Adobe Reader and Acrobat XI was announced at the beginning of the month with a load of new features. One of them that made me as an IT Pro excited was the Group Policy templates that would allow more flexible control and configuration over the applications. Today, Adobe Reader 11 and Acrobat 11 Pro became available and with them also came the Group Policy templates. Here's a … [Read more...]
Google Chrome Help Page explains the confusing “two worlds” of Windows 8 apps vs Desktop apps
I installed Windows 8 Professional yesterday and worked on loading drivers and my typical applications. When I loaded Google Chrome and ran it for the first time, it recommends reading through a help page that explains how Chrome as a Windows 8 app works, and how it doesn't. I had understood some of these problems before with my test of the Windows 8 Consumer Preview. Internet … [Read more...]
Microsoft previews Windows 8 ad campaign
Windows 8 general availability is coming October 26th. To promote it, Microsoft is giving it an ad campaign all of its own. You can preview it with the 30 second video embedded after the jump. … [Read more...]
Windows 8 available for pre-order
Two weeks out from general availability (October 26th) and physical copies of Windows 8 are available for pre-order through select merchants. Amazon.com, Staples, Best Buy, the Microsoft Store and others may be offering this Windows 8 pre-order. The physical disk comes with 5 fancy "variants" for the cover and retails for $69.99. Otherwise, on October 26th, digital downloads … [Read more...]
Don’t sell your soul cheap with Facebook Apps
I was recently recommended a promotion from Amazon and Unilever for a $2 MP3 credit. I don't buy a whole lot of music and these small promotions are great because they tend cover a song or two on the rare occasion that I have a song in mind to buy. This promotion is easy enough. You just answer a question about what you would include in a care package. However, after you answer … [Read more...]