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May 29 5 productivity tips for Windows XPStill using Windows XP? Here are five ways to help you be more productive, straight from the pages of Windows XP Killer Tips. Toss out those tapes: Save your home videos to DVDLearn how to transfer video from home VHS tapes to your computer, edit the video, and then burn it to a DVD. 5 tips to help prevent computer virusesA virus can corrupt or delete data on your computer, use your e-mail program to spread itself to other PCs, or even erase everything on your hard disk. Here are steps to help avoid one. Computer News and Issues
Breaking News Windows XP to fall off retail and OEM lists in 5 weeks Yahoo Delays Shareholders Meeting Ballmer Says Yahoo Not Strategic Microsoft Not Bidding to Buy Yahoo Microsoft Proposes to Buy Yahoo Search
10 ways you might be breaking the law with your computer 10 Best Compact Digital Cameras The newest compact digital cameras give you only limited controls in most cases, but low prices and excellent image quality make these low-frills options worth considering. Do more for less New, lower pricing for Windows Vista, now with Service Pack 1 Looking to upgrade your PC? Find new, lower pricing for Windows Vista--now with Service Pack 1 for greater performance, security, and reliability. Shop your favorite store for special offers and even get great deals on custom PCs. 5 great add-ons for Internet Explorer 7 Supercharge your browser and your online productivity with these five great extras for Windows Internet Explorer 7. Share your documents online for free Store and share your documents in your own secure online workspace, and access them from any PC. Try Microsoft Office Live Workspace for free.
Save Puppies. Use Scratchpad with Image Search When you find images with Microsoft Live Search, the Scratchpad feature lets you save links to images from your searches. So you can even save links to those puppy images--or anything else you fancy--and share them with friends. Tips and tricks For Windows Vista Connect to the Internet wherever you go Use your Windows Vista-based mobile PC to connect wirelessly to the Internet from anywhere, and help protect your PC at the same time. When your hardware doesn't work properly, it's often because of a driver problem. Here's what you can do to fix the problem. For Windows XP Help save energy and the environment: put your monitor to sleep When you're away from your desktop or laptop PC, put your monitor in low-power mode. It's an easy way to save electricity and do a little bit to help the environment. Want to move to Windows Vista but also keeping Windows XP? Here's how to install a clean copy of Windows Vista without disturbing an existing Windows installation. Create a watermark using a Clip Art Gallery image You can create a custom watermark by copying your favorite clip art into a document header. Here's a look at this creative technique Spring cleaning for your PC Ah, spring--time to clean the closets, vacuum under the bed, and get organized. This season, why not extend the cleaning theme to your PC? With these tips and tricks, your PC will run faster, perform better, and help you be more productive in the year ahead. Have more fun
Who doesn't like free stuff? Here are 101 of the best free online services and downloadable programs to keep you productive, entertained, and more secure. Convert your old photos to digital pictures Don't let precious photos get lost at the bottom of a storage box. Convert your old snapshots to digital pictures using a simple scanner.
Do your feet (and your pets) get hopelessly trapped in the tangle of cords and cables behind your desk? Here are five ways to untangle those cords and cut the clutter. Having a hardware compatibility problem with your new PC? It could be an issue with a driver. Here are ways to solve some common driver problems. May 21 NewsMicrosoft puts new Yahoo deal on the table After withdrawing its initial offer, the world's largest software company says it might be willing to buy only a portion of the portal player. Analysts take their best guesses at what it might be May 13 Security IssuesProtect your computer
What's the difference between spyware and a virus? They're both malicious software, or "malware," but they're different. Learn how, and how to help protect yourself from both. Use Windows to back up your computer To protect your data, you should regularly back up your computer. Learn how easy it is to do, no matter which version of the Windows operating system you use.
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Help protect your Windows Live ID Your Windows Live ID gives you access to Windows Live Hotmail, Windows Live Messenger, MSN, Office Live, Xbox Live, and more. Here's how to help keep your ID safe. Beware of scams when job-hunting online Looking for a job? Find out how to spot phony ads and job recruiters, plus follow these best practices for online job hunters. Frequently asked questions about phishing What should I do if I receive an e-mail phishing scam? Can an e-mail message that contains a company's official logo be a scam? Find answers to these and other questions about this type of online identity theft in our FAQ. First problem, affecting AMD-based computers with OEM images
Windows XP SP3 Problems Continue
Trojan Infects More Than 500,000 PCsAdware purveyors are using fake MP3 and MPG files on peer-to-peer networks to spread their wares. HP agrees to buy EDS > Issues for CIOsThe merger, approved by both company’s boards, would put HP at second place in services behind IBM and is expected to close later this year. By: Agam Shah
The deal has been approved by both companies' boards of directors, and is expected to close in the second half of this year. Palo Alto, Calif.-based HP said it will more than double its services revenue. The deal will greatly expand HP's IT services business and catapult it to the number two spot close behind IBM, whose Global Technology Services division has long been a strong profit generator for the company. "I see [the acquisition] as an attempt by HP to really go head to head with IBM in a much more meaningful way, especially in technology services and IT outsourcing," Dana Stifler, research director with AMR Research, said Monday, while the two companies were still in talks. The worldwide market for IT services was worth $748 billion in 2007, an increase of 10.5 per cent from the year before, according to recent figures from Gartner. IBM led the market with about $54 billion in revenue, followed by EDS with $22 billion. HP was in fifth place with revenue of $17 billion, behind Accenture and Fujitsu. Buying EDS will grow HP's services business and allow it to offer a wider range of services to attract large business customers. EDS is strong in infrastructure management services and also custom application services, where it helps companies to design, integrate and manage applications. EDS is less strong in providing services for packaged applications, however, and the acquisition will not give HP a big lift in the type of business consulting services delivered to line managers and business executives either, Stiffler said Monday. HP has been keen to expand its services business for years, and EDS is not its first attempt to do so. In 2000 HP dropped plans to acquire PricewaterhouseCoopers Consulting, which was ultimately scooped up by IBM two years later, for $3.5 billion. HP's services business generated only 16 percent of its total 2007 revenue of $104.3 billion, while IBM makes more than half of its annual revenue from services. Buying EDS will give HP the muscle it needs to become a serious threat to IBM's services business, said Kathryn Hale, research vice president at Gartner, also speaking before the companies confirmed the deal. HP has the resources and the wherewithal to acquire EDS and improve its business results, she added. EDS reported revenue of $22.1 billion for its fiscal year 2007, which was up only a fraction from 2006. Net income was $716 million, up from $470 million. EDS and its subsidiaries employ about 139,500 people worldwide, while HP ended its 2007 fiscal year with about 172,000 workers. May 10 DownloadsVista Start MenuVersion: 2.82 The Windows Start menu is a mildly useful tool for running programs and accomplishing other tasks. But what if you want something more than merely a mildly useful tool? Then get this program, which despite its name works with both Vista and XP. It puts all of your programs and important folders within easy reach, so that you can launch them quickly. It also gives you fast access to turning off, rebooting, logging off, and switching users. --Preston Gralla Go to the download page now: Downloads Print Screen Deluxe
Capture anything--even that royal flush from your favorite on-screen card game--with Print Screen Deluxe. It features full or partial screen capture in several formats, and you can even store or e-mail your prints. Go to the download page now: May 09 Computer Tips, Strategies, Tools and NewsTips and Strategies for Last-Minute Travel Planning Online Today's sophisticated Web-based travel-planning tools can help spur-of-the-moment travelers find great deals.
Organize Your Life with Free Online Tools Overwhelmed by the mere thought of getting your hectic schedule on track? Here are nine essential Web apps to help you get your must-do's done.
What to do when Windows gets really messed up Even when Windows routinely gives you the Blue Screen of Death, all may not be lost. We'll show you how to restore both your data and your sanity.
Trojan Infects More Than 500,000 PCs How do I......How do I... Use the Office Clipboard instead of the Windows Clipboard?Most of us get by most of the time just using the basic Microsoft Windows Clipboard. Copying multiple items at the same time takes a bit more work. You can spend a lot of time switching between documents that contain the source items and the target documents, but that routine can be tedious and frankly, it's prone to mistakes. However, the Office Clipboard makes quick work of copying multiple items. Susan Sales Harkins shows you how the Office Clipboard works. May 07 globeandmail.com: Microsoft eyeing Facebook: report
Computer NewsMicrosoft fed up with the merger scene: Gates May 04 Microsoft Bids Yahoo AdeuMicrosoft walks away from YahooMICHAEL LIEDTKE Associated Press May 3, 2008 at 9:47 PM EDT SEATTLE — Microsoft Corp. has withdrawn its $42.3-billion (U.S.) bid to buy Yahoo Inc., scrapping an attempt to snap up the tarnished Internet icon in hopes of toppling online search and advertising leader Google Inc. The decision to walk away from the deal came Saturday after last-ditch efforts to negotiate a mutually acceptable sale price proved unsuccessful. The talks reached a breaking point after Jerry Yang and David Filo, the co-founders of Sunnyvale-based Yahoo, flew to Seattle in the morning to meet personally with Microsoft Chief Executive Steve Ballmer and Kevin Johnson, who runs the software maker's unprofitable online services division, according to someone familiar with the talks. The person was not authorized to speak publicly and asked not to be identified. “Clearly a deal is not to be,” Mr. Ballmer wrote to Mr. Yang in a letter sent late Saturday.  Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer at a press conference last month. (Virginia Mayo/Associated Press) Related ArticlesRecent  Microsoft was willing to pay $47.5-billion, or $33 per share, up from the bid's current value of $29.40 per share, according to Ballmer's letter. But Yahoo's board demanded at least $53-billion, or $37 per share, according to Mr. Ballmer. That would have been nearly double Yahoo's stock price of $19.18 at the time Microsoft first made its bid a little over three months ago. And Mr. Yang, who became Yahoo's CEO 11 months ago, wanted $38 per share in a Wednesday meeting, according the person familiar with the discussions. That meeting was held the day after Mr. Yang and Yahoo Chairman Roy Bostock called to ask Microsoft not to withdraw its bid, the person said. A spokeswoman for Yahoo on Saturday said the company would comment “when appropriate.” The decision to walk away came as a surprise, given that many analysts believed Microsoft wanted to close the deal badly enough to pursue a hostile takeover – a risky manoeuvre that would have required an attempt to replace the Yahoo board that spurned rejected the bid. Although he had threatened a hostile takeover attempt last month, Ballmer said he concluded that waging a so-called proxy battle was “not sensible.” “Our discussions with you have led us to conclude that, in the interim, you would take steps that would make Yahoo undesirable as an acquisition,” Mr. Ballmer wrote to Yang. But Yahoo hasn't necessarily faded from Microsoft's cross hairs. The software maker conceivably could renew its bid later this year if Yahoo can't bounce back from more than two years of financial lethargy. Should Yahoo's turnaround efforts flop, many analysts believe the company's stock would sink into the mid-teens and open the door for another takeover offer that would be more difficult to rebuff. For now, at least, Microsoft appears to believe it has enough internal weapons to chip away at Google's dominance of the booming Internet ad market. “We have a talented team in place and a compelling plan to grow our business through innovative new services and strategic transactions with other business partners,” Mr. Ballmer said. “While Yahoo would have accelerated our strategy, I am confident that we can continue to move forward toward our goals.” Microsoft's move intensifies the pressure on Yang to reverse the lacklustre growth that has eroded Yahoo's profits and depressed its stock price since 2005, making it vulnerable to an unwanted takeover. Mr. Yang has projected that Yahoo's revenue will rise by 25 per cent in 2009 and 2010, propelled by an expanded Internet advertising network that's using more sophisticated tools to target consumers. But analysts haven't raised their forecasts to anywhere near Mr. Yang's predictions, reflecting doubts that may trigger a rebellion among Yahoo's restive shareholders if it looks as if management isn't delivering on its promises. Analysts are divided on just how much Microsoft needs Yahoo. One school of thought is that a Yahoo takeover could have turned into an expensive headache that probably wouldn't start delivering dividends for two or three years. While Microsoft grappled with a Yahoo acquisition, Google theoretically could have benefited from the distractions and grown even stronger. Without the Yahoo takeover on its plate, Microsoft can focus more on core software business with plenty of money available to buy more nimble Internet startups that could bolster its online operations. But other analysts believe Yahoo – with 500 million users, a prized brand and the second largest ad network behind Google's – represented Microsoft's best chance to remain a powerhouse as the Internet increasingly defines how and why people interact with computers.
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