The Curtain Falls n Windows Vista’s “SideShow”

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- The Curtain Falls n Windows Vista’s “SideShow”
- Microsoft’s Ultimate ffice Deal ffers Unprecedented Savings for …
- Free IT / Computer Courses Announced by Eton Institute as its Next …
- Box.net updates its search to go inside your files

The Curtain Falls n Windows Vista’s “SideShow”
Washington Post
Anything new is not going to excite in that crowd. Around the globe however linux IS making massive strides as corporate servers and in government offices. As more and more M$ products continue to disappoint (ever try opening a powerpoint made on a mac on a win machine? transparencies don’t work drag-and-dropped images don’t appear etc) and as more and more people look to open source to solve their problems (I’ve had penffice and Zoho open. doc files Word2004 2007 AND 2008 could not) M$ will continue to see market share erode. As to the topic at hand: I actually tried to find a slideshow equipped lappie for someone interested in an instant-on-ish machine and could not. While no MS-based machine is going to be quick-to-start slideshow promised quick access to enough features that I thought it’d meet my friend’s needs. They ended up buying a macbook (lovely unibody lozenge) because it comes back from sleep quickly enough to count as “instant on” in her book.

Microsoft’s Ultimate ffice Deal ffers Unprecedented Savings for …
PR Newswire (press release)
“We commend Microsoft for its continuous efforts to empower diverse communities with the right tools for a bright future. ffice Ultimate 2007 provides students with a comprehensive set of tools that can help them create high-quality documents gather and consolidate lecture notes and other information stay organized find what they are looking for quickly and easily collaborate with colleagues and professors across geographies. ffice Ultimate 2007 includes the entire Microsoft ffice toolset and more that students are accustomed to working with including Microsoft ffice Word 2007 Microsoft ffice Excel 2007 Microsoft ffice PowerPoint 2007 Microsoft ffice utlook 2007 Microsoft ffice Access 2007 Microsoft ffice Publisher 2007 Microsoft ffice neNote 2007 Microsoft ffice Groove 2007 and Microsoft ffice InfoPath 2007. To be eligible for the Ultimate Steal Promotion students must be enrolled in a U. educational institution carry at least a 0. 5 course credit and have a valid school e-mail address.

Free IT / Computer Courses Announced by Eton Institute as its Next …
Al-Bawaba
A series of IT courses will be conducted free of charge between 5th April to 19th April in key desktop applications such as Word PowerPoint Excel utlook and Access. The course is conducted by Microsoft certified trainers with over 20 years experience in teaching MCSE MCSA MCP and Adobe creative Suite like Photoshop Illustrator Dreamweaver and Flash. Eli Abi Rached Managing Director of Eton Institute commented: “At a time of recession key skills such as IT and languages come under the microscope and often employees with basic knowledge of these skills or a lack of it are first in line to lose their jobs.
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Box.net updates its search to go inside your files
CNET News
net is rolling out a new version of its search engine that lets users search for information found within the files they’ve stored on the service. Previously its system only worked with file names and user-created tags. The new tool will index text within.

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