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Microsoft has accidentally posted the details of an upgrade program through which customers who buy an eligible version of Office 2007 during a specific period will be able to get the corresponding Office 2010 absolutely free. The program is called the "Office 2010 Technical Guarantee Program". The details where posted on "In The Know - Charles Van Heusen's Weblog" which is a Microsoft US partner community website. The page was  pulled immediate...

First of all let me make it clear that even though I am a windows guy, I don't hate other companies like Apple or Google. Actually I was very keen on the Apple tablet and was awaiting its release just like Apple fan boys. But when Steve Jobs unveiled the iPad on 28th I was totally disappointed. Not just me but most of the tech community and even Apple fan boys seems to be a bit disappointed. Apple has failed to impress this time. After all those ...

Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory was originally intended to be released as an expansion pack for the original game Return to Castle Wolfenstein. It's multiplayer part  was released as a standalone free download when the single player component was scraped. Download Wolfenstein (more...)...

We are glad to announce the release of two new Windows 7 themes by Windows Blog. The first one is called The Wild and consists of 11 high definition wallpapers with Savanna sound scheme and default windows colour. Second one is called Back to Nature. It also consists of 11 wallpapers and has the sound scheme "Raga". [caption id="attachment_434" align="aligncenter" width="400" caption="The Wild"][/caption] (more...)...

At times you might want to restore a previous version of Windows, that you had installed before you installed Windows 7. This article explains just that. Windows.old folder is created when you install a new version of windows over an older version. It basically consists of all the data in the root of your partition which had windows installed,  before you installed Windows 7. It might be quiet large in size. So make sure that your windows par...

The guys at neowin has obtained some statistics about Microsoft office 2007 and the new beta version of Office 2010. Here are the details Office and Office 2007 Momentum 41 billion minutes in Outlook 31 billion minutes in Word 18 billion minutes in Excel 3 billion minutes in PowerPoint In October 2009, US online PC users spent more time in PowerPoint than in Halo 2 on the PC In October 2009, US online PC users spent more time in Excel than QuickB...

Microsoft has issued a new KB article about a problem that causes the Explorer to crash and restart when you try to connect Wireless LAN from the tray icon and an error message is stored in the application log. Log Name: Application Source: Application Error Event ID: 1000 Task Category: (100) (more...)...

Sometimes when you try to upgrade to Windows 7 from Vista, the upgrade process stops at as close as 64%. The problem may be due to iphlpsvc service that hangs during the process. But don't worry there is a workaround for this error. 1) Stop the installation and reboot. You will be booted into vista. 2) Press start and right click the computer to start "Advanced system settings". Alternatively you can also do it by pressing win key + pause break...

First of all let me wish my readers a very happy new year :) .Here are a few wallpapers that you can use to color up your computer for welcoming 2010. To download, right click and select save image. (more...)...

According to a New Scientist article, Microsoft Egypt has developed a new software that stitches together mobile videos into a single video for live internet streaming. The videos has to be of the same scene (of course) and taken from multiple angles which can then be combined to get a wide screen view. The software is named Mobicast. (more...)...