Software

Cliff on March 3rd, 2009

Here is a very interesting vision of the future, by Microsoft, of the year 2019. A cool vision indeed. I especially like the medical applications as well as the electronic wallet (finally all cards in one!). If Microsoft can keep its focus, maybe this vision can become reality. Videos are originally by Microsoft Office Labs

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Cliff on December 22nd, 2007

So you have a Windows box and need some software for it. Sure you can take the route and buy what you need (an office suite, an antivirus, etc.), but what if you are tight on money or have already been burnt by purchased software (needing to always activate, having your system slow down to [...]

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Cliff on September 16th, 2007

If you are a university student and have, well, not paid for your version of Office, now there is a cheap and legitimate way of getting you hands on it: Get Office Ultimate 2007, which retails for $899, for only $64 (in Canada, but the offer is available elsewhere). What’s the catch? Well you have [...]

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Cliff on May 13th, 2006

I came across a nice free program online: Stellarium. It’s an open-source project (which can be found here) which re-creates a planetarium on your computer. You can set it to any location in the world and be able to see what the stars look like in the sky. Features include the ability to illustrate constellations, [...]

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I’m primarily a Opera user, but I do have Firefox installed on my computer. I use it when some sites give me trouble with Opera. Of course I have gotten use to some features that Opera has (such as saving your browsing session upon closing the browser). There are even a few features you can [...]

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