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Microsoft readies new Producer for PowerPoint rich-media add-in: Microsoft readies new Producer for PowerPoint rich-media add-inIs MS listening?1. Least they can do is add SWF/Flash export/embedding.2. The Producer 2003 version is pretty much broken after IE7 is installed. They should do something about it. Why are PowerPoint 2003 users left in the lurch? Should they use IE6?I tried...; Tags: Microsoft Office, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Ready, Microsoft Corp.; Discussion threads 2008-06-07
Microsoft readies new 'don't blame Windows' tool: Microsoft readies new 'don't blame Windows' toolBeen Saying this for years...I know many people are quick to blame Microsoft for their issues and I am not saying they are perfect. Of course this will probably get me a "fanboy" rating but I have been working on and using computers...; Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Operating systems, Microsoft Windows, tool, computer, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Ready; Discussion threads 2008-05-27
Microsoft readies 'Albany' subscription trial for consumers: Microsoft readies 'Albany' subscription trial for consumersStill, WAY too many features. Google is in a much better position herewith a feature set appropriate for new connected, everything sharable world. All of those old baroque complicated features for formatting on 8.5x11 are looking more stupid every day.I recommend trying the offline...; Tags: OpenOffice, OPEN SOURCE, Microsoft Corp., Google Inc., subscription trial, Microsoft Ready, Microsoft Office, offline feature; Discussion threads 2008-04-18
Microsoft readies early preview of new parallel-computing tool: Microsoft readies early preview of new parallel-computing toolI suppose its a beginning at leastbut it has a very, very long way to go before providing much value to the coder.RE: Microsoft readies early preview of new parallel-computing toolWhy can't MS do for their App servers what BOINC has done for...; Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Development tools, Programming languages, Java, parallel-computing tool, new parallel-computing tool, Microsoft Corp., early preview, Microsoft Ready, finance, tool, programming, multi-core; Discussion threads 2007-11-29
Microsoft readies free enterprise-search product: Microsoft readies free enterprise-search productWhat you don't know you won't findIf a business is going to use search to uncover a hidden order for a $1 billion dollars then I don't think this solution will work very well :)The problem is that rarely are documents ever linked together. Just like...; Tags: Microsoft Ready, Microsoft Corp.; Discussion threads 2007-11-06

Microsoft readies 'Edinburgh' phone software for small businesses: Microsoft readies 'Edinburgh' phone software for small businessesThe product migh make sense if it is stand-aloneIf the Edinburgh software/hardware is a stand-alone product and it is aggressively priced, it will attract the attention of the SMB market. However, if it requires that the user already have Windows 2003 Server, Windows...; Tags: Microsoft Windows, Telecom & Utilities, server, phone, phone software, Microsoft Ready, Microsoft Corp., small business, software; Discussion threads 2007-03-19
Microsoft ready to spend--but on what?: Microsoft ready to spend--but on what?It shouldn't cost that much to copy AppleWhy does it cost $US6+ billion to copy Apple which spends 1/10th the amount.Go MS, go ZDNet fanboys;-)before spending any kind of moneyJust at least try to get vista running period."we will spend billion on what ever, but...; Tags: Operating systems, time horizon, Microsoft Corp., Steve Ballmer, Microsoft Ready; Discussion threads 2006-05-03
Microsoft ready to ship Virtual Server: Microsoft ready to ship Virtual Servervmware worried - loli don't think sobut i bet longhornwon't work as well on vmware next release - wanna betanyone else think these new web design blowsthanks zdWhat? WordPerfect worried? Never...;-)Yes it doesimmensely!~Yup, something we all seem to agree on.;-)My, you're generous todayEvery...; Tags: Microsoft Ready, Microsoft Virtual Server, server, Microsoft Corp., ZDNet Logo; Discussion threads 2004-09-10
Microsoft readies new CRM tools: Microsoft readies new CRM toolschoosing contact management softwareCan anyone give me a realistic and informative opinion regarding which contact management/CRM software to choose for a rapidly growing small business?We are looking at ACT & Goldmine.Are there others that are better?Will these handle marketing campaigns as well?HELP!; Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Customer relationship management (CRM), Advertising & Promotion, Microsoft Ready, CRM tool, CRM, tool, Microsoft Corp.; Discussion threads 2004-08-13

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What could Open Office do with a business model?: You can say Microsoft has found a way to crush open source. Or you can say open source has been shown a business model it can use to crack the mass market and gain a sustainable revenue base. by Dana Blankenhorn; Tags: Software-as-a-service, Business Model, Microsoft Corp., OpenOffice, Software As A Service (SaaS), Open Source, Office Suites, Software, Emerging Technologies, Dana Blankenhorn; Blog posts 2008-07-05
MSFT's acquisition of Powerset is not about search: The recent $100 million acquisition of Powerset, the semantic search engine company, by Microsoft looks to be more to do with advertising than beefing up the software giants' search capabilities. So far, Powerset has only demonstrated its technology against Wikipedia. It's a neat exhibit but it is...; Tags: Acquisition, Yahoo! Inc., Contextual Advertising, MSFT, Search, Tom Foremski; Blog posts 2008-07-04
TechForward advocates the cause of temporary ownership: I have been MEANING to write about the Los Angeles-based start-up TechForward for weeks now, but felt like I didn't have enough time to write the truly thoughtful post that it deserved. Now, I'm forcing myself to get off my butt, strangely enough, because I'm having a moral dilemma over...; Tags: Apple iPhone, Electronics, TechForward, Lebovitz, Retail, Heather Clancy; Blog posts 2008-07-04
Microsoft Stealth Update and Windows XP repair don't mix: Microsoft did more than send a stealth update to XP users - it sent a buggy stealth update.This gallery relates to this story. by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes; Tags: Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, screenshots, microsoft, windows, xp, repair, stealth; Image galleries 2008-07-04
MS Word Merge Combine or Join Multiple MS Word Doc (exe): If you want to know how to merge multiple microsoft word documents together, then this software is for you. With this software, you can Easily select a number of ms word documents to combine together. You can also change the order of how the merged documents should be combined. Optionally...; Tags: Microsoft Corp., File Splitter, Microsoft Word, Word Processors, Microsoft Office, Tools & Techniques, Office Suites, Software, Management; Software downloads 2008-07-04
MS Word Split, Divide and Save Pages into Separate (exe): If you want to know how to split apart multiple pages from one, several, or multple microsoft word documents (i.e., MS WORD 2000, 2007, etc), then this software is for you. With this software, you can easily select a number of ms word files to extract pages from, by selecting...; Tags: Page, Microsoft Corp., File Splitter, Microsoft Word, Word Processors, Microsoft Office, Tools & Techniques, Office Suites, Software, Management; Software downloads 2008-07-04
FolderMatch (exe): FolderMatch compares and synchronizes any two folder trees or two files. Winner at the 2002,2003 and 2004 Shareware Industry Awards, it's a MUST-HAVE tool for keeping files and folders in sync as well as powerful insurance against loss of valuable data. Who can benefit from FolderMatch?Everyone who maintains multiple copies...; Tags: File, Salty Brine Software, FolderMatch, Productivity, Microsoft Word, Word Processors, Insurance, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Business Operations, Corporate Insurance; Software downloads 2008-07-04
Aspose.Recognition for .NET (zip): With Aspose.Recognition you can add intelligent PDF to word processing documents conversion to your 32-bit and 64-bit .NET applications. Aspose.Recognition reads a PDF file, recognizes editable document structures and allows saving the resulting document as Microsoft Word DOC, Office Open XML OOXML, OpenDocument ODT, Rich Text Format RTF, Wordprocessing ML...; Tags: Adobe PDF, Office Open XML, Aspose, Aspose.Recognition, Xhtml, OpenDocument Format (ODF), .Net, Application Servers, Middleware, Scripting Languages, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Emerging Technologies, Software Development, Enterprise Software, Software; Software downloads 2008-07-04
Excel Remove and Delete Blank Rows, Blank Columns (exe): If you want to know how to remove and delete blank cells and/or blank columns/rows from microsoft excel, then this software is for you. Simply select a block of MS Excel cells that you wish to change. Decide further what should be be changed (block of cells, worksheets). Click on...; Tags: Cell, File Splitter, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software; Software downloads 2008-07-04
MS Word Find and Replace Text in Multiple MS Word (exe): If you want to know how to find and replace text in multiple microsoft word documents, then this software is for you. Easily select a number of ms word documents to search for text in. Specify the text you want to replace for 'find' occurances. Click a button, then automatically...; Tags: Microsoft Corp., Text, File Splitter, Microsoft Word, Word Processors, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software; Software downloads 2008-07-04
Stolen: Google employees' personal data: Names, addresses, and Social Security numbers of pre-2006 staffers were taken from offices of Colt Express Outsourcing Services. Google has confirmed that personal data of U.S. employees hired prior to 2006 have been stolen in a recent burglary. Records kept at Colt Express Outsourcing Services, an external...; Tags: Google Inc., Social Security, Sales Channel, Operational Accounting, Financial Services, Government, Sales, Finance, ZDNet Australia, Privacy & data protection; News items 2008-07-03