Sears gets mere wrist slap for allegedly spying on customers: “Consumers were outraged when a settlement first reported on WalletPop in June was reached between Sears Holdings over an accusation by the Federal Trade Commission that the owner of Sears and Kmart was spying on the web use and online shopping habits of its customers. They won’t be a lot happier with the ending.”
Microsoft Office 2010 in Ad-supported version – Free to Use | High Tech Lounge: “With the coming 14th version of Office (or Office 2010), Microsoft is introducing new models for people to try out and buy the suite, which include a web-based Click-to-Run approach and an Ad-based model.
According to Microsoft’s statistics, 500 million people around the world use Office, and the last two years have seen a boost in sales of their entry-level product, the Home and Student edition of Office.”
10 Best Security Apps for Your iPhone — Campus Technology
: “Apple’s App Store currently holds about 85,000 applications for you to download to your
Feature-By-Feature: Ubuntu 9.10 Vs. Windows 7: “Feature-By-Feature: Ubuntu 9.10 Vs. Windows 7”
From Curt Spanburgh at WindowsITPro.com…
Outlook 2010: A One-Hour “First Contact”: “In anticipation of the upcoming release of Microsoft Office 2010, as a Microsoft MVP I recently got the opportunity to take a trial run of the new version of Office. The upgrade went fine on top of Windows 7 Ultimate. But the first stop in the application suite was going to be the place where we all spend a great deal of time: Outlook. Here are my impressions of my first contact with Outlook 2010.”
From the PowerPoint Team Blog…
The PowerPoint Team Blog : Introducing Broadcast Slide Show: “Introducing Broadcast Slide Show
In today’s world, you often need to communicate with people in different locations who can’t get together in the same room. When you’re presenting, you want everyone to see your slide show at the same time — whether they’re sitting next to you or joining on the phone from 10,000 miles away.
PowerPoint 2010 makes it easy to present on the fly to anyone, anywhere. Just send a link, and in one click everyone you invite will be watching a synchronized view of your slide show in their browser. You’ll never again need to email bulky attachments or make an announcement every time you change slides.”
From PCMagazine.com back in July…
Windows 7 Media Center Will Support Netflix – News and Analysis by PC Magazine: “Microsoft announced this week that Netflix will be supported in Windows 7 Media Center.
Back in May, Netflix was added to Windows Media Center – the Vista version, that is. The new app, which uses Microsoft’s Silverlight streaming video technology, should automatically show up in your Vista Media Center menu. But if you’re using any version of Windows 7? No dice. There are several work-arounds developed by the enthusiast community, such as MyNetflix and vmcNetflix. But even as Microsoft announced this and a version for the Xbox, there was nothing for Windows 7. Until today.”
Another great tutorial from Mitch Tulloch at WindowsNetworking.com…
Deploying Windows 7 – Part 10: Capturing and Deploying an Image of a Reference Computer:
This series of articles on deploying Windows 7 continues with a walkthrough of how to capture and deploy an image of a reference computer.”