June 2006 - Posts

2007 Office System Possibly Delayed
30 June 06 02:26 PM | Jason.N.Gaylord | 0 Comments   

Go figure, the 2007 Office System might be delayed again according to eWeek . That will be a bummer. Share this post: email it! | bookmark it! | digg it! | reddit! | kick it! | live it! Sponsor Read More...

Test the 2007 Microsoft Office System without downloading it
27 June 06 11:09 AM | Jason.N.Gaylord | 0 Comments   

Did you know that Microsoft is releasing a new version of Office next year? Of course you did unless you've been hiding under a rock for the past year. But, did you know you can test it without downloading it? Check this out . Share this post: email it! Read More...

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CompletePC in Windows Vista
22 June 06 09:13 AM | Jason.N.Gaylord | 0 Comments   

For some time now I thought it would be nice for Microsoft to offer a backup application that will completely back up the entire PC. Well, now it looks like they have. The feature is called CompletePC Backup. From what I have heard from others, you can Read More...

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SharePoint 2007 Beta 2 - Installation Snag 1
20 June 06 03:07 PM | Jason.N.Gaylord | 0 Comments   

Well, I tried installing the SharePoint 2007 beta 2 and my services won't start. The very first error I received was: The SQL Server collation on SQL Server instance 'DEV01\OfficeServers' is not supported. Windows SharePoint Services requires a Latin1 Read More...

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Bill Gates "Top 10" (Now that he is stepping down)
19 June 06 12:51 PM | Jason.N.Gaylord | 0 Comments   

Now that Bill Gates has decided to step down, Mary Jo Foley from Microsoft Watch has put together a list of the "Top 10 Flops of the Bill Gates Era." You can read about them here . I think the two that stand out the most in everyone's mind (even Microsoft Read More...

Google Adds Online Spreadsheet Application
06 June 06 11:51 AM | Jason.N.Gaylord | 2 Comments   

Google will now offer an online spreadsheet application called Google Spreadsheet . Share this post: email it! | bookmark it! | digg it! | reddit! | kick it! | live it! Sponsor Read More...

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Microsoft to ponder Save to PDF?
05 June 06 01:45 PM | Jason.N.Gaylord | 0 Comments   

According to Mary Jo Foley at Microsoft Watch , Microsoft may ponder removing the Save to PDF option in the 2007 Microsoft Office System. Personally, I hope they don't remove it. Adobe should understand that there should be other benefits to having Adobe Read More...

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