This week was packed with news on the mobile front, so it was easy to miss a few stories here and there. Here’s some of the other stuff that happened in the wide world of wireless for the week of October 24, 2011:

• Fan of white phones? Here ya go: the BlackBerry Bold 9900, Curve 9360 and Torch 9810 can be pre-ordered on Phones4U. If white doesn’t do it for you, the Curve 9300 will be available in pink. [Stuff]
• HTC has announced its partnership with Dropbox, which means you can get 5GB of available storage on any of the company’s Android devices. [Twitter]
• A few customers on Verizon’s family plans have noticed a peculiar addition to the company’s #DATA service; when the text showing the data usage arrives, it now mentions “shared,” which may be an indication that Big Red’s on its way to offering shared data plans in the near future. [Droid-Life]
• Rumors have flown for some time about LG’s attempt at reviving the Prada series by introducing the K2 (aka the P940), and now we’re finally starting to see images of the Android device leak out. Apparently, it’ll be less than 9mm thin, offer an 8MP camera, 1.3MP front-facing cam, 21Mbps HSPA+ and have a 4.3-inch display with 1,000 nits of brightness. [PhoneArena via UnwiredView]
• Research in Motion announced BlackBerry Business Cloud Services for Microsoft Office 365, which extends Microsoft Exchange Online to the BlackBerry lineup. It’s geared toward midsized businesses and enterprises. Head to the source for the details. [Microsoft-News]

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Google’s epic struggle to wean the world from Microsoft Office reached a milestone this afternoon. The company’s first high-profile lawsuit over the hegemony of Office came to close, with Mountain View claiming at least a minor victory in its battle to push its own Google Apps suite into the federal government.

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There are various programs available that can help you to restore lost data from files of different formats. Data loss may occur due to a number of reasons, among them being: virus attack; common computer malfunctions and other negative conditions. Files with the PST format are known to be used by Microsoft Outlook Software. This is normally the default mail client bundled with Microsoft Office. Here Repairing .PST Files Windows 7 you will understand more about repairing PST files for Outlook 2007.

As a matter of fact, Microsoft Outlook mail agent stores data previously saved by users, such as: mail messages, tasks, contacts, meetings and others all of them having “pst” extension. With some programs, it is possible to recover data found in those PST files. It includes identifying the data in each PST file in order to be able to restore it afterward, being able to read a corrupted PST file, keeping the recovered data into a new PST file. Storing the recovered data is indeed a great and very useful function of any such program. You can save such data with a different extension (like eml, vcf or txt). Check here PST Repair Outlook 2010 to read how to repair PST files for Outlook 2010.

It is important to note that the file size of such recovered PST file can reach 1GB. The software will save the recovered data into several files the moment the size will exceed 1GB. Be aware that while fulfilling their direct functions, such PST files restoration programs will not modify and will not index any damaged PST files, or any files with such extension.

Simple rule: during a single recovery session, a good PST file restoration program will be able to recover the information part of only 1 corrupted file (of any given format). So you have to re-launch the program again (and again) the moment you want to recover any other files (if any).

Feel free to find downloadable websites where it will be possible for you to get free trial versions of PST files restorations programs, like Recovery ToolBox for Outlook. Trial versions of these programs are meant for demonstration and advertisement, so these usually provide a limited number of recovery sessions. You can buy online any full version of such program using any available up-to-date method. To fully use the program, you will get for that purpose a Registry key.

Yes, it’s another store within a store at Amazon, this time a Mac Download Store. While software downloads certainly aren’t anything new for the online retailer, the Mac store does actually boast a wider variety of titles than Amazon’s Windows download section, including games like Dragon Age: Origins and Civilization V, and applications like Microsoft Office and Adobe Photoshop Elements. All told, there’s more than 250 titles currently available — not exactly a rival to Apple’s own Mac App Store, but a more than respectable start. Of course, no store launch is complete without a sale, and Amazon has kicked things off with two: a free download of Airport Mania, and off your first paid download. Hit up the source link below to check it out.

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Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 makes it easy to preview email attachments right in the Reading Pane. Unfortunately, the attachment previewing software included in Outlook doesn’t preview PDF files attached to messages. Fortunately, you can fix this problem easily. All you need to do is set up Outlook to use the free PDF previewer that’s built into current versions of Adobe Reader.

Adobe Reader (which is also often referred to as Acrobat Reader) is a free program from Adobe for viewing PDF files. As its name implies, it is only for viewing (reading) these files, not for creating them. If you receive PDF files as message attachments, you are probably used to saving them, then opening them in Adobe Reader to view them.

If you decide to configure Outlook to view PDF files, you will be taking advantage of the same Adobe Reader technology, while eliminating the need to save attachments and open a separate program just see what they say. If you don’t have to go outside Outlook to view message attachments, you save time and effort, while better keeping your focus on what you are doing (handling email in Outlook).

Setting this up takes only minutes. All you need to do is download Acrobat Reader, install it, then configure Outlook 2007 to use it. In most cases, it will only take you a few minutes to complete the entire process. Even if you don’t normally make changes to the software running on your computer, if you can follow simple directions, you can set this up yourself. The benefits of a PDF previewing program make this small amount of effort a great investment.

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Microsoft Office Outlook is a very complete and effective program right out of the package. Even so, there is a thriving subculture creating free Outlook add-ins and programs that work with Outlook in some way.

What do these freebies do?

Free Outlook software can do a lot of different things. Some of them are meant to extend what Outlook does on its own. The Outlook Hotmail Connector is one example. This add-in makes it easy to work with your Hotmail messages, contacts, and calendar into Outlook. With it, you won’t be stuck dealing with your Microsoft outlook mail in one spot and your Hotmail in another.

Or suppose you want to make your Outlook messages look better. Wouldn’t it be helpful to have some attractive stationery to use in your messages, so they show on a nice background, instead of the usual boring white of most messages? Well, there’s a place where you can down load stationery that is compatible with Outlook. And again of course, it is free.

Why do folks produce them?

There are many reasons. Some folks create Outlook freebies for their own use, then publish them for other people to make use of. Other free things are out there in hopes that you will like them and eventually decide to buy a more powerful or complete version of the product. There are as many different reasons as there are freebies.

How do I get them?

Although there are lots of Outlook freebies out there, it can be hard to find it. What you need is some kind of directory or review site that lists quality free Outlook products and where to get them.

Would you like to try out some of the best Outlook freebies? Then you should head over to this “Free Outlook add-ins and more” page.