While prices for PCs continue to drop, Microsoft is holding firm on the price they charge manufacturers for the Windows operating system.

No one gets it right the first time, which is why so many wait for the first service pack. However. This article discusses some of the things people miss after going to Win7.

The AccentSoft Team has released Accent EXCEL Password Recovery 3.0, its password recovery software for Microsoft Excel 97-2007 files.

After updating, via Windows Update, a number of users experienced black screens. At first Microsoft was blamed for the problem. Further investigation seems to point to a pre-existing malware infection on affected machines.

If you’re looking for titles from Microsoft Press, over 600 of them are now available through O’Reilly’s website. These books are available as e-books and apps for the iPhone, iPod Touch, and the Android Market.

RIM is suggesting that all organizations using BlackBerry Enterprise Server 4.1.3 or higher either update their software or disable the PDF distiller component.

Microsoft plans to release Office 2010 in June. In the meantime, their marketing plan is heavy on confusion.

PhatWare Corporation announced the launch of PenOffice 3.3 for Microsoft Windows 7 and Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2. The new version offers a number of enhancements and can be used with any pointing input device.

MSProjectExperts has released sample chapters for Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 and Microsoft Project Server 2010 BETA versions, covering installation and basic configuration, as a free download.

Genuitec, LLC has announced the release of MyEclipse Enterprise Workbench 8.0, built on Eclipse Galileo version 3.5.1, to deliver a debugger for Internet Explorer (IE) versions 6, 7 and 8. MyEclipse 8.0 also supports Eclipse Web Tools Platform (WTP) projects.