get great security when you pay twice as much for a Mac!!OUCH!!!!Come on apologists, tell us all why this is no big deal!I'm assuming in your total.......you're including things like the patches for Final Cut Pro that came out...; Tags: SECURITY, Operating systems, Flaw count, job, Apple Inc., flaw, MAC, Apple Macintosh, Microsoft Windows; Discussion threads 2007-05-29
BlindTalks (exe): BlindTalks is a revolutionary new program for the blind and visually impaired. It reads all documents and email aloud in various languages and voices, speaking Web browser and PC explorer, speaking agenda, speaking clock, time, date, talking notebook, speaking calculator, alarm clock, cooking clock; retrieves and speaks information from the...; Tags: Voice, Electronics, BlindTalks, Wiki, Telecommunications, Online Communications; Software downloads 2007-02-20
The countdown clock is officially ticking: Windows 7 due in 2009: The countdown clock is officially ticking: Windows 7 due in 2009Only two years?I just paid $400 for Ultimate. Damn, I expect it to last a LOT longer than 2 years!Obvious why the wavering"Fathi wavered when asked to itemize some of the key features Microsoft expects to include in the Windows...; Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Virtualization, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP; Discussion threads 2007-02-10
WinTalks (exe): Reads all text documents aloud in various languages and voices; direct keyboard intercept hook every text you type in any application will be read aloud; clipboard monitor copy any text to the clipboard to read it aloud; live speaking of words during the typing of texts; also can interact with...; Tags: Knowledge, Voice, Electronics, Speech Recognition, Telecommunications, Emerging Technologies; Software downloads 2007-02-07
How good a friend to open source is Google?: How good a friend to open source is Google?FineIt still looks to me like they make more money by delivering people to their competitors than they do by preempting them. I mean, yeah, a lot of people put up >meta name="robots" content="noindex,nofollow"< as their welcome to Google, but Microsoft...; Tags: Dana, open source, Google Inc.; Discussion threads 2006-12-28