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Parting is always such sweet sorrow, or so the saying goes. I suppose it is time to bid goodbye to Windows Azure and give Microsoft Azure a nice, big welcome hug. Why so? Apparently, Microsoft intends to rebrand its cloud platform so that it will no longer be called ‘Windows Azure’, but rather, one would have to refer to it as ‘Microsoft Azure’ from now on as part of the software giant’s push to emphasize its cross-platform services prowess, if the anonymous tips shared online prove to have credibility.

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This article was written on August 07, 2012 by CyberNet.

Whenever I’m using my Windows laptop I frequently adjust the level of the volume depending on what I’m doing at the time. The problem with Windows is that there is no indication of the volume level as you change it aside from the tiny System Tray icon that only has a few bars to indicate what it’s set at. As a result most computer manufacturers such as Dell and Lenovo will make their own on-screen volume indicators, but they are often bundled with other things you don’t need.

If you want an on-screen volume level indicator I highly recommend taking a look at the free 3RVX tool. You can customize the appearance of the on-screen display by choosing from one of several themes that are bundled with it including the Mac-like one that you see above. Most of the themes are very polished, and I’m sure you’ll find one that suits your system well.

The thing I love the most about this app is that it doesn’t matter whether you’re adjusting the volume using dedicated keys on your machine or you’re using some sort of software that changes the system volume… either way 3RVX will pick up the volume change. You don’t need some special OEM software to do this.

3RVX Homepage (Windows only; Freeware)

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This article was written on August 27, 2006 by CyberNet.

We have all been wanting to know what Microsoft is going to charge for Vista and Office 2007 but they said they weren’t going to release their pricelist until later this year. Well, a sneaky person over in the Neowin forums found out that they already have the software on Microsoft’s Canadian Pricelist Web site. I guess the cost may not be the same as the United States but it will probably be close.

I have taken the liberty of converting the currency to U.S. dollars:

Vista:

• Vista Home Basic Upgrade – $116
• Vista Home Premium Upgrade – $179
• Vista Business Upgrade – $225
• Vista Home Basic – $234
• Vista Home Premium – $270
• Vista Ultimate Upgrade – $270
• Vista Business – $342
• Vista Ultimate – $450

Office 2007:

• OneNote 2007 – $125
• Outlook 2007 – $143
• Publisher 2007 – $225
• Excel 2007 – $279
• PowerPoint 2007 – $279
• Word 2007 – $279
• Office Small Business 2007 – $567
• Office Pro 2007 – $685
• Project 2007 – $798
• Office Ultimate 2007 – $811

There you have it…a nice estimate of what Microsoft flagship products will run you if you want to play with the latest software. I’m sure some of the prices will be rounded a little nicer but they sound reasonable accurate. I could definitely see this being the most pirated version of Windows and Office yet!

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This article was written on February 09, 2012 by CyberNet.

There are times where you might want to change content on a site, but doing so with Chrome’s built-in web developer tools can sometimes be a pain. With the Live Page Editor Chrome extension, however, all that changes because you can directly edit content on a site without having to dig through the source code of a page. All you have to do is click the Live Page Editor icon in the Chrome toolbar, and then click anywhere on the page to start typing. You can even remove text that you don’t want there anymore.

Keep in mind that the changes you make on any site will not be persistent, which means as soon as  you refresh the page they will be gone. So why is this useful then? Well, if you ever take screenshots of a website that has personal information on it then you’ll find an extension such as this one to be very useful. Instead of blurring or blacking out your personal information you can instead change it to something more generic so that your screenshots look a little cleaner.

Live Page Editor Extension for Chrome

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This article was written on June 11, 2006 by CyberNet.

Microsoft has released a patch for Windows Vista Beta 2 that will make Symantec Antivirus 10.0.1.622 compatible. This is the first patch that I have heard of Microsoft releasing to fix compatibility problems.

In previous releases of Vista Microsoft has had some security updates but Beta 2 seems to have escaped any security issues for right now. It is nice to see Microsoft standing behind their product enough to ensure that compatibility issues are addressed. I am sure Symantec had to give them a little push to get the patch complete though.

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