People can pre-order copies of Microsoft’s new operating system, Windows 7 from tomorrow from selected retailers.
However the £50 price tag means that the software is bound to be snapped up quickly by bargain hunters as this will be a limited stock and the RRP will be £79.99 when the software is launched in the autumn.
In the past Microsoft has offered low-cost ‘Upgrade’ editions of Windows users who already own a previous version, but Microsoft says that “technical issues” related to its remo…
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Microsoft has announced that some of its Office applications will be delivered over the internet in the next version of its productivity suite, Office 2010, codenamed Office 14.
Office Web applications, as Microsoft has tagged the online version, will include Excel, OneNote, PowerPoint and Word "with reduced functionality to that experienced by users who have Office installed on their PCs," according to Chris Adams, Microsoft's Office client product manager.
The cut-down online version of Offi…
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Buckingham Palace has revealed that the Royal Family has now joined the Twitter micro-blogging revolution.
The Twitter account @BritishMonarchy has just gone live, following several weeks of testing.
A spokeswoman said it had signed up to harness the popularity of Twitter to spread news about the Royal Family.
It will provide details of royal engagements as well as link to information about what members of the family are doing.
But the spokeswoman said neither the Queen nor other members of th…
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Video Studio X2 Pro Ultimate is a video suite based around Corel’s latest incarnation of the video editor which started life as a Ulead product, often bundled with video capture cards.
Having got through to version 12 (called X2 in Corel’s numbering system), you can probably guess that most of the video-editing basics are covered. You can import video clips from camera, disc or hard disk in a variety for formats, edit them on a timeline with captions, overlays, picture-in-picture effects, narra…
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Now here's a product which I think is quite innovative: How about a desktop pc that is entirely built into the pc's flatscreen monitor?
Yes, it had to happen at some point in time right? Viewsonic has introduced what in my opinion will probably become the future of the traditional desktop pc as we know it today.
The Viewsonic VPC100 All-in-One PC is essentially a desktop pc with all of it's essential parts - the processor, hard drive and all the usb ports designed to fit into what looks like a…
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After the successful social networking sites like Facebook, Orkut, MySpace . . Now its Microsoft’s turn to start up with new social networking site named WindowsLivePlanet. This is Microsoft India’s initiative, As claimed by Microsoft this program has been designed for people to allow & find people that matches them. All you need to do is complete your profile and Windows Live Planet will open up a whole new world!
It is almost same as the existing social networking sites and nothing new to…
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This is the software publisher's description.
Norton AntiVirus 2010 will be the fastest and lightest malware scanner Symantec has ever delivered. Norton AntiVirus scans faster and uses less memory than any other antivirus product on the market. Unlike free solutions from Microsoft, Norton AntiVirus includes intrusion detection to detect malicious code hidden in web sites before it can strike.
Norton AntiVirus’s pulse updates ensure that you are always plugged into Symantec’s global security gr…
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Q) I wish to dispose of an old computer and I understand that the best way of protecting the personal information on the hard disk (my bank details and so on) is to remove the hard disk and break it up with a hammer, and then the other computer parts can be used by a third party. Can you advise how to go about this process?
A) The rather odd advice to smash your hard disk if you’re getting rid of a computer was recently propagated by a national magazine (not one related to Computeractive, we ha…
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Today Nokia officially unveiled the Nokia 3720 classic - a rugged handset, designed to survive in enviroments where others won't. Coming with IP-54 certification and entry-level feature set, the Nokia 3720 classic will be a direct rival to the Samsung B2100 Xplorer.
Nokia 3720 classic is the next member of the almost forgotten line of “rugged” devices by the Finnish manufacturer dating back to Nokia 5140. Its IP-54 certification indicates complete dust and splash resistance, while Nokia also cla…
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The iPhone 3GS isn’t the biggest or grandest of updates, but for us, it does enough to maintain Apple’s number one spot. We assume Apple has taken an “if it’s not broke, don’t fix it” approach.
Gone, however, are the days when Apple’s mobile was a class apart from its rivals. All of the smartphones here give it a run for its money, beating the iPhone in some key areas, notably the camera, and running it close in others, including the touchscreen – until recently, the iPhone’s was, well, untouch…
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Microsoft on Thursday confirmed it has known about a bug behind widespread Internet Explorer (IE) attacks for more than a year, but defended its security process against critics.
According to Mike Reavey, director of Microsoft's Security Response Center (MSRC), the company first got word of a critical flaw in an ActiveX control in early spring 2008. The bug can be exploited through IE6 and IE7 on Windows XP. Two researchers, Ryan Smith and Alex Wheeler, reported the bug to Microsoft when they w…
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For the third day in a row a number of major public and private Web sites in South Korea have been taken off the Internet by a distributed denial of service attack.
The attack hit the Chosun Ilbo daily newspaper, ranked the top news Web site in the country; Internet Auction, one of the largest online auction services; Kookmin Bank; the South Korean President's home page, and the home page of U.S. Forces Korea.
Some sites that were hit a day earlier, including the National Assembly and Ministry…
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Struggling Motorola Inc. is laying off 74 more workers from its mobile-phone division.
The company will let the people go from its Libertyville, Ill., offices starting the last day of this month, according to a filing with the state. The office houses workers in Motorola's mobile-phone group.
The announcement follows layoffs of 3,000 people in the mobile group earlier this year. Nearly 500 of those workers were based in the Libertyville offices.
After failing to sell its mobile-phone division…
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Microsoft Corp. will price a multi-license "family pack" for Windows 7 at $149.99, according to at least one online retailer that has posted pricing details prematurely.
Fadfusion.com, a Missouri-based online seller of computers, electronics and office supplies, lists something called "W7 Family Pack - Home Prem Upg" on its site for $138.99, an $11 discount from the $149.99 it claims is the package's suggested retail price.
The software, which will purportedly let users upgrade as many as thre…
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Upcoming Chrome OS is latest weapon in Google's ongoing 'guerilla war' with Microsoft.
As Google Inc. acknowledges that its engineers are working on an operating system for netbooks and PCs, analysts say it's the company in the best position to take on Microsoft Corp. and its vaunted Windows software.
In a blog item posted Tuesday night, Sundar Pichai, vice president of product management at Google, said the company is working to deliver the new Google Chrome OS in the second half of 2010. Not…
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