Posts Tagged ‘Microsoft’

Zune 3.0!

Well, the zune.net website is down right now. When it comes back up in the morning, it’s time for Zune 3.0!
Also, the new 120 GB Zune player is now listed in the Amazon.ca store at $10 off. If you click on the link, it takes you to a 404 page. I’m really excited about the [...]

Zune is here!

The new Zune player is finally in Canada! I just tried out the Zune software on my computer to help me decide if I should get the Zune player. The software was very easy to install with just a few clicks. After opening up the software for the first time, I just pointed the Zune [...]

Continuing from the previous post, if you really don’t like Google having every last piece of your personal information (though really, resistance is futile), you could have your Outlook calendar uploaded automatically to the web in ICal format. This will still let you to let others know how insanely busy your regular engineering class schedule [...]

I’ve been playing with some calendar synchronization options for Outlook (which will come later in this 2-part post), but I came across this as I was testing my shared calendar with Google Calendar. Google had snuck in this “Google Calendar Sync” right under my nose! Synchronizing your Outlook calendar with Google calendar is easy as [...]

Decade old joke

What if Microsoft built airplanes? I thought this was funny. =)
However! I’d still not fly in a Mac. Although the flight was very pleasant and check-in process was simple, I still feel like there’s something missing at the end of a 10 hour flight. I was also asked to pay for my seat-belt strap and [...]

UPDATED: Microsoft Office promotion

Microsoft is now encouraging students to “steal” Microsoft Office. Well, starting this Wednesday, Microsoft will be offering their high end Office Ultimate to post-secondary students at a low low price of $60. This is actually a really good deal, because the best deal for Waterloo students still stands at $99 for Office 2007 Professional.
Remember, [...]

So by total accident, I discovered this new hot key in Windows Vista that lets you quickly launch applications from your quick launch toolbar. All you have to do is press Windows + #, where # is the position of the item that you want to launch. So if you press Windows 1, it will [...]