Apart from the popularity of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook, Office happens to be the world's most successful rapid application development platform.
In a span of two days, Microsoft officials reported that Office 2010 will and will not receive public beta treatment during which a wide variety of testers would be able to give the code a go. Which one is the real answer?
The transition to Office 2007 is a major hurdle for many organizations due to the total interface overhail introduced by Microsoft. With no legacy interface option available in the product, users often face the product with big questions. Addintools.com has created a product called Classic Menu for Office 2007 that remedies this situation.
Where Google Chrome security fails: the password I heard mention that the Chrome OS will have some sort of encryption available a la bitlocker. If it's possible to encrypt personal data using another password or key, then it may have potential for very secure data.... And Ubuntu has an 'encrypt home directory' option, perhaps google should follow suit.
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