Microsoft Office 12: Non-crappy?

PC Magazine just released an in-depth review of the first Office 12 beta.  The first sentence of the review is absolutely priceless and something I can most definitely relate to: “When Office 12 arrives sometime in the second half of 2006, you may stop hating Microsoft Office.”

Seriously…that’s the best beginning to a review of a Microsoft product…ever. 

Thanks to Slashdot for the heads-up on the review. 

New Memorex USB Drives Including Mozilla Application

The new U3 USB mini-drives from Memorex are including Mozilla’s Thunderbird e-mail client as one of the bundled applications. This is yet another huge step for the open-source movement. Thunderbird will be accompanied by Migo (to manage personalized settings including IE favorites and desktop wallpaper, etc.), U-Safe (for password protection), and U3 Anti-Virus (powered by McAfee). The drives will be available in 256mb, 512mb, 1gb, and 2gb capacities.

Sure, it’s missing a portable Firefox but I’m as pleased as punch that Thunderbird might be getting some more exposure. The faster I can get rid of Outlook…the better off I’ll be in the long run.

Source: http://www.pocket-lint.co.uk/review.php?reviewId=1286