I suspect this is a move by Microsoft to hit back at the European Commission, who have hit them hard with big fines ($1.4 billion) for being monopolistic etc. Initially this will be good news to the European Commission - it looks as if Microsoft are removing their browser to give people the choice of downloading and installing an alternative, such as Opera or Firefox. But did they really think this through?  When the European Commission take delivery of their shiny new Windows 7 PCs, they will have no browser with which to download their favourite browser.  Of course there's nothing to ...

Companies and organizations today use web conferencing in many aspects of their organizations—to conduct meetings, collaborate on projects, demonstrate products and services, and more.  Learning to use web conferencing technology is pretty easy, but there is a lot more to training via web conference than just putting on a headset, dialing up an audio?conferencing bridge, and logging onto the application. This article offers some helpful tips specifically targeted to web conference training. 1. Even though you are using web conferencing to deliver training, the training content itself must still be planned and crafted just as carefully as if it were for a ...

Rotherham, England 23rd Feb 2009 - Dan Blackburn and Alex Jordache officially announced today the release of a new and improved version of the popular PDF branding and viral marketing software application, PDF Power Brand. "Alex [Jordache] and I are very excited about the release of the latest version of PDF Power Brand, viral marketing and list building software", said Blackburn. "Alex had been working for me as a freelance coder for several years before we teamed up on this project in late 2008. He is an excellent php coder and project development manager". "The truth is, I was really struggling ...

I've been a great fan of Google Earth since it first hit the scene.  Like most people who use it, I found my own house, my workplace, places where I'd lived previously etc.  In the early days, many of the images were quite fuzzy - I could find my street, but my house was represented by an amorphous blob of colour - simply no detail whatsoever. The Rise Over the years, the images improved immensly, to the point where I can identify my car parked outside my house and even the kids' toys in the garden. Other places that I regularly visit on ...

In the early days of Windows, people would install software packages on their PC and when they wanted to remove them, it was often simply a case of deleting the folder in which the program had been installed.  There was no concept of a standardised installation and uninstallation process. The biggest problem with this was that the program might create additional files in other folders.  Typically, an INI file containing settings, which would be stored in the Windows folder.  When the program was deleted from the disk, these additional files were never removed.  After a period of time, PCs were filled ...