21 October 2003

Give Office 2003 a miss...according to the review in the Washington Post. When Microsoft has already jammed so many features into earlier versions, why bother upgrading to this year's model? That's true more than ever in Office 2003, in stores Tuesday for Windows XP and 2000. The one component to get significant attention from Redmond, the e-mail/contacts/calendar manager Outlook, offers rewards for trading up. But Word, Excel and PowerPoint, the other core Office tools, have barely changed. If it weren't for a new, garish blue theme, few home users could tell the 2003 editions from their predecessors. (That gaudy window dressing, incidentally, can be turned off only in Windows XP's Displays control panel, at the cost of switching the entire XP desktop to the old, plain-gray look; Windows 2000 escapes this aesthetic offense.) 7:48:59 AM    comment [] Steven Wright. "I was walking down the street wearing glasses when the prescription ran out." [Quotes of the Day] 7:40:24 AM    comment [] TV on DVD: What's the Difference?. Studios often change the sounds of original television broadcasts when they release a DVD version of the show because they say it costs too much to license the music. Some studios are coughing it up for the fans. [Wired News] Musicians need to work out what they are really worth.. 7:39:27 AM    comment [] Microsoft launches 'leak-proof' e-mail. Microsoft says its latest Office software allows e-mails to "self-destruct" after a set time - and prevents copies being sent to other users. Well, I'll wait until it is out of beta first. So, the next virus will change your computer clock and erase the time sensitive e-mail you hadn't read yet. 7:36:05 AM    comment [] I enjoy reading http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nzradio/ , a group of people interested in New Zealand radio and its music industry. This count of 3.5 million has over 500 radio stations. The postings exploded recently because of remarks made by disc jockey and TV personality Paul Holmes, someone who I met and worked with during my early days at Radio Netherlands. He wandered around Europe in places like Swansea Sound and Blue Danube Radio in Vienna. But his interview show on TV brought him the millions.  7:28:02 AM    comment []

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