Microsoft has announced a web version of Microsoft Office. It will offer Microsoft Word, Powerpoint, Excel, and Onenote.  Now users are able to edit their documents, a feature that was missing in the previous web versions.

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Google has finally reached a settlement with authors and publishers that will allow user to search through books,read passages, and buy books through Google Books.

It will cost Google $125 million to create the Book Rights Registry. This will allow authors and publishers to register their work and receive money from subscriptions or book sales.

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Well even if your computer supports the hibernation function it might not show it. You have to enable it in Windows if it wasn`t already enabled. As you can see below it is missing from the sutdown menu.

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If you have a desktop with Windows Vista then you probably don`t want it to fall asleep while your downloading a file. So disabling the Power Management maybe useful.

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Youtube has been making new strategies to get more revenue. Now they plan to air full length CBS shows. Youtube is mainly built on user generated content. Getting companies to post their full episode will be a new thing.

During the test run Youtube offers 4 shows: Beverly Hills 90210, MacGyver, Star Trek: The Original Series, and The Young and The Restless. The shows can be viewed in the usual youtube playe or a theater type view. The theater view dims the page, pushes everything to the bottom, and widens out.

However the issue of the quality of these videos may be a problem. The test shows aren`t in great quality to begin with. Hulu has great quality of their videos.

A new invite has been sent out for a new laptop to be seen at the Cupertino event on October 14. The invite has a big picture of a notebook and a title that reads “The spotlight turns to notebooks”. The is a rumored $800 price friendly laptop.