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Showing posts with label Microsoft. Show all posts

Wednesday, May 11, 2011

Microsoft Buys Skype in $8.5 Billion Cash Deal


Microsoft announced an $8.5 billion acquisition of the Internet telephone service Skype Technologies SA from eBay and a group of private equity investors including Silicon Valley heavyweights Silver Lake Partners. The deal is Microsoft's largest cash purchase in its 36-year long history.
"The combination will extend Skype's world-class brand and the reach of its networked platform, while enhancing Microsoft's existing portfolio of real-time communications products and services," according to Microsoft's press release on the deal. "With 170 million connected users and over 207 billion minutes of voice and video conversations in 2010, Skype has been a pioneer in creating rich, meaningful connections among friends, families and business colleagues globally."


source : Yahoo!Finance

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Some said it's the end of free Skpe. Really???

Wednesday, October 3, 2007

Microsoft Lifecam VX-1000

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Technical Details

=Windows Live Call Button for use with Windows Live Messenger
=Universal Attachment Base fits on most monitors, or sits directly on desk
=Simple set-up and one-touch calling
=Flexible six-foot cable
=Compatible with leading instant messaging software

Product Details

Product Dimensions: 2 x 2 x 2.8 inches ; 13.1 ounces
Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
Note: Gift-wrapping is not available for this item.
ASIN: B000GE9XQ2
Item model number: 64L-00003
Average Customer Review: 4.5/5 based on 31 reviews.
Amazon.com Sales Rank: #131 in Electronics

Product Description

From the Manufacturer


Share life as it happens--it’s easy with the Microsoft LifeCam VX-1000.
With simple setup and one-touch calling, the Microsoft LifeCam VX-1000 makes it easier than ever to see and hear your friends and family over the Internet. It has been optimized for Windows Live Messenger, a simple instant messaging program that lets you send audio and video messages over the Web and hold live video calls.

See the Smiles

+ Superior video and photo quality
+ Video effects
+ Automatically adjusts for low-light conditions
+ Hear the laughter
+ Built-in microphone


Product Description

With simple setup and one-touch calling, the Microsoft LifeCam VX-1000 makes it easier than ever to see and hear your friends and family over the Internet. Hear sounds and voices as if they were in the room with you. See clear live video images. Experience a new dimension in communication. The LifeCam VX-1000 is optimized for use with Microsoft Windows Live Messenger, so you can share life as it happens. Easily start a video chat by pressing the Windows Live Call Button, and clicking an Online Contact. Crystal-clear video conversation is now possible with more than 200 million contacts in nearly every country in the world. The long, flexible cable gives you more room to move System Requirements - Windows XP Pro, Home, Media Center Edition, Tablet PC Edition, Hard Disk Space, 300 MB free, Sound card with speakers or headphones, Pentium II 550 MHz (Pentium 4 1.4 GHz recommended) or higher, 4 speed CD-ROM drive or faster, Display adapter capable of 800 600 resolution or higher, 16-bit color depth or higher, 2 MB or more video memory, Keyboard and Microsoft Mouse or compatible pointing device, Auto Update required for one-touch blogging, Internet access required, Internet functions (post to Windows Live Spaces, send in e-mail, video calls), Internet Explorer 6.0 or later browser software required for installation, 25 MB hard-drive space typically required (users can maintain other default Web browsers after installation), Access to the Internet via an internet service provider Dimensions - Height 2.7 x Width 2.18 x Depth 2.0 inch Weight - 3.3 ounces

Monday, September 24, 2007

Microsoft Exchange Server 2007

Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 Administrator's Pocket Consultant (Pro Administrator's Pocket Consultant) (Paperback)

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Book Description

The fast-answers, daily administration guide to Microsoft Exchange Server 2007. This pocket-sized reference features concise tables, listings, and step-by-step instructions for concise, accurate answers on the spot.

From the Publisher

Key Book Benefits:
-Provides fast facts and immediate reference for administering Exchange Server 2007
-Delivers must-know details and procedures for installing, migrating to, administering, and troubleshooting Exchange Server 2007
-Features concise tables, easy-to-scan lists, and step-by step instructions for the answers you need, wherever you need them

Product Details

Paperback: 560 pages
Publisher: Microsoft Press (January 31, 2007)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0735623481
ISBN-13: 978-0735623484
Product Dimensions: 7.9 x 5.4 x 1.4 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review: 5 stars based on 4 reviews. (Write a review.)
Amazon.com Sales Rank: #13,225 in Books

Monday, September 17, 2007

Windows Vista Inside Out (Paperback)

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Book Description
Written by the authors of the immensely popular Microsoft Windows XP Inside Out, this book packs hundreds of timesaving solutions, troubleshooting tips, and workarounds for using the latest version of the Microsoft Windows operating systemall in concise, fast-answer format. Dig into the work-ready tools and resources that help you take your Windows Vista experience to the next level. Get the answers you need to use the new features of Windows Vista, including the sidebar and gadgets, and the Windows slideshow. Youll also discover how to use new features in Microsoft Windows Media Player and Microsoft Internet Explorer 7. Get up-to-date information on how to configure and customize your desktop, how to use new security-enhanced features, and more.

From the Publisher
Key Book Benefits:
-Award-winning INSIDE OUT format makes hundreds of tips, tricks, and workarounds easy to find and easy to use -Includes coverage of new features in Windows Vista, Windows Media Player, and Internet Explorer 7 -Details how to configure and customize your desktop and how to use security-enhanced features -Includes a companion CD with tools, eBooks, and more

Product Details

Paperback: 1132 pages
Publisher: Microsoft Press; Pap/Cdr edition (January 18, 2007)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0735622701
ISBN-13: 978-0735622708
Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 7.4 x 2.1 inches
Shipping Weight: 3.6 pounds

Thursday, August 30, 2007

Microsoft Money 2007 Deluxe

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System Requirements

Platform: Windows XP
Media: CD-ROM
Item Quantity: 1

Product Features

-Savings & Spending Budget helps you plan for retirement, savings, and debt repayment
-Money's Spending Tracker automatically categories your transactions and compares them to your budget
-Manage your bills using multiple online accounts, even schedule the payment of bills in advance
-Simplify your taxes by automatically exporting your information for tax software
-See all of your accounts--checking, savings, investments, and credit--in one place

Product Details

Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces
Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.

Product Description

Microsoft Money 2007 Deluxe brings all of your personal accounts - banking, credit, and investment - into one place and provides the tools you need to help you improve your credit and debt and tackle tax time with ease, so you can spend less time worrying about your money and more time enjoying it. Money 2007 Deluxe automatically consolidates your online accounts in one place.

Microsoft Office Home and Student 2007

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This product is Certified for Windows Vista: Only Certified for Windows Vista software and devices have undergone compatibility tests for ease of use, better performance, and enhanced security on PCs running the Windows Vista operating system.

System Requirements

Platform: Windows XP / Vista
Media: CD-ROM
Item Quantity: 1

Product Features

-Essential software suite for home computer users makes it a pleasure to complete schoolwork and other tasks
-Includes 2007 versions of Excel, PowerPoint, Word, and OneNote
-Intuitive user interface that exposes commonly used commands; updated graphics and formatting galleries help you to easily produce high-quality documents
-Work with confidence and security thanks to the improved automatic Document Recovery tool and the Document Inspector tool, which removes personally identifiable information from your document
-Enhanced Help system includes online tutorials with step-by-step instructions; includes OneNote, a digital notebook that helps you gather, organize, and search many types of information in one place

Product Details

Product Dimensions: 2 pounds
Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces
Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.

Product Description

Amazon.com
Microsoft Office Home and Student 2007 is the essential software suite for home computer users and includes 2007 versions of Excel, PowerPoint, Word, and OneNote. This system enables you to quickly and easily create great-looking documents, spreadsheets, and presentations, and organize your notes and information in one place, making it easier and more enjoyable for you to get things done.

The new streamlined workspace and easy-to-browse tabs make program features easier to find and use. View larger.


Insert graphics and charts such as these into your documents to make them more appealing. View larger.


Use the new diagram and improved charting tools to create rich and stunning visuals and charts. View larger.


Quick and easy-to-use table styles help your tables look great and consistent across Word documents, Excel spreadsheets, and PowerPoint presentations. View larger.


The Document Inspector helps find and remove potentially sensitive "hidden" information from your documents, presentations, and spreadsheets. View larger.


Office OneNote 2007 enables you to gather, organize, and search almost any type of information. The powerful search tool is shown here, with results highlighted in yellow. View larger.
This updated version features a new streamlined user interface that exposes commonly used commands, enhanced graphics, and formatting capabilities that let you create high-quality documents, plus a powerful note and information organization tool, and more reliability and security with the document inspector tool and improved automatic document recovery. With these enhancements, Home and Student 2007 makes it a pleasure to complete schoolwork and other tasks at home.
Which edition of Office is right for you? View a comparison of Microsoft Office 2007 editions.

Create High-Quality Documents
Home and Student 2007 gives you access to updated graphics, formatting galleries, and an intuitive user interface that exposes commonly used commands. These features enable you to easily produce high-quality documents that will make you proud. Improved picture, charting, and graphics tools help you produce better-looking documents, spreadsheets, and presentations more quickly, while a large library of standard charts, quick formatting tools, and SmartArt diagrams make it easy to include rich and stunning visuals and charts. The results-oriented user interface makes it easier for you to find and use product features so you can enhance your documents according to your specifications. More stable bullets and numbers, SmartArt diagrams, and graphics and charting galleries provide you with a wealth of other formatting choices. Meanwhile, document themes help ensure a consistent appearance among the documents you create in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, to make working across the programs you use most more convenient. PowerPoint also features context-sensitive tabs and easy-to-use galleries that make it simple for you to include tables and other graphics in your documents.

Enhanced Reliability and Security Features
With an improved automatic Document Recovery tool and the new Document Inspector tool for removing personally identifiable information from your documents, Home and Student 2007 helps you work with more confidence and security. Thanks to these two features, you'll never have to worry about losing documents after a system failure or exposing your personal identification information or unwanted comments to others before sharing your documents.



Formatting galleries make it easier to find and apply formatting changes. View larger.
User-Friendly Operation
Packed with innovative features and improvements, Home and Student 2007 has a streamlined interface and an enhanced Help system, including online tutorials with step-by-step instructions, so you can quickly learn the product and find the answers to your questions. In addition, command tabs on the results-oriented Ribbon reveal commonly used commands that previously appeared only in lengthy drop-down menus. The Help system also offers a smooth transition between the Help menu in the Microsoft Office system and Help on the Internet (when connected). Larger, more informative ScreenTips provide help concerning commands, and the command tabs themselves are context-sensitive, changing automatically depending upon the task that you are trying to complete, so you won't waste time figuring out the appropriate command. When you need more guidance, online tutorials provide step-by-step instructions for common tasks.

Organize Notes and Information
Home and Student 2007 includes OneNote, a digital notebook that helps you gather, organize, and search many types of information in one place. This means you can consolidate typed text, images, audio and video recordings, digital handwritten notes, Web clippings, and more on the same page. OneNote also provides flexible note-taking tools to help you organize information the way you want. Categorize important projects or information in a way that makes sense to you, using an easy-to-use layout of notebooks, sections, and pages. Type or organize content anywhere on the page and track important items with customizable note tags. To help keep you on track, the powerful Instant Search feature helps you to find information you are looking for quickly. With it you can even search handwritten notes, the text in images and scanned documents, and spoken words in audio recordings.

Preview Changes and Spot Trends
Home and Student 2007 saves you time by making it easier to format your Office documents with Live Preview. This tool lets you quickly preview proposed changes to your document while you're working on it without having to repeatedly search through layers of menus. Taking a look at your proposed formatting before committing to it lets you experiment without risk and can help minimize future edits. Excel features highly visual conditional formatting with new data bars, more colorful gradients, and icons that you can use to format data based on specific rules, so you can more easily identify key data trends, which can help you study and prepare written papers or reports.

Create and Save Custom Slide Layouts
PowerPoint lets you create presentations with ease using prebuilt and user-defined custom slide layouts. With the custom layout feature you can quickly create the precise layout you envision without being bound by one of the prepackaged, standard layouts. You can then save your custom layout for use in future presentations.

Broader Distribution of Your Documents
Home and Student 2007's features aren't limited to the work you do at home; they extend to broader distribution of your documents and presentations. New support for Portable Document Format (PDF) and XML Paper Specification (XPS) file formats helps ensure increased distribution and sharing of your documents with users on any platform. This is particularly ideal for either sharing documents with friends and families, or for presenting information and assignments in a computer-integrated class.


Product Description

Microsoft Office Home and Student 2007 is the essential software suite for home computer users that enables you to quickly and easily create great-looking documents, spreadsheets, and presentations, and organize your notes and information in one place, making it easier and more enjoyable for you to get things done. The latest version features a new Microsoft Office Fluent user interface that exposes commonly used commands, enhanced graphics, and formatting capabilities that enable you to create high-quality documents, plus a powerful note and information organization tool, and more reliability and security with the Document Inspector tool and improved automatic document recovery. With these enhancements, Office Home and Student 2007 makes it easier and more enjoyable for you to get tasks done at home. Office Home and Student 2007 is the essential software suite that enables home computer users to quickly and easily create great-looking documents, spreadsheets, and presentations, and organize their notes and information in one place. With the new Office Fluent user interface, enhanced graphics and formatting, and more reliability and security, it will be easier and more enjoyable for home users to get things done. Document recovery tool - Retrieve Microsoft Office system documents after a system failure Document Themes make it easy for you to preserve a consistent look for tables and text across Word, Excel, and PowerPoint documents Publish to PDF or XPS format Office Online Help and How-to offers articles and training that can help you use Microsoft Office at home