The new Office 2007 user interface can be quite overwhelming for anyone who hasn't seen it yet. There is an easy way, however, to see what's new and that is with the Office 2007 UI Bible. Jensen Harris worked on the new interface and he made that post to be a reference to anyone looking for details on the new UI elements.
This week, for some odd reason, I have been into playing games online. It started with ping pong and then I found a whole suite of simple games that I couldn't get enough of. I have never been much of a gamer but you could say that I graduated from those simple games and I am moving on to the more "advanced" ones.
Microsoft has made Windows Updates in Vista 1000 times better than they previously were. The first thing that many of you probably know about is that Windows Updates no longer use Internet Explorer. They are done through the Control Panel and it is a lot more convenient for those of us who don't prefer to use Internet Explorer:
Opera has one of the best web browser development teams that I have ever seen. When they release products they are always intuitive, useful, and most importantly stable and secure. A few weeks ago Opera announced that the next release of their desktop browser, version 9.10, was going to have anti-phishing capabilities built-in to protect users from identity theft and fraud.
Jim Allchin seems to feel confident enough that Windows Vista users don't need to use an antivirus and they will still have plenty of protection. Many people, including myself, will think he is crazy but he seems to be confident in his reasoning:
Have you ever wanted to create your own mosaic of an image but don't feel like sitting down for days and days trying to find pictures that match the color you need? Then you need to use the free online Image Mosiac Generator. Just upload your PNG, GIF, JPG, or JPEG image file and it will scrounge Flickr looking for images that will match the colors.
Both Windows Vista and Office 2007 have been sent to the manufacturer but before they get released to businesses at the end of November Microsoft will be making them available to MSDN subscribers next week. Vista is expected to be released on Friday, November 17th while Office 2007 should be Sunday, November 12th.
I didn't realize that it would be possible but KDE 4 will have the ability of running on Windows XP and the Mac OS. The image above is of Kate, an advanced text editor for KDE Linux, running in Windows XP without any problems. Jason sent in a tip to this gallery that has several screenshots from other KDE applications running on Windows XP.
It has been months since Gmail has gotten any changes but it finally got a minor update. When I saw all of the emails in my Inbox regarding the updated Gmail I was hoping for the best, which would be integration between many of their products. That's not exactly what happened though.
Offertrax is off and running with their free public beta! We last wrote about Offertrax back in July when they were preparing themselves for this beta launch. If you are a merchant and you'd like to get in on what Offertrax has to offer, do it now! Offertrax will always be free for shoppers, but will only remain a free beta for merchants until the end of January.
It has been a few months since the last trick to get a Windows Live email account address and now there is another trick available, this time thanks to wBeta! There are just a few steps to get your email address and this is much easier than the last time. Here they are:
