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Download Microsoft Office 2010 Beta for Windows

The first public beta of Microsoft Office 2010 is now available as a free download on Microsoft website. And other then Office, you can also download Visio 2010 beta, SharePoint Server 2010 and Project 2010 beta for your Windows computer. These are what included as part of MS Office 2010 beta download: * Microsoft Word * Microsoft Excel * [...]

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Xbox 360 ‘Super Elite’ With 250GB HDD

The Gaming console war has surely heated up. First it was Sony who announced the slim version of PlayStation 3 Gaming console and then Microsoft dropped the prices of X-box 360 Elite a couple of days. Now, the latest buzz is that Microsoft is ready with X-box 360 “Super Elite” gaming console with a [...]

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[How to] Use Windows 7 Free for 4 Months?

With the release date of Microsoft Windows 7 just around the corner (October 22nd 2009), it has now emerged that the promised 30-day trial period during which users can run the OS without paying for it can easily be stretched to a full four months. Typing in some simple commands is all it takes to extend [...]

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Free Windows 7 if You Attend IT-Pro Microsoft Event

Note: This event/offer is exclusively for people in US. This is a quick heads up on a chance to win a Free copy of Windows 7 for just attending a Free Microsoft event! The event is known as “the new efficiency“. It is exclusively for IT professionals which introduces Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 and Exchange [...]

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How to “Upgrade” Windows XP to Windows 7? All the Info you Need!

Back in Feb 2009, I had warned about upgrading to Windows 7 from Windows XP. This was because, initially Microsoft had not explicitly mentioned about inability of “upgrading” Windows XP to Windows 7. Later, they released a statement saying Windows XP users need to do a clean install which would effectively mean all the data, [...]

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Bing.com to Double Cashback for Limited Time! Time to Shop!

Note: This is for US residents only! How many of you knew about Bing.com cashback? Bing Cashback or Bing Shopping (formerly Live Search Products and Windows Live Product Search) is a products search service and part of Microsoft’s Bing search engine. It is customized for finding products available for sale on the web. The results provide [...]

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Create Windows 7 Bootable USB Disk

You might have come across a situation where your CD-ROM is non-functional or DVD-drive is inaccessible, but you want to install Windows Vista or Windows 7. Obviously you will need a USB bootable disk which can be used to install Windows on your PC or laptop even without your DVD drive. There are several utilities to [...]

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Microsoft Music Streaming Service to Counter Spotify

Microsoft is gearing up to launch a music streaming service similar to Spotify by the end of this month. This new service will offer users the chance to stream music for free and also download to own. The business model will be very similar to Spotify with minor changes to it. Currently, Spotify users can stream [...]

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