Overview of LibreOffice

The new Windows Secrets Newsletter is out, and Fred Langa has a thorough overview of LibreOffice (and OpenOffice), a free alternative to M$ Office. Well worth reading, even if you get Office free.

Cough, cough.

Susan’s Patch Watch column also has some good advice for would-be patchers, and pointers to details about the problems with IE 10 running on Windows 7. (Patch Watch is paid content — but you get to decide how much you want to pay for Windows Secrets Newsletter.)

Microsoft shuns its own Silverlight while embracing Flash

I honestly didn’t see this one coming, not from a million miles away.

I can’t begin to imagine how Silverlight developers must feel – along with the corporate types who signed off on developing Silverlight sites.

InfoWorld Tech Watch.

Internet Explorer 10 for Windows 7 beta now available

Er, Release Preview (it’s a beta – just about ready for prime time).

This from EP (thanks, EP!):

Hey Woody.

A few days ago, Microsoft has finally released Internet Explorer 10 release preview for Windows 7 SP1 (yay  for Win7 users).  read here:

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ie/archive/2012/11/13/ie10-fast-fluid-perfect-for-touch-and-available-now-for-windows-7.aspx

Windows 7 users can download IE10 pre-release here:

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/internet-explorer/ie-10-release-preview

or the following Microsoft download pages:

(IE10 pre-release 32bit):

http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=35712

(IE10 pre-release 64bit):

http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=35709

EP

What we still don’t know about the new Windows

Lots.

InfoWorld Tech Watch.

Google Chrome vs IE 10 in Windows 8 Metro

I was stunned by how well Chrome works.

If you have Windows 8 RP, follow along with the steps in my InfoWorld Tech Watch article. Bet you’ll be surprised!

Internet Explorer 10

Even Microsoft can’t get it right.

Frustrating. Very frustrating.

InfoWorld Tech Watch.

Flash is on Windows 8, but that’s just part of the story

There are a whole bunch of shoes that have yet to drop.

InfoWorld Tech Watch.