We shared yesterday's announcement of the Office 2013 preview and today we're following up with some resources to make your testing experience more rewarding by sharing some resources that should come in handy as you take the new Office 365 for a spin and check out some of the new features. Everything from how to install to known issues seems to already be in place if you know … [Read more...]
Archives for July 2012
Steve Ballmer shows Microsoft Office 2013 suite, Preview available today
In what seems like a rather quickly thrown together announcement (similar to the Microsoft Surface announcement), Steve Ballmer announced the Office 2013 preview availability. Much of the introduction tied recent Microsoft changes into one direction for the company. Office 2013 is designed for the latest and greatest, meaning Windows 8, Windows Phone 8, and Microsoft Surface. … [Read more...]
Symantec and Norton blue screen Windows XP computers
Starting last Wednesday evening, many Windows XP computers running Symantec Endpoint Protection 12.1 experienced a Blue Screen of Death when Symantec updated to its latest definitions. The BSoD will show 0x000000CB upon updating to July 11, 2012 rev. 11 definitions. The problem is said to result from running a combination of Symantec's SONAR product, Windows XP, and third-party … [Read more...]
Free ebook shows how to monetize online forums
Patrick O'Keefe, a well-known online community manager and authority on the subject, has released a book on the topic of monetizing online forums the right way. Sponsored by Skimlinks, the book is being given away for free with an upfront and direct recognition that its sponsorship did not bias the author's covering of topics or including competitors. … [Read more...]
Use Microsoft’s Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit 3.0 for another layer of protection
Microsoft Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit or EMET is a utility that implements security mitigation technologies to protect software from zero-day vulnerabilities. Protecting that time before antivirus definitions are updated and patches are released is a sweet-spot of mitigating problems. A vulnerability may be out there for a long time before it is even known about to … [Read more...]