Microsoft offers free Office 2010 upgrade if you buy Office 2007 starting March 5th, 2010. March 5, 2010
Posted by very in : Announcement, Applications, Apps, Media, Microsoft, News, Resources, Tech, Troubleshooting, Vista, Windows , add a commentMicrosoft is offering free Office 2010 upgrade for every Office 2007 purchased between March 5th and September 30, 2010.
- Microsoft Office 2010 Technology Guarantee
- Amazon – Buy Office 2007 Today, Download Office 2010 When Available
From Amazon:
Promotion Details
- Buy a qualifying Office 2007 product (with or without a new PC) between March 5 and September 30, 2010.
- Install and activate your qualifying Office 2007 product by September 30, 2010. This qualifies you to upgrade to the corresponding Office 2010 product.
- Once the corresponding Office 2010 is available, simply go to www.office.com/techg by October 31, 2010 to download it at no additional cost, or purchase a DVD for a fee. Follow the online steps to verify eligibility. You will need an activated Office 2007 Product Key.
- Download the product and receive an Office 2010 Product Key online. There is an option to purchase a DVD for a fee.
* Office 2010 downloads will be accessible at general availability. Discs can be ordered for a fee. Eligible Office 2007 software must be purchased from Microsoft or an authorized reseller and activated between March 5, 2010 and September 30, 2010. Request your Office 2010 product by October 31, 2010 using your activated Office 2007 Product Key and dated sales receipt. One (1) Office 2010 product per qualifying Office 2007 purchase, limit 25 per person. For complete details, visit www.office.com/techg.
Below are some of the Office 2007 products that qualify for the Technology Guarantee.
- Office Home and Student 2007
- Office Small Business 2007
- Office Professional 2007
- Office Publisher 2007
Remember, according to Microsoft Licensing you must not use Office 2007 once you upgraded to Office 2010. I guess they can enforce that by deactivating your Office 2007 installation.
Adobe Responds to Flash Crash Bug. February 6, 2010
Posted by 37prime in : Announcement, Applications, Apps, Leopard, Linux, Mac OS X, Media, News, Resources, Security, Snow Leopard, Tech, Troubleshooting, Uncategorized, Vista, iPhone, iPod , add a commentAs we have previously discovered, Flash 10.1 beta is not affected by the crash-inducing bug. Matthew Dempsky has been pressing this issue for quite a while. The news hits front page of Hacker News earlier this week and garnered more attentions.
Adobe has now officially responded to this bug. The fix will beincluded in Flash 10.1 that will be released sometimes in 2010. Considering the nature of this bug, Adobe should have included the fix sooner in the 10.0.x release.
I have been using ClickToFlash for a while to weed out those pesky Flash-based ads. In addition to that I have not been missing Flash on the iPhone and iPod touch at all. In a way I’m glad that the iPad won’t be supporting Flash plugin.
Seriously, I don’t really depend on Flash when surfing the web.
Note to Darren Carter, you need to dump the stupid Flash-based site of yours. Get a real webmaster!
This Flash Will Crash Your Web Browsers. February 5, 2010
Posted by 37prime in : Announcement, Apple, Applications, Apps, Leopard, Linux, Mac OS X, Media, News, Resources, Security, Snow Leopard, Tech, Troubleshooting, Vista, Windows, iPhone, iPod , add a commentFound via Hacker News.
http://flashcrash.dempsky.org/
If you have even an up-to-date Flash plugin installed, it most likely will crash your browsers. It seems that this bug has been fixed in Flash 10.1 beta.
I have ClickToFlash installed, so I could actually read what this page says without having Safari crashed.
No wonder Steve Jobs won’t allow Flash on the iPhone, iPod touch and iPad.
A Call To Arms……. VLC Needs Mac OS X Developers. December 16, 2009
Posted by 37prime in : Announcement, Applications, Apps, Leopard, Linux, Mac OS X, Media, Movies, News, Resources, Tech, Vista, Windows , add a comment
The news of possible end to VLC development for Mac OS X caused quite a stir today. Based the Forums post, at this point there are no active VLC developers for Mac OS X.
VLC is a multimedia player with supports for many audio and video format. It is also a required component for Handbrake feature to work.
Developers who can donate their time are desperately needed to keep this project going.
Dragon Dictation iPhone App is Updated to Address Privacy Issues. December 15, 2009
Posted by 37prime in : Announcement, Apple, Applications, Apps, Leopard, Mac OS X, Media, News, Resources, Security, Snow Leopard, Tech, Troubleshooting, Vista, Windows, iPhone, iPod, iTunes , add a commentDragon Dictation app has just been updated to address privacy issues. Contact name upload is now made optional. The app should be available for download soon.
UPDATE: The app is finally available for download.
Microsoft Security Essentials Fails! Marks Firefox Uninstaller as Trojan. December 14, 2009
Posted by 37prime in : Announcement, Applications, Apps, Media, Microsoft, News, Resources, Security, Tech, Troubleshooting, Vista, Windows , 1 comment so farApparently Microsoft still doesn’t like Mozilla Firefox. Microsoft Security Essentials marks Mozila Firefox uninstaller as Trojan.
Description: This program is dangerous and executes commands from an attacker.
Recommendation: Remove this software immediately.
Microsoft Security Essentials detected programs that may compromise your privacy or damage your computer. You can still access the files that these programs use without removing them (not recommended). To access these files, select the ‘Allow’ action and click ‘Apply actions’. If this option is not available, log on as administrator or ask the local administrator for help.
Category: Trojan
Get more information about this item online.
http://www.microsoft.com/security/portal/Threat/Encyclopedia/Entry.aspx?name=Trojan%3aWin32%2fComame&threatid=2147624660
What is really going on there?
VirtualBox 3.1.0 is Released. December 1, 2009
Posted by 37prime in : Announcement, Applications, Apps, Leopard, Linux, Mac OS X, Media, News, Resources, Security, Snow Leopard, Tech, Troubleshooting, Vista, Windows , add a commentVirtualBox 3.1.0 is released on November 30th, 2009.
VirtualBox is an Open Source Virtual Machine Host for x86 hardware just like Parallel Desktop and VMware. Available for Linux, Mac OS X, OpenSolaris, Solaris and Windows.
New features in VirtualBox 3.1.0:
- Teleportation (aka live migration); migrate a live VM session from one host to another.
- VM states can now be restored from arbitrary snapshots instead of only the last one, and new snapshots can be taken from other snapshots as well.
- 2D video acceleration for Windows guests; use the host video hardware for overlay stretching and color conversion.
- More flexible storage attachments: CD/DVD drives can be attached to an arbitrary IDE controller, and there can be more than one such drive.
- The network attachment type can be changed while a VM is running.
- Complete rewrite of experimental USB support for OpenSolaris hosts making use of the latest USB enhancements in Solaris Nevada 124 and higher.
- Significant performance improvements for PAE and AMD64 guests (VT-x and AMD-V only; normal (non-nested) paging).
- Experimental support for EFI.
- Support for paravirtualized network adapters.
Download VirtualBox 3.1.0 from VirtualBox.org.
