Tag Archive: Software

Aug
16
2011

Prey–incredible free computer tracking software

For many months now I’ve been looking for some good value tracking software to install on my netbook and (potentially) my portable devices. As much as I hope my netbook never gets stolen – you can never be sure what might happen and it’s better to be prepared. It was only today that I’ve finally …

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Mar
15
2011

Internet Explorer 9 goes live – nothing that much new…

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Internet Explorer 9 went live in the early hours of today after a year of development. You can grab the new version from http://www.microsoft.com/ie9. After a relatively quick installation, you are presented with the new interface (see below). There are several issues with IE9 that I haven’t really liked since the Platform Preview. For example, …

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Oct
08
2010

Microsoft Dreamspark – free Microsoft software for students

I can’t believe I’ve only just stumbled across this, but Microsoft are now offering a whole bundle of professional software to students for free. They call it Microsoft Dreamspark, and it’s a website ran by the company. If you’re in post-16 or university education, you can get a hefty chunk of their professional software for …

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