In order to bring up the quick search box, simply click on the Google logo in the taskbar or alternatively you can use Ctrl + Space (shortcut key).

Quick Search Bar for Windows allows users to browse the internet, find relevant bookmarks or open webpages faster than ever. Its functionality is not only limited to those mentioned earlier on but it also allows you to launch Windows applications just by typing in their names.

Quick Search Bar also features the new tab page for Internet Explorer users which gives you thumbnail access to your recently closed tabs, most visited websites and bookmarked pages (similae like in Chrome). This feature can be easily activated from within Toolbar settings menu.

Head over to Google and have it a try.

[tags]Google Toolbar 6, Quick Search Box, Internet Explorer[/tags]

There a lot number of note-taking applications; that include photo and text notes. Technology, however, evolves rapidly and this allows us to see future advancement right away. Voice-note application is something new in the industry and something revolutionary.

Recently, Microsoft unveiled Microsoft Recite, a new service that allows people to record random voice notes and recall the messages later on by some sort of voice recognition technology (better one, of course). How's that I hear you ask? Recite uses voice pattern matching, that analyzes the patterns in your speech and finds matches between two recordings (stored notes).

Microsoft has succesfully released the early version of voice-note application, the "Technology Preview. It is meant to the public to try and can be used on devices running Windows Mobile version 6.0 or higher.

Wouldn't it be nice to see our phones reminding us of our important events like birthdays and meeting?

[tags]Microsoft Recite, mobile phone application, windows mobile, microsoft, voice note application, windows mobile apps[/tags]

After Windows Live Messenger last update, many features of Messenger Plus were not working with the latest WLM. This is no longer the case since the latest release, it has already fixed them all.

Messenger Plus! Live 4.80 which adds tons of functionality is now officially released for developers and skinners. You can see for yourself the complete list of changes over at their changelog.

It is highly recommended that you upgrade it to the latest version which fixes lots of bugs and known issues. It is now fully compatible with Windows Live Messenger v14.0.8050.1202.

Download Links

Download Messenger Plus! Live 4.80

[tags]WLM, Windows Live Messenger, Messenger Plus! Live 4.80, skins, multi-MSN, auto-reply status messages and tabbed-chatting windows[/tags]

Tiny USB Office or also known as Floppy Office is one of the best example. It is a handy small portable software that provides total solution for Office applications. It has almost every feature that is available in Microsoft Office full application and its size is only 2.5 MB.

With Tiny USB Office you can easily create MS Excel compatible spreadsheets, word documents, CSV files and create PDF Files.

Programs

Here is the list of softwares available in Tiny USB Office which can easily be loaded with Qsel portable program launcher software

• Database Creation - with CSVed
• Data Encryption - with DScrypt
• Email Client Software - with NPopUK
• File Compression - with 100 Zipper
• File Sharing - with HFS
• File Transfer - with FTP Wanderer
• Flowchart Creation - with EVE Vector Editor
• MSN Messenger Client - with PixaMSN
• Tree-Style Outliner Software - with Mempad
• PDF Creation - with PDF Producer
• Password Recovery - with XPass
• Secure Deletion - with DSdel
• Spreadsheet Creation - with Spread32
• Text Editing - with TedNotepad
• Word Processing - with Kpad
• Program Launching - with Qsel

Download Tiny USB Office

ReadWriteWeb mentioned that the web applications will be lighter as compared to the full desktop applications. It is important to note, though they are light, they still feature lot of functions, making them comparable to other online office suites such as Google Docs.

A couple of screenshots

The Office Web Applications will be compatible with all modern browsers such as Firefox, Internet Explorer and Safari and won’t require any web technologies like Silverlight, so they are accessible to everyone.

[tags]Office Web Applications, microsoft product[/tags]

The Microsoft Web Application Installer checks the necessary prerequisites in your system before downloading open source applications from their repository, configuring settings and finally walk you through the installations.

The requirements are as follows.

• You must have administrator privileges on your computer
• Supported Operating Systems: Windows Vista SP1, Windows Vista RTM, Windows Server 2008
• .NET 2.0 Framework
• Supported Architectures: 64-bit & x86

‘Microsoft Web Platform’ is required to simulate the basic environment for these web applications. Both Microsoft Web Platform and Microsoft Web Application Installer can be downloaded from the link given at the very end of this post.

Even though this tool looks promising, it's still hard to gain enough attention from developers since existing tools like XAMPP, allows you to setup a whole LAMP environment on Linux, Windows or even Mac. Users and developers won't be switching to Microsoft Web Application Installer in the near future, at least, that is how we see the future of this latest product of Microsoft.

Download Microsoft Web Application Installer and Microsoft Web Platform

[tags]Microsoft Web Application Installer, Microsoft, WAMP, XAMPP[/tags]

…since we began development of the next version of the Windows client operating system we have been referring to it by a codename, “Windows 7.” But now is a good time to announce that we’ve decided to officially call the next version of Windows, “Windows 7…

There are going to be talking about the details of this release at the PDC and at WinHEC. Attendees of both shows will be given a pre-beta "developer only release" and the broad in-depth look at what Microsoft has been up to. This going to be an exciting moment for those who have the opportunity to try Windows 7 first hand. The attendees will probably have the chance to learn about Windows Clous OS too.

According to Mike, Microsoft selected ‘Windows 7? as its official name because of of its simplicity and the fact that it is the seventh release of Windows. For me the official name might create confusion to users who might be thinking they have missed Windows 1 through 6.

Here are some of the screenshots (confirmed) of Windows 7. Yeah, the interface is pretty much the same as Windows Vista but of course with several refinements and new added features. Enjoy the screenshot while waiting for the official release, hopefully in 2010.

[tags]Windows 7, Microsoft[/tags]