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Archive for the ‘Microsoft’ Category

August 21st, 2008

Microsoft Security Bulletin MS08-051 Update

This is an update for this months Microsoft Security Bulletin - Vulnerabilities in Microsoft PowerPoint Could Allow Remote Code Execution.
This security update resolves three privately reported vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office PowerPoint and Microsoft Office PowerPoint Viewer that could allow remote code execution if a user opens a specially crafted PowerPoint file. An attacker who successfully […]

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August 20th, 2008

Photosynth

Just checking over MSDN blog, I stumbled with this new cool app called Photosynth… not Photosynch. This is yet another application born from Microsoft Live Labs. This tool allows you to store and organize photos and render them in a 3-D environment. Cool eh?

To download, click here and just follow the simple steps. The […]

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August 18th, 2008

Speed up your productivity with Speed Launch

Most of us wants to be productive in our work. Personally, I usually tend to procrastinate instead of working with my tasks. I sometimes misplace my files and I have to spend time searching for it. But then, I must be productive and needs to find a ways to be more productive.
Just recently, Microsoft […]

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August 15th, 2008

Introducing pptPlex

Developed by Microsoft Office Labs, pptPlex is a research prototype in discovering new ways to present Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007 presentations.
This plug-in allows you to arrange slides on a canvas then zoom between the slides during the presentation. You can move around the canvas and show groups of slides, individual slides, or even zoom in […]

By Jerome Locson -- 3 comments

August 13th, 2008

eXpresso Offline Excel® Plugin

Recently, eXpresso by eXpresso Corp., released a newer version of their Microsoft Excel Offline Plugin tool. With this Excel Adds-in, you can now access your online spreadsheets and edit it directly toy your Microsoft Excel environment. Still, it allows you to sync, share and collaborate with your colleagues.
Spreadsheets opened “off-line” in Excel® are locked […]

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August 12th, 2008

Microsoft Security Bulletin Summary (August 2008)

This months’ security update by Microsoft yet again include some fixes for Microsoft Office and here’s the list and among which 4 tagged as critical and 1 as important.
Critical Updates:

Microsoft Security Bulletin MS08-041 – Critical
Vulnerability in the ActiveX Control for the Snapshot Viewer for Microsoft Access Could Allow Remote Code Execution (955617)
Microsoft Security Bulletin MS08-043 […]

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August 8th, 2008

Microsoft Scholarly Communication

Microsoft External Research recently released free tools that focuses in computing and scientific research authoring and publishing pertinent research data and facts. It is called as Microsoft Scholarly Communication which comprises the following tools:

 The Research Information Centre (Beta)
It was designed to allow research partners to store, share, discuss, manage, find, and track all the components […]

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August 7th, 2008

Configuring OpenOffice for Microsoft Extensions

Here’s a video tutorial on how to configure your OpenOffice to work with Microsoft Extensions:

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August 3rd, 2008

Alfresco Labs 3 with Microsoft Office SharePoint Support

Alfresco is an Open Source Alternative for Enterprise Content Management (ECM). And with its latest version, Alfresco Labs 3 has 4 major components:

Microsoft Office SharePoint Protocol Support
Alfresco Surf Platform
Alfresco Share
Alfresco Repository API

This new Alfresco Labs 3 will help you build collaborative websites and dynamic web applications. You can see more details at http://wiki.alfresco.com/wiki/Alfresco_Labs_3.
John Newton cited […]

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August 2nd, 2008

Hide Microsoft Office Clipboard Bar

Microsoft Office Clipboard bar really annoys me when I work around with the Office Suite. It tends to pop-up after doing a keystroke of Ctrl+C.
Clipboard works to show your recent COPY transactions, much like a history of all Ctrl+C you do. But still, I’m annoyed with it popping around. I decided then to hide it. […]

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