BING: New Microsoft Search Engine

Bing is a new Microsoft search engine all ready to challenge Google in the lucrative search engine space. Apparently Bing has been quietly launched a few days earlier from the announced launch and is in preview and beta mode in various countries.

Google is doing its best interference, launching Wave on the same day as Bing, and incorporating easy wins into its engine.
Having said that, there is a chance that this could at least prompt consumers to think about how they use search engines, and kickstart the realisation that search at the moment isn’t perfect by any means.

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Save Office 2007 Documents as PDF

This download allows you to export and save to the PDF and XPS formats in eight 2007 Microsoft Office programs. It also allows you to send as e-mail attachment in the PDF and XPS formats in a subset of these programs.

You can add ’save as PDF’ feature within Office 2007 by installing a small add-on from Microsoft. This download allows you to export and save to the PDF and XPS formats in eight 2007 Microsoft Office programs.

It also allows you to send as e-mail attachment in the PDF and XPS formats in a subset of these programs. It is supported on Windows Server 2003; Windows Vista; Windows XP Service Pack 2.

This adds ’save as PDF’ in office 2007 programs including: Access 2007, Excel 2007, InfoPath 2007, OneNote 2007, PowerPoint 2007, Publisher 2007, Visio 2007 and Word 2007. Download 2007 Microsoft Office Add-in: Microsoft Save as PDF or XPS [Size 934 KB].

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Recover U R Windows Product Key using "ProduKey"

If You have lost the CD cover that contained the product key but still has the original CD. This is very common situation among computer users. Here is a small utility that can help you view/recover lost Product key of Windows, MS-Office and SQL Server.

This is possible using a small free utility called ‘ProduKey’. It displays the ProductID and the CD-Key of MS-Office, Windows, Exchange Server and SQL Server installed on your computer.

You can view this information for your current running operating system or for another operating system/computer by using command-line options. This utility can be useful if you lost the product key of your Windows/Office and you want to reinstall it on your computer.

"ProduKey" does not require any installation. In order to start using it, just run the executable file - produkey.exe The main window of ProduKey displays the list of Windows, Office, and SQL Server products installed on your system.

ProduKey Utility: More Information - Download

One very handy utility to keep you out of trouble, when original CD cover goes missing. It is free and very useful!

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