I upgraded to Vista 64-bit about 2 months ago now. For the most part, no major problems. I was hoping that it would show all 4GB of memory I've got, but it turns out that it isn't an "addressable space" issue but a "crappy old chipset"...

Windows Rights Management Services is a very cool feature of Windows Server 2003. But like all server technologies, it is so much cooler when it is hidden behind the svelte rich Office client UI.With RMS and Office you can make sure that emails or documents...

a picture of my keyboard i am really digging onenote right now! I composed the above section on my Samsung Blackjack, via OneNote 2007 mobile. OneNote is one of my top used applications (the only apps I use more are Outlook and Groove) - and being able...

I just saw the trailer for the upcoming Iron Man movie... looks good, and even funny. Iron Man is the thinking man's super hero. No special powers, lots of special problems and a penchant for robot suits. What is not to like? Check out the trailer below...

As someone that has multiple hotmail/passport/live.com accounts, I think this is really really cool! Do you have multiple Windows Live IDs? Maybe an older one and a new one, one for work & one for home? A public one and a private one? If so, you know...

Groove is an awesome collaboration tool - but I am constantly finding new and interesting ways to use it. Did you know that you can use Groove to synchronise your IE favourites? Here's how: On the Options menu, click Preferences , and then click the Synchronization...

Generate a document from a database of snippets crack open the docx and chunk up the content.xml file just use the INCLUDETEXT field. Please use option 3 - ( or option 2 if you're hardcore ). There is a great article from some intrepid MVPs here: How...

CONSTRUCTION giant John Holland says allowing employees to access social networking site Facebook can play a role in attracting and keeping young workers. Allow Facebook 'or staff may go' | NEWS.com.au Business What I find interesting about the massive...

  A new elearning course is available for anyone interested in taking their Groove knowledge to the next level... the server! Collection 6452: Implementing Microsoft® Office Groove® Server 2007 In this 12 hour on-line collection IT Professionals...

My life revolves around PowerPoint slides at the moment. Long Zheng has posted a really cool slide deck demonstrating how you can use PowerPoint as a low fidelity prototyping tool. PowerPoint Prototyping Toolkit (release 0.2) - istartedsomething My thoughts...

Unless you have been on a deserted tropical island, you would have heard about the Excel 2007 bug whereby =850*77.1 would display 100000 instead of 65535. The issue occured when displaying numbers in the ranges of 65534.99999999995 to 65535 and 65535...

I am pretty much on my laptop and wifi'ed 90% of my waking hours. So it is always a conscious effort to channel my non technical self and relate to the majority of Microsoft Office users that are not developers or IT pros. The idea of printing out a calendar...

Twelve months ago, everybody (+ dog) was blogging - these days it seems like the pace of posts is really starting to drop. Was blogging a fad, and have people turned their attention to new fads? It would seem a shame for the firehose of human creativity...

Firstly, if you haven't heard of Groove, you will. Groove (the product and the team) is fairly recent addition to the Microsoft Office family but fills a very interesting niche. Groove is a tool to support collaboration any time, any place without the...

One of the best things about my job is that I'm surrounded by cool technology that will be on every desk in a few years time. it is great to travel around Australia, take out my laptop, plug in my prototype VOIP handset (arguably not designed for the...

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