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July 1: No more Office 2003 for OEMs

It’s only been six months since Microsoft launched Office 2007 at retail. But as of July 1, 2007,  Microsoft won’t be making the OEM version of Office 2003 to its PC partners, a k a “OEMs.” Eric Ligman, Senior Manager of Small Business Community Engagement with Microsoft, reminded OEMs and customers of the pending cut-off date in a blog posting …

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Yahoo! Toolbar

When you install Yahoo! Messenger, you also have the option of installing Yahoo! Toolbar along with it. I know, I know – you may groan when you see additional software offered during an installation. But there’s a reason – there are some very handy Messenger features integrated right into Toolbar, giving you access to your online friends no matter where …

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Tabs in Yahoo! Messenger

As you may have seen in the preview of Yahoo! Messenger for Windows Vista, tabbed IM windows are coming soon. This feature lets you group multiple conversations into one IM window and use tabs to navigate among them. As it turns out, there are several hidden features that are built into Yahoo! Messenger, which can be turned on with changes …

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Anonymous Surfing

Below is information that you are giving away right now as you visit sites. Anonymous surfing is easy if you know what type of information to block. The end goal is to give away as little information about yourself as possible and we’ll help you do just that. We are not doing anything special here, we are simply reading the …

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Microsoft Renames Its IPTV Platform

Microsoft Corp. unveiled on Sunday a new brand name for its Internet-based television platform, a service deployed by 10 companies including AT&T Inc. Microsoft Mediaroom, formerly known as Microsoft Internet Protocol Television (IPTV), will link with computers found in the home to allow users to access a PC hard drive to listen to music or view photos on a TV …

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Microsoft Debuts New MSN For Mobile Phones

Microsoft Corp. launched a redesigned MSN portal optimized for mobile phones on Sunday, stepping up its offering at a time when more powerful devices increase the demand for richer content on handsets. U.S. mobile Internet use still represents only a fraction of computer-based Web usage, but technology heavyweights like Microsoft see increasingly powerful mobile phones and faster networks opening the …

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FBI Pulls Plug on Several Botnet Hackers

More than 1 million computers are used by hackers as remote-controlled robots to crash online systems, accept spam and steal users’ personal information, the FBI said Wednesday. The government has no way to track down all the computers, both in the U.S. and elsewhere, that hackers have massed into centrally controlled collections known as botnets. But the FBI has pulled …

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Search Google and Yahoo at The Same Time

YellowPages Corporation, owned by AT&T has introduced a tool, SearchBoth.com.au, that allows users to use Google and Yahoo! search engines at the same time. SearchBoth.com.au is a cooperative partnership between Google, Yahoo and AT&T. When users type in their related search words, SearchBoth.com.au will give them the results from Google and Yahoo in a split screened frame, side by side …

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Sony Ericsson Announces 3 Bluetooth Watches

Sony Ericsson has announced three new Bluetooth watches from the Bluetooth MBW-150 range that offers the convenience of controlling the phone. Created together with Fossil, this new range of watches aims at bringing together contemporary design and cutting edge Bluetooth technology. “From the moment you use a Bluetooth watch you wonder how you ever managed without it,” says José Barreiro-López …

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