Microsoft System Center Essentials is available for download
Microsoft has announced the Release candidate availability of System Center Essentials to public. This is first release candidate of System Center Essential and represents a nearly final product.
Microsoft Essentials 2010 is designed for an IT professional in mid-size organizations to effectively and proactively manage their IT environment with increased efficiency from a single console.
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Microsoft Office Alternative: OpenOffice.org (free and handles/creates MS Office files)
Be sure check out our previous Microsoft Office Alternative post (Google Docs).
Microsoft Office is a compelling software suite which offers a lot of industry-standard tools for document, spreadsheet, and presentation creation (as well as a few others.) And while MS Office is very useful, it is also priced significantly (starting at $150). Wouldn’t it be [...]
Microsoft Investigating Windows 7 Battery Problems
Windows 7 has been a pretty big success for Microsoft with more than 60 million copies sold already, but a battery problem could put a damper on the Windows 7 fanfare. According to reports on Microsoft’s forum, and others, after installing Windows 7 a good number of users are reporting that their battery life has [...]
Read MoreHey Steve, Would You Sign My Macbook? No, The Other Steve
It’s one thing to ask Steve Jobs to sign your Macbook, it’s another thing to ask Steve “I’m a PC” Ballmer, current CEO of Microsoft to take a sharpie to your Macbook.
Steve Ballmer Signs a Macbook
But; that’s what happened at a recent event at Trevecca Nazarene University in Tennessee. Mr. Ballmer, after being assured that it [...]
Ford Work Solutions: Now THIS is a Mobile Workstation
I can put my mobile office in a carry-on bag and work from pretty much anywhere, but some people require a tad more equipment to get the job done. I stopped by the Microsoft booth at CES 2010 to check out computers, but ran into what has to be a contractor’s dream mobile office. DeWalt [...]
Read MoreBing is the New Default Search Engine on HP Computers
At the Microsoft Keynote Steve Balmer, who opened with “We Bing, We Bing!”, announced a partnership with HP that will make Bing the default search engine on all HP computers as well as additional partnerships to show Microsoft pages as the default home page on new HP computer purchases.
While users will be free to change [...]
CES: Microsoft Keynote- Steve Ballmer
Today was the day. Today Steve Ballmer got on stage and only said his famous “Developers” rant once. But, he did manage to say “We Bing” several times. It was time for a new tagline for him anyway.
Seriously, here at CES, the first keynote speaker was Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer. Sumocat, from our sister site [...]
Microsoft’s new tool makes loading Windows 7 on a netbook as easy as USB
Loading the Windows operating system on any kind of computer has always involved floppy disks, CDs or DVDs. That’s kind of a problem if you want to load Windows on a netbook. Unless you buy an external CD/DVD-ROM, which isn’t cheap for one-time use, you are out of luck trying to install Windows on your [...]
Read MoreGift Guide: Video chat just like the Jetsons!
The holidays are a great time for many people simply because they get to see their family. Whether you’re traveling 30 miles or trekking 3,000 there’s something special about seeing your loved ones. Wouldn’t it be great if you could see them all year long? Sure phone calls are fun for connecting with Mom and [...]
Read MoreWindows 7 Family Pack Dissapears For the Holidays
If you were hoping to upgrade all the computers in your house to Windows 7 as a present to your loved ones, and let’s be honest an upgrade from Vista really will show you care, you’re going to have to pay extra. In a move that makes about as much sense for pleasing your customers [...]
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