Microsoft Office 2013 License will tie user to one PC for ever

With each passing day, software manufacturers are getting meaner. Last week it was rumored that Microsoft has made sweeping changes in its wording of the End Users License Agreement or the EULA in short for the Microsoft Office 2013. The latest EULA will trap the user’s license with one PC Earlier…

Posted on: February 17, 2013 7:00 pm

Woman killed same day her sister sat behind Obama during gun control speech

A Chicago woman was killed by gunfire the same day her sister sat behind the stage on which President Obama was discussing his gun control legislation at a Chicago school, according to a Feb. 17 ABC News report. Lake County coroner Thomas Rudd told the Chicago Sun-Times that 18-year-old Janay Mcfarlane…

Posted on: February 17, 2013 7:00 pm

Windows Live Messenger Users Will Start Moving to Microsoft’s Skype on April 8th

Get those Microsoft Accounts ready! Microsoft is planning to move Windows Live Messengers users to Skype starting April 8th as it phases out WLM. Microsoft will be migrating users by language, starting with English first and ending with Portuguese no sooner than April 30th. Contrary to what some might discern…

Posted on: February 17, 2013 7:00 pm

Skype Video Messaging for Mac, Android, iOS, limited to 20

This week the video chat program Skype has begun to roll out updates to Mac, Android, and iOS devices that will allow video messaging in addition to live-talk. This update is, incidentally, not ready for Microsoft products today even though Skype is owned by Microsoft. This means Windows Phone 8 Each…

Posted on: February 17, 2013 2:00 pm

Skype Video Messaging Enters Beta

Want to share a video message with your friends but can’t reach them on Skype? Worry no longer, the company announced a new video messaging feature (currently in beta) on Friday that allows Mac, Android and iOS users to share video clips with one another. Windows Phone users can join…

Posted on: February 17, 2013 2:00 pm

NetCom Launches New Microsoft SharePoint 2013 Course

NetCom has launched a new Microsoft SharePoint 2013 course aimed at preparing attendees for the certification exa for Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert in SharePoint 2013 (MCSE). SharePoint 2013 is part of Microsoft’s recent "era of productivity" software rollout. "The new products are aimed at providing organizations, IT professionals and executives with improved opportunities…

Posted on: February 17, 2013 2:00 pm

Windows Live Messenger ‘Updating’ To Skype On April 8

Windows Live Messenger is being phased out after serving Microsoft customers for 13 years. Announced in late 2012 the service will officially come to an end on April 8 and be replaced with Skype service. Last month Microsoft announced to some customers that the change would occur on March 15. According to the English-language…

Posted on: February 16, 2013 7:00 pm

Skype pushes back Windows Live Messenger discontinuation, starts testing …

Skype had previously announced that it would be taking over Windows Live Messenger as the default messaging service for Windows on March 15th, 2013. In a new blog post from the company, the date has been pushed back to April 8th, 2013. The update will be staggered over the entire Skype has…

Posted on: February 16, 2013 7:00 pm

Skype officially rolls out video messaging on iOS, Android, Mac

Skype will begin rolling out video messaging today to its iOS, Android, and Mac apps in the United States, United Kingdom, and a few other countries, a company representative confirmed to VentureBeat this morning. Changes to the chat service’s terms of service in December hinted that video messaging was coming…

Posted on: February 16, 2013 7:00 pm

Skype will replace Windows Live Messenger on 8 April

SOFTWARE COBBLER Microsoft has finally set the date that Windows Live Messenger will be no more, with the desktop version being replaced with Voice over IP (VoIP) service Skype on 8 April. Microsoft said the upgrade will take a few weeks to roll out, hitting English language clients first and finishing…

Posted on: February 16, 2013 7:00 pm