http://hireoliver.com Help has arrived! Thu, 25 Mar 2010 09:03:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 http://hireoliver.com http://hireoliver.com//wp-content/plugins/favicon.ico http://hireoliver.com/2009/07/14/office-2010-the-next-generation/ http://hireoliver.com/2009/07/14/office-2010-the-next-generation/#comments Tue, 14 Jul 2009 18:40:35 +0000 Oliver http://hireoliver.com/?p=940 Well, Microsoft will be releasing its latest and greatest OS… Windows 7 soon, and you all know what that means – there will be a new flavor of Microsoft Office to follow. Office 2010, which will be released in the first half of next year; makes some changes to how we do things – even from [...]]]> http://hireoliver.com/2009/07/14/office-2010-the-next-generation/feed/ 0 http://hireoliver.com/2009/06/25/windows-7-could-be-worse/ http://hireoliver.com/2009/06/25/windows-7-could-be-worse/#comments Thu, 25 Jun 2009 17:06:55 +0000 Oliver http://hireoliver.com/?p=937 Well Windows 7 is officially on its way to your new computer via FREE upgrade – tomorrow that is [official release date Oct. 22nd]. Anyone that buys a new computer tomorrow will be able to get a copy of Windows 7 free, and this runs all the way until the official release date of October [...]]]> http://hireoliver.com/2009/06/25/windows-7-could-be-worse/feed/ 0 http://hireoliver.com/2009/04/07/the-end-is-near/ http://hireoliver.com/2009/04/07/the-end-is-near/#comments Tue, 07 Apr 2009 14:52:06 +0000 Oliver http://hireoliver.com/?p=832 Don’t forget XP users; (Much like myself) the end is near! Microsoft is retiring support for Windows XP next week – April 14th, 2009, unless you are under a Hotfix Support Contract with them. While you will still be able to get your much needed security updates; they won’t be very kind when you call in [...]]]> http://hireoliver.com/2009/04/07/the-end-is-near/feed/ 0 http://hireoliver.com/2009/04/01/poor-encarta/ http://hireoliver.com/2009/04/01/poor-encarta/#comments Wed, 01 Apr 2009 18:37:34 +0000 Oliver http://hireoliver.com/?p=825 Encarta, Microsoft’s  long running encyclopedia is set to be axed this year. I wasn’t all that suprised by their decision to do this. Many people simply Google or Wiki their info any more. Read for yourself – direct via Encarta FAQs: On October 31, 2009, MSN® Encarta® Web sites worldwide will be discontinued, with the exception [...]]]> http://hireoliver.com/2009/04/01/poor-encarta/feed/ 0 http://hireoliver.com/2009/03/19/ie8-available-today/ http://hireoliver.com/2009/03/19/ie8-available-today/#comments Thu, 19 Mar 2009 12:57:20 +0000 Oliver http://hireoliver.com/?p=548 http://hireoliver.com/2009/03/19/ie8-available-today/feed/ 0 http://hireoliver.com/2009/03/05/firefox-buggy/ http://hireoliver.com/2009/03/05/firefox-buggy/#comments Thu, 05 Mar 2009 20:24:17 +0000 Oliver http://hireoliver.com/?p=519 http://hireoliver.com/2009/03/05/firefox-buggy/feed/ 1 http://hireoliver.com/2009/02/11/ultimate-extras/ http://hireoliver.com/2009/02/11/ultimate-extras/#comments Wed, 11 Feb 2009 10:27:22 +0000 Oliver http://hireoliver.com/?p=470 Microsoft, the people we have learned to live with has said no more extras. Remember when Vista was released and they promised Ultimate Extras… which was supposed to be just one more excuse for an overprices OS. Nothing Microsoft released for Windows Vista Ultimate users was that special… Who cares about screensavers and $5 games. Give [...]]]> http://hireoliver.com/2009/02/11/ultimate-extras/feed/ 0 http://hireoliver.com/2008/10/24/streets-and-trips-2009/ http://hireoliver.com/2008/10/24/streets-and-trips-2009/#comments Fri, 24 Oct 2008 14:54:04 +0000 Oliver http://hireoliver.com/?p=302 http://hireoliver.com/2008/10/24/streets-and-trips-2009/feed/ 2 http://hireoliver.com/2008/10/16/money-the-microsoft-way/ http://hireoliver.com/2008/10/16/money-the-microsoft-way/#comments Thu, 16 Oct 2008 09:15:09 +0000 Oliver http://hireoliver.com/?p=109 I recently had a client come to me because they bought an older laptop and needed some finance software. They weren’t concerned with with what it was but Microsoft Money was the first to come to mind; mostly because I remembered seeing it on the clients other desktop PC. History behind it: Money was created back in [...]]]> http://hireoliver.com/2008/10/16/money-the-microsoft-way/feed/ 0 http://hireoliver.com/2008/02/12/rejecting-rejection/ http://hireoliver.com/2008/02/12/rejecting-rejection/#comments Tue, 12 Feb 2008 16:33:58 +0000 Oliver http://hireoliver.com/2008/02/12/rejecting-rejection/ Yahoo and Microsoft have been making headlines because the software giant offered its takeover bid to Yahoo last week. Yahoo declined Microsoft’s offer of $31 per share, because they felt it was deminishing their value. I don’t think I would enjoy being run by the software giant, and I don’t know too many other people who would either. [...]]]> http://hireoliver.com/2008/02/12/rejecting-rejection/feed/ 1