If you use Windows Server 2003, then you may or may not be aware that there are various free downloads (tools and feature packs) that are available to you, which can provide very useful services to your users.
One of these is Windows Sharepoint Services (WSS) v3.
WSS allows you to easily create an intranet/extranet or even […]

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During the development phase of Office 2007, Microsoft approached many users and asked them what features they would like to see added to the various Office products.
It turns out that approximately 95% of the “new” features requested were already within Office 2003.
This meant that the majority of the features in Office 2003 were […]

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If you’re an early adopter of new technology, you get the benefits of increased productivity from use of the new features, but you also sometimes have to put up with any initial bugs or performance issues found in this new software.
Outlook 2007 suffered sluggish performance under certain conditions, such as when you were using a […]

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Microsoft Australia has launched a test to see if they can successfully convince university students to legally purchase licenses of Microsoft Office. In order to do so, they’ve had to make the price extremely attractive.
Microsoft Australia are allowing Australian university students to purchase a copy of Office 2007 Ultimate for AU$25/year or AU$75 […]

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Google have recently released a new product bundling called Google Apps.
It’s a product bundling which includes:

email via Gmail
calendaring via Google Calendar
instant messaging via Google Talk
online word processor
online spreadsheet
web page creator
simple web-based admin consoldes

Another important point is that Google allows you to run all of the above on a domain name of your own choice. […]

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