Monthly Archives: September 2007

Microsoft Releases Free Accessibility “How to” CD Set

Posted on September 18, 2007 by blakehandler

  Discover How to Make the Computer Easier to See, Hear, and Use The free Microsoft Accessibility CD set includes:   Windows Vista Accessibility Demonstrations and Tutorials CD featuring a video and eleven demonstrations of accessibility. See the new Ease … Continue reading →

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Microsoft Updates ProcessExplorer Windows PowerToy (Again)

Posted on September 15, 2007 by blakehandler

  Wow, it was only a few days ago that the SysInternals blog announced an update to the ProcessExplorer PowerToy — and here’s a newerer version today. Process Explorer v11.02 — This update fixes bugs in column set and NT 4 … Continue reading →

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Microsoft Updates ProcessExplorer & ZoomIt Windows PowerToys

Posted on September 11, 2007 by blakehandler

  The Sysinternals Site Discussion Blog has announced these two new updates: ProcessExplorer v11.01 — Fixes a bug in file save and idle thread display.   ZoomIt v1.60 — Zoomit now makes it easier than ever to highlight screen elements in your … Continue reading →

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Microsoft Releases “Web Data” Add-in for Excel 2007

Posted on September 11, 2007 by blakehandler

  Excel 2007 Web Data Add-In makes it easy to use a Web page as a data source. The system extracts data by learning from a user’s selection of data they wish to capture into Excel. The more selections, the … Continue reading →

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Microsoft Releases “Windows Live Translator” Beta

Posted on September 9, 2007 by blakehandler

  Microsoft’s Windows Live Translation Beta currently translates the following languages: English <—> ArabicEnglish <—> Chinese SimplifiedEnglish <—> Chinese TraditionalEnglish <—> DutchEnglish <—> FrenchEnglish <—> GermanEnglish <—> ItalianEnglish <—> JapaneseEnglish <—> KoreanEnglish <—> PortugueseEnglish <—> RussianEnglish <—> Spanish   French … Continue reading →

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Microsoft Updates “Windows Media Video” PowerToy

Posted on September 9, 2007 by blakehandler

  Microsoft’s SDET (Software Design Engineer in Test) Alex Zambelli, has updated his WMV9 PowerToy — A tool designed to configure advanced properties of the WMV9 encoder and decoder otherwise only accessible through registry settings. (Thanks Ben) –> Download WMV9 … Continue reading →

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Apple Upgrades iTunes to Support Buying More Stuff from iTunes

Posted on September 8, 2007 by blakehandler

Apple has released iTunes 7.4.1 that allows you to buy more stuff from iTunes. *sigh* Ringtones – Turn songs from the iTunes Store into custom ringtones for your iPhone. (There’s already a hack out!)  iTunes Wi-Fi Music Store – Download … Continue reading →

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Microsoft Updates & Releases More “HD View” Tools – Now Supports FireFox

Posted on September 8, 2007 by blakehandler

  HD View is a new viewer developed by Microsoft Research’s Interactive Visual Media group to aid in the display and interaction with very large images. DOWNLOAD HERE: HD View Utilities: A set of tools to help in the production … Continue reading →

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Microsoft Releases Free “Halo 3” Ringtones and Wallpapers for Windows Mobile

Posted on September 7, 2007 by blakehandler

  HALO 3: Whether you’re an avid gamer or a sci-fi fan, you’ll love this ringtone and these wallpapers marking the release of the final game in the Halo trilogy — exclusively on Xbox 360. (Thanks Jason)   Download Free … Continue reading →

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Microsoft Updates XML Notepad 2007

Posted on September 6, 2007 by blakehandler

  XML Notepad 2007 provides a simple intuitive user interface for browsing and editing XML documents. FEATURES:   Tree View synchronized with Node Text View for quick editing of node names and values. Incremental search (Ctrl+I) in both tree and text … Continue reading →

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