Tag: Softwares

  • System Requirements: Microsoft Office 2010 Professional Technical Preview

    In my previous post Setup: Microsoft Office 2010 Professional Technical Preview, as pointed out by Ganesh I didn’t mention the system requirements for Microsoft Office 2010 Professional Technical Preview. So here it is: Component Requirement Computer and processor 500 MHz processor or higher Memory 256 megabytes (MB) of RAM or higher Hard disk 2 gigabytes…

  • Setup: Microsoft Office 2010 Professional Technical Preview

    As mentioned in the previous post, I am testing the 64-bit version of Microsoft Office 2010 Technical Preview, so here’s how the install process went. The installer for Office 2010 Professional x64 is 598 MB and contains Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, Outlook, Publisher and Access. There is a separate installer for Visio (342 MB), InfoPath…

  • Official Tester: Microsoft Office 2010 Technical Preview

    Yesterday morning when I checked my mails I was pleasantly surprised to see an email from Microsoft, stating that my request to be an Office 2010 Beta tester had been accepted. Yes, surprised because the news of it being previewed to the audience was already out on Monday, and so I had thought that I…

  • VLC 1.0 Released

    VLC Media Player, the media player that plays all the media files out of the box has just reached a great milestone of version 1.0.0. So here’s small quick list of changes Live recording Instant pausing and frame-by-frame support Finer speed controls New HD codecs (AES3, Dolby Digital Plus, TrueHD, Blu-Ray Linear PCM, Real Video…

  • Offline Messages in Google Talk

    Yes folks it’s true. Google Talk now finally supports Offline Messaging (Official Blog Entry). Let’s just hope that the uber cool Google Chat emoticons are also ported into GTalk. If you send somebody an Offline Message via Google Talk, the message will be received when they sign into Google Talk/Gmail. In Google Talk it appears…

  • Google Talk turns One

    It’s a year old! Yes, Google Talk is celebrating its 1st Birthday today, and may I call it in some “Traditional Google” fashion. By that I mean a changed logo for the day, Google Talk is sporting a new Birthday Dress (logo). Happy Birthday Google Talk!!! To the Google Talk team (Hope they are reading…

  • Google Talk 1.0.0.96 RELEASED

    Finally the much awaited Google Talk version with file sharing, voicemail, and music status is out. You can check my review of it here. I am using this version full time now, hope you guys do use it too. And the best part about Google Talk is that it will update itself without any interferance,…

  • Review Google Talk 1.0.0.95 (Unreleased Version)

    The guys at Google are at it again, and are testing a new version of Google Talk. Last time I called it a leaked version and everyone was on me for that, so this time I am calling it Google Talk 1.0.0.95 (Unreleased Version). You can download this version from here. This one sports quite…

  • Google Ads == Phishing Attacks!!!

    Just as usual I turned ON my PC; updated definitions on my Kaspersky Internet Security Suite 6.0 and proceeded to check my e-mails, blogs, and all the regular stuff. As soon as I opened my blog page I got this alert. The first ever Phishing attack notification and was surprised by the url it was…

  • Ubuntu 6.06 CDs Received

    I got my Ubuntu CDs yesterday deliverd to my door step a month after I had ordered them, and touch wood without any trouble. Although I must salute the postman who delivered these to me in the worst rainfall of the year. As soon as yoou open the packet you notice that now we dont…