2007
Paypal hopes to break though Indian government’s red tape by March 3
The Indian government has announced it will allow Indian businesses who use Paypal to sell their goods and services abroad to resume using the service, but the block on personal payments remains. The government refuses to lift it, accusing Paypal of being in violation of the country’s Payment and Settlement Systems Act, 2007. According to more »
Microsoft brings back the Ultimate Steal, students can get Office 2007 Ultimate for $59.95
Once again Microsoft has come back with the Ultimate Steal for Office Ultimate 2007. The offer will allow current students (of a registered school) that have a valid .edu email address to pick up a copy of Office Ultimate 2007 for just $59.95. For the purpose of this offer, the copy of Office Ultimate 2007 more »
Sun beats Microsoft to ODF compatibility in Office
Want to use MS Office to open and save ODF spreadsheets, word processing, and presentation documents, but don’t want to wait until 2009 to do it? Sun has got you covered. Microsoft recently announced that native ODF support would be coming to its popular Office 2007 productivity suite with the release of Service Pack 2, currently scheduled for early to mid 2009. Users who either can not or do not wish to wait that long have an alternative though, and it comes from one of Microsoft’s chief competitors in the market for office productivity software: Sun Microsystems.
Sun has taken the open source OpenOffice suite of productivity applications, and offers a branded version called StarOffice 8. The productivity suite, which includes word processing, spreadsheet, presentation, drawing, and database capabilities (think Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio, and Access) costs far less than typical licenses for MS Office, and offers nearly the same functionality. Major advantages include full compatibility with both ODF and popular MS Office formats, including .doc/.odt, .xls/.ods, and .ppt/.odp, as well as significant cost savings versus a typical installation of MS Office.
It’s official UK schools told to avoid Vista
An agency employed by the government in the UK has told schools in the UK that they should stay away from Windows Vista and Office 2007 when looking to upgrade. The British Educational Communications and Technology Agency (BECTA) has not seen enough evidence that the related costs such as hardware upgrades and installation would produce more »
