We all have heard the news that the European Union made the “suggestion” that Microsoft should bundle additional web browsers with their upcoming operating system Windows 7 to make up for failings in the past and to embrace competition. Many users felt that this move was entirely unnecessary as users who wanted a new web [...]
Microsoft Security Patches for June 2009
Microsoft has released the security bulletin summary for June 2009 which details this month’s software and system updates. A total of ten security bulletins have been released this month which patch vulnerabilities in a variety of Microsoft products including various Microsoft Windows operating systems, Microsoft Internet Explorer and Microsoft Office.
The easiest way to download and [...]
Install Bing Search In Selected Web Browsers
Microsoft’s new search engine Bing has been released to the public earlier today. The reviews have been quite positive so far. Most modern web browsers can be customized by the user. This includes adding search engines to the search interface in the browser.
Users who would like to add the Bing search engine to Internet Explorer [...]
Multiple Browser Bundling With Windows Is Stupid
A recent article published at the Wall Street Journal suggests that EU officials are considering forcing Microsoft to include a bunch of web browsers into the operating system to dilute the advantage that Internet Explorer has so far. This could mean forcing Microsoft to add web browsers to the installation of the operating system or [...]
Internet Explorer Password Management Add-on
Last Pass is a password management add-on for Microsoft’s Internet Explorer that can store login credentials to web services in a securely encrypted password vault. The password manager is compatible with most editions of Internet Explorer including the latest Internet Explorer 8 edition that has been released a while ago. The passwords are stored in [...]
Open XML Viewer For Microsoft Word 2007
We have covered Open XML Viewer in November 2008 when it was released as a technical preview which was available for the Firefox web browser on both the Windows and Linux operating system. The program was able to display docx documents as html documents. The conversion did however ignore several objects and elements in the [...]
Internet Explorer 8 Language Packs
Microsoft has released Windows Internet Explorer 8 MUI Packs for 32-bit and 64-bit editions of Windows XP and Windows Server 2003. They allow Windows XP and Windows 2003 users to add different interface languages to Internet Explorer 8. While it has been mainly designed for corporations who operate worldwide it can also be used in [...]
