March 18th, 2009
REDMOND, Wash. — March 18, 2009 — Today Microsoft Corp. announced the availability of Windows Internet Explorer 8, the new Web browser that offers the best solution for how people use the Web today. It can be downloaded in 25 languages at http://www.microsoft.com/ie8 starting at noon EDT on March 19. Internet Explorer 8 is easier to use, faster and offers leading-edge security features in direct response to people’s increasing concerns about online safety. A new study commissioned by Microsoft and the National Cyber Security Alliance and conducted by Harris Interactive Inc. shows that 91 percent of adults in the U.S. are concerned about online threats in the current economic climate, and 78 percent are more likely to choose a Web browser with built-in security than they were two years ago. Read More.
We have seen a few issues with how Report Hawk displays in the new browser. The following article from details the issues we face. http://infotech.indiatimes.com/quickiearticleshow/4304825.cms
If you are a Report Hawk user and you have installed Internet Explorer 8, please check the Compatibility View button when accessing Report Hawk. To learn more about setting the Compatibility View click here.
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January 26th, 2009
Being a Tech company we are always on the lookout for great new tech tools that save us time and we like to share these new finds with our clients. This year we discovered www.xobni.com. Yep, that is Inbox spelled backwards. This Microsoft Outlook plug-in helps you manage your flooded Inbox.
Xobni is the San Francisco startup that is revolutionizing the way people manage email relationships. Xobni makes a plugin for Microsoft Outlook that helps you organize your flooded inbox. Xobni was founded by Adam Smith and Matt Brezina in the spring of 2006.
Xobni extends Outlook by offering fast search, conversation threading, a social networking platform, and many other features designed to make email better:
- Lightning fast email search
- Email analytics
- Threaded conversation
- Quick attachment discovery
- Web service integration with linkedin
We have been using xobni this month and have found it to be an incredible time saving tool! No more looking at your sent folder for attachments and wasting your time! Check it out today and start saving time.
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October 24th, 2008
We are always on the lookout for technology that can really benefit our clients. We found this application and decided to try it in our office before recommending it. It’s free, it’s green and it saves you money. If you do not use your PCs Power Settings and/or think they are to confusing to use, then this nifty tool is for you. Edison by Verdiem, www.verdiem.com/edison helps change and manage your power settings. Just move a slider, click and save. We used the slider and set our PCs to one notch below Save More. According to Edison with this setting we save 694.15 Kilowatt hours of electricity a year and thus save 946 pounds of carbon dioxide from entering the atmosphere. On top of that, we save $71.71 dollars per PC. A simple step to save money!
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July 22nd, 2008
One of the items that I often see our customers fighting is the management of photographs taken from their digital cameras. The camera default settings are typically the problem. Unless you edit the settings, you may find yourself taking very large pictures. Taking the pictures at the largest setting makes it a bear to email or upload.
There are plenty of photo or Jpeg resizing software applications online to download. We have found one by Microsoft that is free and very simple to use; however, it only works on Windows XP. Below is the link to download the Image Resizer.
http://download.microsoft.com/download/whistler/Install/2/WXP/EN-US/ImageResizerPowertoySetup.exe
Once the Image Re-sizer is downloaded and installed just select the pictures you wish to resize, right click your mouse and select “Resize Picture” pick the new size (usually 640 x480) and a new copy is made of the image. Fast and Simple. Below is more information regarding Microsoft Power Toys.
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/Downloads/powertoys/Xppowertoys.mspx
PowerToys add fun and functionality to the Windows experience. What are they? PowerToys are additional programs that developers work on after a product has been released.
Note:We take great care to ensure that PowerToys work as they should, but they are not part of Windows and are not supported by Microsoft. For this reason, Microsoft Technical Support is unable to answer questions about PowerToys. PowerToys are for Windows XP only and will not work with Windows Vista.
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