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Free Trial: Digital Image Starter Edition 2006

You can install a trial copy of Digital Image Starter Edition 2006 free for 60-days. The Starter Edition contains virtually all the features available in the full version of Digital Image Suite 2006  .

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Knowledge Base Nugget: Contacting Support by Phone

Here’s a nugget from the Microsoft Support Site… 



How and when to contact Microsoft Customer Service


For information about replacement manuals, disks, drivers and service packs, product orders, policies related to copying software on additional computers, licensing, and product registration, Microsoft Customer Service is available Monday through Friday, from 6:30 A.M. to 5:30 P.M. Pacific time. To contact Microsoft Customer Service, call (800) 426-9400.

To register your product and to find information about product registration issues, visit the following Microsoft Web site:


Article ID : 295539 Last Review : June 28, 2005 Revision : 4.0

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More Xbox 360s for the holidays = more satisfied customers


… like me, for instance, as I have an Xbox 360 on order.



News: Microsoft Expects High Xbox 360 Sales… Microsoft Corp. expects to sell as many as 3 million Xbox 360 consoles in the first three months after launching the newest version of its video game machine, the financial chief of the giant software company’s Xbox business said on Tuesday.


More available from PC Magazine today.

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Rainy day fun: home audio zones with Windows Media

I posted an entry on My MSN Spaces blog posted a quick thread in response to a request for advice on setting up audio. Net net (and no surprise given my past experience and affection for Roku Labs products), I like the Roku software and hardware combination approach, although the Sonos system is very slick and well integrated.


There is some great third-party software to introduce the concept of zones with Roku devices through third-party apps running on the master PC: one way to do this is through a handy application from http://www.cidero.com/. And there’s also “Visual Media Remote” (or “VisualMR” for short) which is designed to be a compact, PocketPC controller.


Wish list: I would like to find a better-integrated solution with the Microsoft Windows Media Center PC… it’d be great to have zones control driectly from my 10′ experience. Note to self to send a mail on Monday to the awesome Media Centre team (after checking the green button).

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It’s Alive: Windows Live and Office Live

If only this had hit yesterday (Halloween) then you could have made some great classic film noir references, back to the days of the scientist yelling “it’s alive!” Only this time it’s Windows Live… and Office Live.


If you missed it, this morning we announced a company-wide software-based services that helps to create a seamless consumer experience, and held a technology preview of two new service offerings: Windows Live and Office Live.  Some of the new Windows Live offerings are accessible on-line at http://ideas.live.com. This is a great way to see our efforts in several on-line businesses come together which shoudl dramatically impact customer satisfaction in a positive way. 


And the work in Office Live, targeted at small-business customers (sign up at http://www.officelive.com), provides new internet-based services designed to help companies break out on to the Internet, provide improved collaboration and manage several key productivity tasks through subscription-based services. Initially, Office Live is targeted at small businesses, and can be integrated with Microsoft Office.


You can read the full press release here.


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