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- Tips for Integrating Technology in the Classroom (Microsoft - Dyck and Morgan)
Provides numerous tips and guidelines for helping to use technology, including the Internet, as part of the classroom. 9-01
- Internet Explorer (Microsoft)
- Internet Explorer Browser Support from Microsoft 9-01
- Web Chat Control (Microsoft)
Provides software you can place on your Web page to allow chats.
- Windows 95 Updates (Microsoft)
- Windows 95 Updates, Drivers, Utilities, and Miscellaneous (Microsoft)
- Email - Free Software (Microsoft)
Provides HotMail, a free email software package.
- Earth From Space - Close-up (Terraserver - Microsoft)
Provides a close-up view of most spots on earth, including your own house.
- MS Internet Explorer (Microsoft)
Provides the latest versions of the Internet Explorer browser by Microsoft.
- Windows 98 Tips (Microsoft)
Provides tips and tricks on running Windows 98 efficiently.
- Y2K - Year 2000 Bug Test (Microsoft)
Provides software to download to test for needed updates in Microsoft products on your computer. The software is called Microsoft Year 2000 Product Analyzer 2.0.
- Lockup of Hardware on Microsoft's XP Version (ZDNet)
Describes the conditions under which Microsoft's XP version of Windows or Office will lockup in order for Microsoft to prevent piracy of the software. If many changes are made to your computer hardware, it may cause your system to suddenly lockup. In order to get it to unlock, you will need to get a one-time 44 digit code from Microsoft and also use your original CD to install the fix. 6-01
- Smart Tags - New Microsoft Offering on XP Version (NewsFactorNetwork - McNeill)
Describes Microsoft's new Smart Tags, included in its XP version of Office and Windows. In Office XP, Smart Tags will be active. In Windows XP, the user will need to turn Smart Tags on. Smart Tags allow Microsoft to place its choice of links to any word it wishes on anyone's Web pages or documents, without the authors' permission. For example, Microsoft could sell the word "education" so that every time a user of XP finds the word on anyone's Web pages or documents, the word "education" would link to Microsoft's customer. 6-01
- Microsoft Offer of Free Computers Rejected (BBC News)
Describes the offer of hardware and software to the nation's poorest schools and reasons Judge Motz gave for rejecting the offer. 1-02
- Microsoft Announces Visual Studio.Net (ZDNet.com - Knorr)
Announces new Web tools from Microsoft. 2-02
- Gibe Worm Poses as Microsoft Update (ZDNet)
Describes a virus (really a worm) poses as an update for Microsoft. 3-02
- Microsoft Agent Resources (Agentry.net)
Provides resources for enhancing text to speech functions in Internet Explorer. Warning: Some characters, such as "Joe" and "Kitty," have caused some serious problems with the Awesome Talkster program and should be avoided. 9-02
- Icons - Adding Icon Shortcuts (Microsoft)
"For Internet Explorer 5, the required size of a shortcut icon is 16x16 pixels." 9-02
- Multilingual Text-to-Speech Engines (Microsoft)
Provides free programs that convert online text to speech in Spanish, French, German, Japanese, Dutch, Russian, Korean, Portuguese, Italian, and British English. The free voice engines vary in their quality. Some are not very good. For instance, the Korean voice does not seem to recognize the Korean fonts. The Spanish voice, however, reads text written in Spanish in an understandable way. Requires software to connect the voice programs with a browser. Such a program is available for free here. 9-02
- 07-21-03 Microsoft Introduces Mobil OS for 2003 (HardwareAnalysis.com)
Describes the new version of Windows for pocket PCs. 7-03
- Tablet PC Features (Microsoft.com)
Lists the different capabilities of the tablet PC, such as handwriting and voice recognition. 7-03
- Tablet PC Sources (Microsoft.com)
Lists retail sources for tablet PCs. 7-03
- Tablet PC - Portege 3500 (Microsoft.com)
Provides a description of one of the first and one of the best tablet PCs. PC Magazine Editor's Choice. 7-03
- Tablet PCs - Reviews (Microsoft.com)
Provides reviews of the major tablet PCs available in the U.S. 7-03
- Outlook Synchronizer (Microsoft.com)
Synchronizes Outlook between desktop PC and a handheld device. 7-03
- Outlook Synchronizer - Remote Email (Microsoft.com)
Synchronizes Outlook between desktop PC and a another device using the Internet. 7-03
- Outlook Synchronizer - ActiveSync (Microsoft.com)
Provides software for your desktop PC and your handheld device to synchronize the two. 7-03
- Pocket PCs By Manufacturer (Microsoft.com)
Provides a list of pocket PC devices. 7-03
- Pocket PC Phones By Manufacturer (Microsoft.com)
Provides a list of pocket PC phone devices, combining phone, Internet, email, and Windows capabilities. 7-03
- Comparison of Pocket PCs, Smartphones, and Pocke PC Phones (Microsoft.com)
Describes the differences and similarities among the three types of devices using a chart. 7-03
- Agents for Text-to-Speech (Microsoft.com)
Provides text-to-speech voices. 8-03
- Windows Updates (Microsoft)
Checks Windows program for essential updates and security holes. Provides patches to make Windows more secure. 4-03
- Windows 2000 Readiness Analyzer (Microsoft)
Analyzes your computer to determine which programs are compatible with Windows 2000. 6-04
- Microsoft Office Updates (Microsoft.com)
- Symbols and Special Characters in MS Word (Microsoft.com)
Provides the code for special characters, such as a tilda over a letter.
- Windows XP - Restore (Microsoft)
Provides a restoration to hard disk to a time before a virus attacked or a mistake was made. 4-05
- Editorial: Microsoft's Great Blunder (ABC News)
"I think it can now be safely said, in hindsight, that Microsoft's entry into the browser business and its subsequent linking of the browser into the Windows operating system looks to be the worst decision—and perhaps the biggest, most costly gaffe—the company ever made. I call it the Great Microsoft Blunder." 04-06
- Malicious Software Removal Tool (MSRT) (Microsoft.com)
"The Microsoft Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool checks computers running Windows XP, Windows 2000, and Windows Server 2003 for infections by specific, prevalent malicious software—including Blaster, Sasser, and Mydoom—and helps remove any infection found." 04-06
- -01-30-07 Bill Gates Leaves Microsoft (PBS News)
"Microsoft founder and billionaire Bill Gates announced Thursday he would give up his day-to-day role in the company to focus on philanthropy. David Kirkpatrick, senior editor of Fortune magazine and Stacy Palmer, editor of The Chronicle of Philanthropy discuss Bill Gate's move to philanthropy." 01-07
- How to Setup Text-to-Speech for Microsoft XP (Microsoft)
Provides directions for setting up text-to-speech in Microsoft XP. 04-07
- -05-15-07 Vista's Lessons for Microsoft (USNews.com)
"Microsoft says Windows Vista, the newest version of its franchise product, is a roaring commercial success. Perhaps. It's also been a model in bad public relations. Vista has come under withering criticism across the Internet, with consumers hurling complaints about incompatible hardware and software, suspected bugs, and design mistakes. Independent polls suggest the negative buzz could stall Vista's adoption and encourage consumers to consider alternatives to what in the past has been an inevitable march to a new Windows version." 05-07
- -05-20-08 Why Microsoft Needs Yahoo (Time.com)
"Microsoft is under assault in every direction, and losing the battle on any number of fronts. That's why it's so desperate to come to terms — any terms — with Yahoo." 05-08
- -06-30-08 Microsoft to Stop Selling XP (Time.com)
"Microsoft Corp. is scheduled to stop selling its Windows XP operating system to retailers and major computer makers Monday, despite protests from a slice of PC users who don't want to be forced into using XP's successor, Vista." 06-08
- -01-09-09 Microsoft Announces Windows 7 (CNN News)
"Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer kicked off the 2009 International Consumer Electronics Show on Wednesday with an impassioned endorsement of PCs and a sneak peek at the company's future Windows 7 operating system." 01-09
- -04-14-09 Critics Slam Microsoft Bridge (CNN News)
"Should a bridge that would connect two campuses at Microsoft's headquarters be funded with $11 million from the federal stimulus package?"
"Critics of using stimulus money for the bridge say it would give the software giant a break on a pet project. They also say it serves as a warning sign of how some stimulus money is not being used to finance new projects but is being diverted to public works already under way."
"Supporters argue the bridge is an ideal public-private partnership that will benefit an entire community while fulfilling the stimulus package's goal of getting people back to work." 04-09
- -05-20-09 Microsoft to Introduce Kumo Search Engine (Time.com)
"Microsoft says that if its search engine brings more relevant results than Google or Yahoo!, then people will eventually migrate to the "best" product. That may not be true. Google has become a habit for more than two-thirds of the people who use search engines in the U.S." 05-09
- -05-29-09 Microsoft's New Search Engine Bing (ABC News)
"Advertising Age reported earlier this week that Microsoft was planning a $80 million to $100 million ad campaign to promote Bing. Microsoft declined to comment on the report." 05-09
- Windows 7 (Microsoft.com)
"When we asked what you wanted in a PC, you told us to make it simpler and easier to use. We listened. And we built Windows 7 to make your PC simpler and the things you do every day easier." 09-09
- By Subject and Grade Level Search (Microsoft)
Provides a search for lessons by grade and subject. Limited selection. 5-00
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