| Vista can handleMicrosoft Office
Q. My teenager's computer with the Windows XP version of Microsoft Office has died. We bought a new computer for her and could not find one with Windows XP, so we ended up getting one with Vista. No one seems to know if we can load the Windows XP Office onto her computer or if I have to go out and buy Office 2007 for Vista. - Jackie Hall A. On the upside, there is no trouble loading earlier versions of Microsoft Office such as Office 2003 on computers running the Vista operating system, which are just about the only ones available in stores anymore. So while the computer industry is twisting your arm to acquire a Vista machine, you needn't fret over adding the expensive new Office 2007. On the downside, there are vexing compatibility issues because Microsoft added so many bells and whistles to Office 2007 that they can be contained only in a new file type, such as .docx in Word.
Leading Online Travel Insurance Comparison Site Launches Plans ...
Squaremouth.com, the travel insurance industry leader in comparison shopping, today adds AIG Travel Guard products to its lineup. St Pete Beach, FL (PRWEB) April 19, 2007 -- Squaremouth.com, the travel insurance industry leader in comparison shopping, today adds AIG Travel Guard products to its lineup. "We are always striving to improve the number and quality of products we offer and AIG Travel Guard is an industry leader in the USA" comments Squaremouth CEO Chris Harvey. "They have an excellent product portfolio that offers unique benefits to our customer base. Our primary concern is how well our clients are treated by the travel insurance companies before, during and after their vacations," Harvey stated. "We are confident that Travel Guard's products will be an excellent fit for Squaremouth's clients, who have come to expect the highest level of customer service." .
AFX NEWS BRIEFING: Consumer and retailing highlights to 15:45 BST
NEW YORK (AP) - Troubled video game publisher Take-Two Interactive Software Inc. is now under formal investigation by the Securities and Exchange Commission over its stock options granting practices, allowing the agency to subpoena witnesses, the company said in a regulatory filing late Wednesday. 2007-04-05 14:57:00 Cost-U-Less March same-store sales rise BELLEVUE, Wash. (AP) - Retailer Cost-U-Less Inc., an operator of warehouse club-style stores, on Thursday said same-store sales rose 4 percent in March. 2007-04-05 14:48:42 Retail trade, FBI fight organized theft NEW YORK (AP) - Two leading retail industry associations have teamed up with the Federal Bureau of Investigations to create a national online database that will allow merchants to share information to fight organized retail theft.
Telecom Carriers Seek Ways to Monetize Social Networking
The average user of a social networking site spends 59 minutes per day chatting, finding dates and engaging in other media- and profile-based interactions. Little is known, however, about the profitability of todays social networking powerhouses. For example, News Corp.s MySpace, the leading social network, has not had to reveal its actual revenues. Also, while people are loyal to the social networking phenomenon as a whole, it is difficult to gauge how loyal to each site individual users are. Whats not in question is that social networks are quickly joining the mainstream. As they continue to grow, service providers are looking for the right ways to monetize these successful service models and leverage any advantages they may already have.
Socially Significant
Skeptics once thought social networking communities were a fad, but now they look like the portals of the future.
Pornographers put gadget to criminal use
In a vain effort to stay hip despite advancing age, I recently bought a new toy something those of us on the cutting edge call a pvp, or portable video player. It fits in my pocket, and it has a screen I can use to watch movies, ballgames, news programs and other videos, or to look at photographs or play mp3 files. I am now fairly assured of winning the subtle, unspoken gadget wars that rage each morning among fellow travelers on TRAX trains.
But I've also entered a realm that is making the war against pornography especially child pornography much more difficult to win.
I entered that realm quite unwittingly. I became aware of it only this week after reading a news story in The Record, a newspaper in Hackensack, N.J.
In the old days (which, like all things in the world of technology, really aren't that old), police would arrest suspected child-porn peddlers and seize their computers, usually finding thousands of incriminating digital photos.
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