Archive for June, 2006

Office 2007 delayed (again)

Microsoft, company that loves to delay products, has announced plans to delay its upcoming Office 2007 to “early 2007.”
A Microsoft spokesman said, “Based on internal testing and the beta 2 feedback around product performance, we are revising our development schedule to deliver the 2007 system release by the end of year 2006, with broad general [...]

Internet Explorer 7 Beta 3 released to public

Microsoft has released IE 7 Beta 3 to the general public. Here is an overview of what IE 7 does:
Internet Explorer 7 (IE7) Beta 3 has been designed to make everyday tasks easier, provide dynamic security protection and improve the development platform and manageability. End user improvements include a streamlined interface, tabbed browsing, printing advances, [...]

Sony PSP Digital Camera Details/Review

Sony PSP Digital Camera Details are here and are very disappointing. First, the digital camera looks like this:
The camera attaches to the mini USB port on the top of the PSP and creates a 360 X 504 pixels picture. It will arrive in Japan in the Fall of this year. The most disappointing part [...]

OpenOffice.org goes 2.0.3

Here are the list of enhancements by OpenOffice.org:

performance improvements: for example, a 23 percent improvement in certain Calc benchmarks
further improvements to file format compatibility with Microsoft Office files
new email integration features for users wanting to send emails in Microsoft file formats
more control over how exported PDF documents will display when opened in [...]

Professional PERL Programming

By Simon Cozens,Arthur Corliss et al.I read this book last month. For those looking to develope serious applications, improve productivity, or learn a more portable replacement for shell scripts, this book provides in-depth guide. First few chapters are devoted to basic concepts like scalars,Operators and structure ,flow and control in PERL programs. The chapter on [...]