http://www.pradeepsethi.com/blog Computers, Softwares, Internet, Technology and Gadgets Guide Tue, 18 Sep 2007 11:34:32 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Google inches another step towards a true Microsoft Office competitor. Google has officially launched the missing piece of Google Docs & Sheets, i.e, Presentation product to compete with Microsoft Office. Interestingly, IBM has also announced the launch of free Lotus Symphony to compete with Microsoft Office which will be available ... http://www.pradeepsethi.com/blog/google/google-presently-completes-online-office-suite/ IBM has announced the launch of free Lotus Symphony to compete with  Microsoft Office  and Google Docs & Sheet (who has added its final product Presently in the Suite). According to New York Times, IBM Lotus Symphony includes word processing, spreadsheets and presentations which will be available as free downloadable from IBM ... http://www.pradeepsethi.com/blog/ibm/ibm-to-offer-lotus-symphony-free/ I am not a big admirer of Firefox and don't like going into the fight of Firefox and Internet Explorer, but yeah I do like some of the extensions ( Firefox Addons ). Until now, I was a big fan of "Mouse Gestures" extension, but now I have got one more which ... http://www.pradeepsethi.com/blog/internet/firefox-addon-cookie-swap/ The Architecture Journal is an independent platform for free thinkers and practitioners of IT architecture. New editions are issued quarterly with articles designed to offer perspective, share knowledge, and help you learn the discipline and pursue the art of IT architecture. How to Subscribe ? Click here to receive ... http://www.pradeepsethi.com/blog/microsoft/free-print-subscription-of-microsoft-architecture-journal/ Good news for IT professionals. The digital editions of MSDN Magazine and Dr. Dobb's Journal can now be subscribed for free. MSDN magazine (Microsoft Journal for Developers) is the publication to read for comprehensive coverage of Microsoft development technologies, whereas Dr. Dobb's Journal covers all practical technologies, languages, platforms, ... http://www.pradeepsethi.com/blog/microsoft/free-digital-editions-of-msdn-magazine-and-dr-dobbs-journal/ A report from Hindustan Times indicates that Google has developed an offline version of Gmail and likely to be made it available within this year. Google has previously offered an offline version of Google Reader which let your work offline using the Google Gears browser plugin. It is a definite ... http://www.pradeepsethi.com/blog/google/offline-gmail-client/ Windows Live is working on a new feature of Windows Live Messenger dubbed as "Messenger IM Control". At Mix UK, ScottIsAFul from liveside.net managed to get the first look of this new feature from Danny Thorpe and Angus Logan who are both very much involved with the Windows Live Platform. ... http://www.pradeepsethi.com/blog/microsoft/windows-live-messenger-im-control/ At the start of this year, stories started surfacing on the blogs about Microsoft's free web analytics tool, codenamed Gatineaue which later on confirmed by Ian Thomas (Director at Microsoft Digital Advertising Solutions) on his blog. Gatineau is the name of the Canadian city where DeepMetrix ( Web ... http://www.pradeepsethi.com/blog/microsoft/microsoft-gatineau-free-web-analytics-tool/ The Google-Microsoft battle is now one step ahead with the addition of new service called Windows Live Translator Beta, into the managed beta testing of Windows Live Suite. The service is very similar to Google Translate and Yahoo's Babelfish (developed by Altavista in nineties). Windows Live Translator is powered by a ... http://www.pradeepsethi.com/blog/microsoft/windows-live-translator/ Windows Server 2008, which was due to be released in the second half of 2007, is now going to be released on Feb 2008. Kevin Turner (Microsoft's COO) announced during his keynote session at the Worldwide Partner Conference in Denver this week that Windows Server 2008 will be launched along with ... http://www.pradeepsethi.com/blog/microsoft/windows-server-2008-to-launch-with-visual-studio-and-sql-server/