Microsoft Visio is a professional diagramming software from Microsoft which makes it very easy to explore and visualize complex information and processes quickly. As an IT professional, I find it very easy and satisfying to visualize process flows, network architecture and program workflows. Microsoft Visio is not only limited to the IT field but can also be used with other fields like business, engineering and construction (maps and roads). One downside of Microsoft Visio that is common in almost all Microsoft products is that it is not affordable by a home user. The home user does not need to have very complex diagramming needs so we research and bring the most feature rich and free alternatives to Microsoft Visio.
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5 Best Free Alternatives To Microsoft Visio
By | January 20, 2012 | 4 Comments
Best Alternatives To Microsoft PowerPoint (Online And Offline)
By | November 18, 2011 | 9 Comments
Microsoft PowerPoint is certainly the best and the most used presentation software used on earth today. Presentation can be a great resource to share ideas, collaborate or showcase your work to the respective audience or gathering. I have been making presentations throughout my life, starting from school time where we had to present our work and prepare a presentation for it. At that time, Microsoft PowerPoint was the only solution we had and we never looked into any alternatives. However, the world has changed and we always look for software which can do our work cost and time effectively. I have a collected some of the presentation software that can be very useful for various purposes. The software are categorized into online and offline. The online software need no installation. They will open in a browser and you can easily make presentations using them. The offline software will be installed on your computer and will work even without Internet.
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How to Turn Your Windows 7 to Windows 8 Lookalike
By | July 5, 2011 | 4 Comments
If you have been following Windows news, you will know that the next version of Windows – Windows 8 – is going to have a radical change of user interface. Instead of sticking with the same old desktop concept, it is integrating the Windows Phone 7′s Metro UI into Windows 8. The beauty of the Metro UI is that you can pin your favorites website, contacts, applications or even widgets as a tile to the main screen. If you are crazy about the Metro UI and wish to test it out in your computer, here are a few themes and applications to transform your Windows 7 to Windows 8 lookalike.
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Microsoft Unveils Windows Phone Update “Mango” And Surface 2.0 [News]
By | June 2, 2011 | Leave a Comment
During a press event last Friday, 27th May, Microsoft unveiled two important updates to their line of products: Mango (Windows Phone update ) and the Microsoft Surface 2.0.
Mango
Mango is the codename for the next major update of Windows Phone. It adds more than 500 new features to the existing version and makes the phone more intuitive and user-friendly. The Mango release will be available for free to Windows Phone 7 customers and is scheduled to ship on new phones later this year.
Some of the major update include:
- Silverlight 4 as core platform
- IE9 as the main web browser
- Live Tile enhancements: use of back of tiles and ability to update Live Tiles locally
- Deep linking into apps from notifications and Live Tiles
- Deep integration of calendar, contacts and social networking sites (Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter and several others)
How to Install and Run Silverlight in Linux
By | October 2, 2010 |
Love it or hate it, we all know Flash, but Microsoft’s equivalent, Silverlight, is a bit less well known. With Silverlight you can stream video and create animations, in fact you can even use it to create Windows sidebar widgets. However, in what may come as a bit of a shock, Microsoft Silverlight doesn’t play nice with Linux. I know, I know, it’s hard to believe, but true. To remedy this, the folks at the Mono project have created Moonlight – an open source implementation of Silverlight. If you find yourself wanting to access a Silverlight-only broadcast or game, but not wanting to install a second operating system for the privilege, we’ve got you covered.
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A Quick Look At Microsoft Security Essentials Free Antivirus Software
By | June 24, 2009 |
Microsoft has recently announced that they will be releasing a free anti-virus software for their Windows platform. The free software, named Windows Security Essentials (previously codenamed “Morro”) would be available by the end of 2009 at the latest, but for those enthusiasts who can’t wait for the official release, the beta version is already available for download, though it is only available on a limited basis (capped to 75K download and available only for US, Israel, China and Brazil users).
To download the beta version of Microsoft Security Essentials, you need to first login to your Windows Live account and complete a survey. Once that is done, you will be able to download the respective software for your Windows version (Win XP or Vista/7).
At MakeTechEasier, we will take you through the software and show you what to expect from this yet another Microsoft product.
Make Review And Make Friends With Ciao
By | January 15, 2009 |
A wise man once said that we are not living in the “information” era anymore. We are living in the “filtering the information” era. We are bombarded by the over bloated information available out there that it becomes annoyingly difficult for us to sort the good from the bad.
That’s why community-based review sites like Digg and del.icio.us become very popular. The logic is simple: the best judge to pick worth knowing information out there is opinion from the mass. Our opinion.
So, if you are the kind of person who loves to share your opinion to the world, maybe this one site can be one of your favorites. It’s called Ciao and it specialize on product review.
