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Confabb Opens To Conference Attendees

Yesterday I was at Dave Winer’s house and got an early look at Confabb, a Web 2.0 site that just opened this morning.

EuroBlog Survey for 2007

Last year’s EuroBlog 2006 survey gave an overview of who in the communication profession in Europe is using blogs and for what purpose.

Danny Sullivan Staying Involved Until The End Of 2007

Danny Sullivan has just revealed he will be involved with Search Engine Strategies until the end of 2007. He also plans some things of his own…

Office 2007 Beta Closes As RTM Begins

Office 2007 has entered the RTM process, and should actually be released to manufacturing in the next few weeks, according to an email from Microsoft.

Worthwhile Update to Office 2007 Beta

Microsoft released a public update yesterday to the Office 2007 beta 2 suite of applications.

Office 2007 Technical Refresh Now Available

The Office 2007 Beta 2 Technical Refresh (wow! spiffy name!) is now available for download. Just go to this page.

Borrell: Local Ads $7.7B In 2007

Spending for local online advertising should continue to power upward in 2007, as research from Borrell Associates forecasted a 31.6 percent increase in spending for online ads.

New Ecto for Windows Released

Following beta testing over the past few months, version 2.1 of blog manager and editor ecto for Windows was released earlier this week.

Microsoft Response To Outlook RSS Design

I’m happy to see that Michael Affronti has responded to my post about the design decisions regarding Outlook 2007′s RSS reader.

Office 2007 Launch Delayed. Again.

Microsoft announced earlier today that it will delay, yet again, the release of Office 2007. This occurred as a result of “product performance” issues, according to the software giant. The Office delay may affect the launch of Windows Vista.

Microsoft Word 2007 Beta 2 Blogging Functionality

Testing the blogging functionality in Word 2007 beta 2.

Office 2007 Feature Finder

As a great way of easing the transition from previous versions of Office, the Office 2007 team has created “Interactive Command Reference Guides”.

Flash Cannes Make Filmmakers Better

As part of the 2006 Cannes Film Festival in France, Adobe will pair student filmmakers with professionals to create documentaries on their Cannes experiences.

Word 2007 Supports Blogging

Could this be the killer application for Windows users for managing and editing blogs? Hot news from Joe Friend, a lead program manager on the Word 2007 software design team:

Office 2007 Beta: Later This Month

Jensen Harris drops the confirmation: Beta 2 (the public beta) of Office 2007 will hit later this month, joining the Windows Vista Beta 2, which is expected on May 22.

A Place to Get a Look at Office 2007

I’ve been getting more and more email lately asking to have a look at Office 2007.

Office 2007 In Action
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Microsoft has put out a 13-minute video introducing the Office 2007 user interface and guiding users through what is different and why it is better.

Office 2007 Beta 1 Refreshed

Microsoft today released the refresh of Beta 1 of Office 2007 (could we just call it Beta 2 and feel better?).

Office 2007 UI: Actually Smaller

I hate it when people look at the Office 2007 user interface and dismiss it out of hand, calling it too big.

How to Convert PowerPoint to Flash Manually
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Converting PowerPoint to Flash would absolutely be a good choice to distribute your bulky PowerPoint Presentation.

Google, Whats the Forecast for August 25, 2007?
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I have a challenge for the information science minds at Google or Yahoo! or any other star hopeful who wants to make a profound contribution to long-range event planners everywhere. Create an index that calculates probabilities of weather for any given day or time in the future.