While online applications have turned into the next “big thing,” taking them offline seems to be just as big. ThinkFree has just announced that they are taking their Online Office Suite Offline with ThinkFree Premium Edition. Before you get all excited, you should know that it’s not free.  Starting in August they will charge a monthly fee of $7 per user for the ThinkFree Premium service. If you decide to purchase a year up

This morning my brother pointed out that the Google IG page had a little drop-down menu next to the name of the tab. I took a look at it real quick, and didn’t see anything that looked special. It had the option to rename and delete tabs, which could previously be done anyways. One thing that I didn’t notice until a little later

Dell has now taken the first step at removing some of the bloat from the computers they ship to consumers. Now when purchasing a computer you’ll have the option to opt-out of productivity software, ISP software, and photo/music management software. That’s good because many of those things are probably uninstalled by the users when they first get the computer.

--Dell & Google--

Unfortunately things like Google

Multi-touch is undoubtedly the new technology fad. The iPhone has it, Microsoft Surface has it, reactable has it, and before you know it your kitchen counters will all be one big multi-touch screen. The next move for multi-touch devices, however, is seemingly obvious...a replacement for the Tablet PC’s.

Microsoft’s Research facility in Cambridge has already begun

Rumors are running rampant that Yahoo is considering acquiring MySpace.  This isn’t just some random rumor either – The New York Times is reporting that News Corp. and Yahoo have discussed the idea. It’s a pretty “loose proposal” as the New York Times says, but the idea has been thrown out there.

The cost? Well, rumor has it that Yahoo would give up 25% of their stock which would

Well, it happened...again. Microsoft lost the war against Google in regards to the integrated search feature that Vista has. Google was upset at just how integrated the search capabilities are in Vista, and wanted a way to implement their own instant search throughout the operating system. An example of this is in Vista’s Start Menu where a search box prominently sits, and

If you’re keeping track, get out your list of Google Acquisitions for the year and add Zenter to it.  Google just announced that they have acquired Zenter which is software for online slide presentations. I know, some of you are probably recalling their acquisition in April for Tonic whose technology focuses on Java solutions for “presentation creation and document conversion.” It looks like just one presentation company isn’t