Microsoft is offering half-price on one of their Office 2007 bundles just until 1 December 2008. But, as usual with Microsoft, there are traps for the unwary. We explain the traps and suggest a way to buy for the advertised price elsewhere. UPDATE: the Black Friday offer has now expired,
Microsoft has launched its new online store for buying their products – you can download most right away but you’ll pay at least 20% more for the privilege. Microsoft has launched its new online store for buying their products – you can download most right away but you’ll pay at
If you’re thinking of buying Office 2008 for Mac there’s an interesting pricing anomaly that you might take advantage of, while it lasts. While comparing the prices of Office products on the new Microsoft Store we came across a strange little pricing anomaly that could save you around $50 on
From: Addintools Technology Addintools Technology LTD announces the release of Ribbon Customizer for Office 2007, a powerful customization tool for Microsoft Office 2007 AddintoolsTechnology LTD announces the release of Ribbon Customizer for Office2007, a powerful customization tool for Microsoft Office 2007. Ribbon Customizer for Office 2007 allows users to tweak
From: Expressivo / IVO Software IVO Software has presented the latest version of Expressivo 1.4.4 which integrates with Microsoft Word 2007. IVO Software has presented the latest version of Expressivo 1.4.4 which integrates with Microsoft Word 2007. Since now this popular word processor can read texts with a human voice.
There are now reports of a 40% price drop in Office 2007 Home & Student edition for customers in Pakistan. There are now reports of a 40% price drop in Office 2007 Home & Student edition for customers in Pakistan. This is part of a global effort by Microsoft to
Microsoft Office Home and Student pack will now cost 40% less in parts of Africa, but that’s still expensive for many. Microsoft Office Home and Student pack will now cost 40% less in parts of Africa. The Home & Student bundle has the 2007 versions of Word, Excel, Powerpoint and
From: Microsoft Microsoft Equipt gives consumers powerful productivity and security protection technologies in a single package through Circuit City. REDMOND, Wash. — July 2, 2008 — Microsoft Corp. today unveiled Microsoft Equipt, an all-in-one security and productivity software subscription service for consumers. In one easy installation, the service delivers award-winning
From 1 July 2008, Office 2007 will be sold by their online store, franchised stores and Amazon.cn for a much lower price. Microsoft has announced a 50% price drop for Office 2007 – but only in China. From 1 July 2008, Office 2007 will be sold by their online store,
From: Adobe New Online Services Help People Work Together on Documents Anywhere, Anytime SAN JOSE, Calif. — June 2, 2008 — Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) today introduced Acrobat.com , a suite of hosted services available as public beta for free signup, that put communication, productivity, and collaboration tools right within
A guy bought a drive from Best Buy in NY – it has tiles instead of 1TB of storage – but no refund or replacement from Best Buy. The Consumerist is reporting the amazing story of Sam – who bought a 1TB hard drive only to find a set of
More on the consequences of losing your Office 2007 or Vista product key and what you can do to try protecting yourself. We continue our look at some concerns with product activation and disabling in Office 2007 and Vista. Last week we talked about how easy it is for your
The first part of a series on some concerns about Microsoft’s anti-piracy measures as they apply to Microsoft Office 2007 and Windows Vista. This is the first part of a series on some concerns about Microsoft’s anti-piracy measures as they apply to Microsoft Office 2007 and Windows Vista. Both these
People in the UK are being asked to pay up to 50% more than their US cousins for Office 2007 A few months ago we looked at the comparative pricing between Office 2007 in the US and Australia to find some price increase. Our many UK readers have wondered about
A suggestion for configuring IE7 to make your screen less messy Internet Explorer 7 finally brings tabbed web browsing to Windows XP (and is supplied with Windows Vista). The default settings mean pop-up windows still appear in a separate window on the screen – that’s probably done so IE7 acts
From: Sydney Morning Herald Great expert tips on photographing fireworks The New Years fireworks in Sydney Australia are justly famous – the compact harbour plus landmarks like the Harbour Bridge and Sydney Opera House that are illuminated by a series of displays throughout the evening. If you’re in town it’s well
What to do about the ‘offers’ for Office 2007 infesting inboxes. Those bottom feeding opportunists known as spammers are at it again. Predictably they are sending out offers to get ‘Office 2007’ now for an absurdly low price. The prices are usually less than US$100 and sometimes are combined with
Expression Web, the successor to Microsoft Frontpage is now on sale The replacement for Frontpage in the Microsoft product range has now been released. Microsoft Expression Web is now their ‘standard’ web page design software compared with ‘Sharepoint Designer 2007’ which is intended for re-vamping of Microsoft Sharepoint sites. Expression
There’s an offer from Microsoft to give you Office 2007 for free … naturally there’s the fine print …. Microsoft is offering free copies of Windows Vista and Office 2007 to people who watch some promotional videos – cool deal but there are the usual catches. Go over to http://www.powertogether.com/
Office 2007 comes to MSDN subscribers earlier than expected. Office 2007 is now available to MSDN subscribers for download via their web site msdn.microsoft.com – if you can get on. Available are Office 2007 Professional, English, German and Japanese editions plus other incarnations of Office 2007 like Visio, OneNote, InfoPath,
How does Office 2007 pricing in other countries like Australia compare with the charge in the USA? Down in Australia they are screaming about the price of Vista and Office 2007. We’re obliged to David Firth for an analysis of comparable pricing between Vista in the USA and ‘down under’,
A clever little spoof site having a little dig at Microsoft. You may start seeing references to ‘Microsoft Firefox’ with very sincere icons and even box shots. Check it out at http://www.msfirefox.com/ Gotta love the time and effort that goes into spoofs like this with lines like: “delivers a
How to make free overseas phone calls from the USA Update: Futurephone’s service is offline at present. It seems other phone companies have blocked access to FuturePhone’s access number. You can check out their web site to see when/if the service resumes. Futurephone has been getting a bit of publicity,
From: http://www.microsoftwisuit.com/ Wisconsin consumers and businesses that bought Microsoft software, or a computer on which it was installed, can claim benefits under a class action settlement with a face value of $223,896,000. A settlement has been reached in class action lawsuits about certain Microsoft software acquired by consumers and businesses
