Microsoft are giving away Ultimate versions of Office 2007 to Students on the cheap. $75 gets you a full version to use forever, $25 buys a one year subscription. You can then pay $50 at the end to upgrade to the unlimited use version. Check out WWW.ITSNOTCHEATING.COM.AU.

I’m not sure how many PC’s you can install this on. I know Office 2003 (For Students) could go on up to 3. I thought this deal was worth blogging about, but they are also offering prizes for blog entries as well. Defiantely worth a look.

Update: I’ve got it on 3 PC’s so far all activated!

Google, Microsoft and Yahoo now all support the Sitemap 0.90 specification. This is great as it allows webmasters to inform search engines about pages on their sites that are available for crawling. Web Developers can also save time by using an adopted protocol.

My simple guide to fixing video/tv playback and stuttering issues.

1. Use a Nvidia based graphics card
2. Use the latest Forceware for Media Center Drivers
3. Use the latest Purevideo Codec from Nvidia
4. Use the latest Version of Powerdvd 6 from Cyberlink
5. Check that DirectX 9.0c is installed
6. If living in Australia, make sure the latest Java runtime environment is installed as well as BladerunnerPro

Microsoft recently released Internet Explorer 7: Beta 2. In order to install this beta version you are required to validate your PC with the Windows Genuine Advantage program. The setup program prompts you to validate Windows. I use Zonealarm and found ‘denying’ the validation process skips it completely. It does not wait for a verification key. IE 7 can then be installed successfully on a non-legit/corporate version of Windows.

Query: Its almost impossible to create a folder called ‘con’ in Windows XP.

Answer: CON, PRN, AUX, CLOCK$, NUL, COM1, COM2, COM3, COM4, COM5, COM6, COM7, COM8, COM9, LPT1, LPT2, LPT3, LPT4, LPT5, LPT6, LPT7, LPT8, and LPT9 are all Windows reserved device names from the early days of DOS. You learn something new each day.

Hey look it’s the home of Bill Gates. Digg it as well.

Can a Windows system and a Linux system talk together harmoniously? After all, there is a lot of work and personal data left on Windows PCs that many want to keep! So this question of networking the two systems is both reasonable and vital

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I’m downloading Windows XP SP2 Peerweb Edition Pro 1.0 at the moment via BitTorrent.

Peerweb is based on a slipstreamed version of Windows XP SP2 Corp Edition for a faster, smarter os.

It includes hacks to speed up Windows, and is bundled with a shit load of software.

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Ever been frustrated by not being able to use MSN Messenger in your workplace or school? Now Microsoft have created MSN Web Messenger. Web Messenger is a javascript implementation of the MS Messenger client. It is compatible with all javascript capable browsers. It resembles the classic client very well; even allowing the possibility of someone being mistaken.

You can head over to MSN to give it a spin. You will need to block pop-ups for that particular site.
Tested in Firefox 0.9.1

PocketGamer is carrying a story on the successful emulation of Windows 95 and Windows 98SE on the Pocket PC. This was made possible by a Pocket PC port of Bochs, a DOS emulator. If you’re keen to try this yourself, you’ll need a minimum of a 256MB memory card (or stream the image over a wireless network) and you’ll need a program like Nyditot Virtual Display to increase your screen resolution. Oh, yes, and you’ll also need the emulator. You can find more information and a selection of screenshots here. Following the porting of a full speed Playstation emulator and Pocket Quake, this really raises the bar for what the Pocket PC is capable of.