There’s been a lot of things happening this week. Not the least being the possibility of a swine flu pandemic. Read on for a scientific explanation of swine flu.
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General Microsoft News
- Amit has written article explaining How to Download Images from an Outlook Email.Tip – one of the options works for PowerPoint also.
- Sarah Perez lets us know that PhotoZoom Becomes DeepZoomPix. This is now using Silverlight. I believe this technology has also changed inside PhotoSynth in order to allow Mac users better access to the technology.
- She also lets us know how to Twitter in Excel– how to actually run twitter in side an Excel client.
- Windows 7 Beta keys are still available. The Release Candidate itself is due shortly. From the Windows Team Blog:
I’m pleased to share that the RC is on track for April 30th for download by MSDN and TechNet subscribers. Broader, public availability will begin on May 5th. Link for rest of article.
- Expose your windows with switcher. See all your current windows as a dock, grid or tile. Switcher is available from this site.
- One Note Print Driver – a 64 bit solution. David Rasmussen has provided us with this – hooray! Full instructions on using the 64 bit One Note Print Driver at codeplex.
From the Microsoft Office Outlook Team Blog
Office 2007 Service Pack 2 News
It was released 28 April 2009. Here are some links.
- Microsoft’s knowledge base article 953195 Description of 2007 Microsoft Office Suite Service Pack 2 (SP2) and of Microsoft Office Language Pack 2007 SP2.
- Microsoft press release for Office 2007 SP2
SBS2008
We have a new server coming next week and plan to run SBS2008 on it. Here are some articles I have been reviewing.
- SBS 2008 Setup Checklist V1.0
- SBS 2003 to SBS 2008 Migration Happy Sign
- Cannot connect to Remote Web Workplace on SBS 2008
Other Internet stuff
Swine Flu. Geeks are Sexy post a Science is Sexy Too explanation of what the swine flu virus actually is and how it passes to human hosts.
Wednesday Morning Humor: Game over. Geek wins. A funny read – well for geeks anyway!