On Friday, a Microsoft spokesperson announced that, as expected, the company is planning to finalize the work over Office 2010 next month. Besides, Microsoft will start developing a program allowing those who will buy Office 2010 in the next few months to get a free upgrade to the new version. In a blog publication, it’s explained that the company will have a business launch for the Office 2010 products on May 12. It’s added too that software is expected to be broadly available in June. As far as the technology program guarantee is concerned, Microsoft announced that it will apply to those who buy Office 2007 between now and September 30 and will allow an upgrade to the comparable Office 2010 product. Though such programs are typical, this one had even less of an element of surprise. It occurred to be so, after a Microsoft employee briefly posted details of the program last month. Microsoft CFO Peter Klein confirmed the program earlier this week, telling...

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A few days ago the German Federal Agency for safety IT sphere announced that the world’s most popular browser Internet Explorer (6,7 and 8) had occurred to be dangerous for the computer when used for website surfing. The conflict arose in the moment when Google announced a series of cyber attacks toward the emails of Chinese right defenders and added that accidents like this can force the company to leave the Chinese market. According to BBC, in a statement Microsoft has confessed that its browser is a “weak unit” and it was he main reason for the cyber attacks against Google serves. The cause was a bug in Internet Explorer browser of which hackers took advantage. According Thomas Baumgarthner, Microsoft representative in Germany, the attacks against Google were executed by “highly motivated people with special aims” and were not directed toward regular users. That’s why, Microsoft representative didn’t agreed with the German...

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Installing it is the most difficult part Windows 7 is probably Microsoft's best tested software up to now. It’s due to the wide spread public beta and release candidate testing period. However, the new operating system appears to cause troubles from the very beginning. According to information gathered by consumer helpdesk company iYogi, the most spread problem new Windows 7 users experience is dealing with the install. The next most prevalent problem is missing applets or components (such as the change from Windows Mail to the Windows Live version), followed by a missing Aero theme. Of course, the widely spread install problems for Windows 7 is easily explained by the fact that the software is new and that all new customers who haven’t bought a machine pre-loaded with the operating system have to deal with the install process. Add in the lack of an upgrade option for Windows XP users, and then all the variations of an in-place upgrade from Windows Vista, and...

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IBM keeps on with its investment in cloud computing. Now, the company has established a new laboratory in Hong Kong. With this lab, IBM expands the presence of its IBM China Development Laboratory (CDL) – the company's largest laboratory with more than 5,000 developers on staff. The laboratory builds on the e-mail technology of the Hong Kong-based company Outblaze Limited. Its messaging assets were acquired by IBM earlier this year and they were incorporated into the Lotus brand. The new laboratory is said to be the first of its kind in Hong Kong and it’s important because it shows both the great role of global development teams and IBM's concentration on growth in emerging markets. Emerging markets are a user segment that is theoretically more adaptable to different methods of application consumption and is probably well-acquainted with browser-based applications. As a whole, we can it can be summarized that during the fourth quarter of 2009 we’ve witnessed...

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Microsoft has improved the Bing Maps performance to a new level interactivity. This is what the new beta version of Bing Maps shows – it uses Silverlight to display 3D images and its own version of street-level images. The company presented to the media the new beta version in Wednesday during a discussion of other improvements to the search engine. Bing Maps Beta is available from today. Along with it, several other new features in the main Bing search results are released too. Bing Maps Beta requires the installation of Microsoft Silverlight which provides very smooth three-dimensional transitions between satellite and street-view imagery. Like Google Street View, Microsoft has driven the streets of major cities such as San Francisco and assembled its own library of map-related images. Microsoft has street-level imagery for around 100 U.S. cities, it has announced that is adding more imagery on a constant basis. With the new beta service users are able to find images...

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Last week, Asus presented to the public it new device – the company’s first multi-touch netbook, the Eee PC T91MT. The device offers a swivel screen that supports Microsoft's Windows 7 Multi-Touch gestures. The netbook weighs about a kilo and it’s with about one inch thicker than the other machines in this class, which make the small computer really comfortable for use. Asus representative explained that the netbook’s multi-touch functionality makes the interaction between the user and the computer perfectly intuitive and effortless. Moreover, this functionality encourages users to show their own creativity. Moreover, supporting Windows 7 Multi-Touch gestures, the netbook enables the possibility almost every task to be performed with a tap, drag, pinch or flick. According to the company, the netbook is designed to be always on the road – its portability is improved with a shockproof 32 GB SSD (solid state drive), and an additional online storage...

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