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How to Download Any Soundcloud Track for Free
So you want to download your favorite soundcloud tracks so you can put them on your iPod and have them on the go? Well, the easiest method is with a PC and a snazzy downloading program. A while back we reviewed a Windows application called JDownloader. For this task it’s time to take it out [...]
How-To Save MS Office 2007 documents as a PDF or XPS
Shortly after upgrading to Microsoft Office 2007 I ran across this nice FREE add-on from Microsoft which allows you to save your documents in the Adobe PDF or Microsoft XPS format using all eight Microsoft Office 2007 applications. I use the feature almost daily so I’m sure all you groovyReaders will appreciate the find! [...]
Firefox 4, First Impressions
Firefox 4′s final version has been released today, and we’re already testing it out. The new version arrived right on time and according to schedule. By now it has already reached over 2.5 million downloads and updates. A lot sure has changed since version 3.6. If you’ve used the release candidate version, this shouldn’t be [...]
Solver for Excel 2011 MAC Released
Back in October we announced the release of Microsoft Office 2011 for the MAC and today I have a quick tip for the Excel 2011 ultra-geek groovyReaders out there.
Forgotten Attachment Detector Warns of Missing Attachments in Microsoft Outlook
Forgotten Attachment Detector from Microsoft Office Labs is going to change your life. I don’t know about the rest of you Microsoft Outlook 2010 users, but every time someone sends me an email where they’ve forgotten an attachment, my regard for their intelligence is debased by two full percentage points. To make them feel even [...]
Firefox 4 Beta 7 Has Revved Up The Engines
The new Firefox 4 Beta stands miles apart from the last official release, Firefox 3.6. Recently they just acquired the Jägermonkey team’s JavaScript engine and it has given them a serious speed boost, not to mention some of the other improvements that they’ve incorporated.
Synergy: Share Your Keyboard-Mouse with Multiple Mac, Windows or Linux Computers
Even though I’m neither a day trader nor a 3-D animator, I number myself among the cult of multiple monitor enthusiasts. But I also align myself among those who use both OS X and Windows 7 regularly (and occasionally Linux). The one camp that I don’t particularly feel at home in is the virtualization crowd. [...]
Microsoft Office Labs Speed Launch Review: Super Fast Shortcuts and Custom Searches
Desktop shortcuts are great. The Quick Launch bar is better. But for truly lightning fast shortcuts and functions, you’ll need to think outside of the “out-of-the-box” Windows 7 installation. Office Labs has been working on something they’re calling Speed Launch which lets you fire off applications, run web searches or pull up frequently used documents [...]
Ribbon Hero Review: Master Microsoft Office, Win Points, Impress Friends
Like most Gen-Y’ers, I refuse to learn anything unless you present it to me in the form of a game and/or allow me to brag about my mad skillz on my Facebook wall. For example, Guitar Hero’s initiative to teach frat boys how to push buttons in time with Van Halen songs was a smashing [...]
Microsoft Office Word Editor Add-In for MediaWiki Released Today
Today Microsoft quietly released an Add-in that allows you to use Word 2010 or Word 2007 as the ultimate Wiki WYSIWYG Editor and it lets you easily convert word documents into Media Wiki format or Wiki style markup. The plugin is a free download from Microsoft Download and installs quickly and easily. I have a [...]
Microsoft Releases A Ton of Popular Search Connectors
Yesterday Microsoft launched the Federated Search Connector Gallery and they started it out with a decent list of connectors. Although Microsoft is targeting the enterprise with their Enterprise Search connectors, anyone with Windows 7 can use them to embed the search connectors into Windows Explorer for 1 stop searching! What is a Search Connector? We’ve [...]
Add Tabbed Browsing to Windows Explorer in Windows 7 with QT TabBar
The line between Windows Explorer and Internet Explorer is already a bit blurry, but the same navigation and search functions that help us make sense of an infinite universe of web pages and Internet content would be just as handy for sifting through the vast constellation of files and folders on our local and networked [...]
Help Microsoft Take A Bite Out Of Spam With The Junk Email Reporting Tool
“Join Scruff as he fights Spam and…” err wait a second, the real story today involves Microsoft! Ok.. OH YEAH! Just a few days ago Microsoft released their new Junk E-mail Reporting Add-in for Microsoft Outlook 2003, 2007 and 2010 32-bit and 64-bit. That’s right, Microsoft is arming its Outlook users around the globe with [...]