Archive for the 'General' Category

Google set to announce a music store later this year

Topic: Audio & Video, General, Internet & Online by at Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010

Unnamed sources have spoken to both CNET and the Wall Street Journal and disclosed Google’s intent to introduce it’s very own music store.

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This would initially include a music store where you can stream or download tracks and include a search tie-in to make sure all your music searches end up adding to Google’s coffers.  Suggested Android integration is expected in 2012 and was hinted to at Google’s I/O conference last month.  Obviously none of this is confirmed, but if it does go ahead see the Google vs. Apple battle step up another notch.

Office 2010 – Microsoft does not recommend 64- bit version

Topic: General, Office & Finance by at Monday, June 21st, 2010

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Since the 15th of June,  Microsoft Office 2010 has been available for private users. A  few weeks ago Microsoft announced the launch of its Office 2010 Technology Guarantee: Customers that buy an upgrade-qualifying Office 2007 product between March 5th and September 30th 2010, can upgrade to Office 2010 for free. If you have questions about the Technology Guarantee of Office 2010, you can find a lot about it in the FAQ’s of Microsoft.

32-bit installation recommended

On the question of a 64-bit version of  the Office 2010 upgrade, Microsoft does not recommend the installation. The 64-bit Office 2010 upgrade is indeed available, but the manufacturer recommends that you install the 32-bit version on both systems, because a lot of popular add-ins do not work in the Office 64-bit version at the moment. Furthermore there may be technical problems. Only users who work frequently with very large data sets and need Excel 2010 for retrieving over 2 GB of data, should fall back to 64-bit.

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