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What this means is that there is a pre-Beta of the next version of Office, but you can’t get it. “Not since Office 2003 has Microsoft taken such an “ambitious undertaking” to reinvent the productivity suite. Today, PJ Hough, CVP of development for Microsoft’s Office division, announced the “technical preview” Read more…
Millions of online purchases are made each day, but what and who actually places those items into packages? I love these TED Talks. This one takes a pretty mundane topic and makes it quite interesting. At TEDxBoston, Mick Mountz of Kiva Systems, weaves a fascinating tale out of a seemingly boring Read more…
Carbon nanotube window coatings can allow or block light, create or block electricity and be very very interesting. Watch this facinating 10 minute Ted Talk. CEO of Nanoholdings, Justin Hall-Tipping, explains how nanotechnology will change the near future of energy and replace fossil fuel. A quick scan of websites and blog comments, Read more…
“…Do I have your attention yet? Apple fans needn’t worry, iPad has considerable lead over Android tablets. iPad global market share, as measured by mobile operating system, fell to 57.6 percent in fourth quarter from 68.2 percent a year earlier, according to Strategy Analytics. Meanwhile, Android tablets rose to 39.1 Read more…
“…My reaction mirrored many others this week. Apple’s big iPhone holiday quarter seemed simply unbelievable — 37 million, up 128 percent year over year. But Samsung was close. Real close: 36.5 million smartphones, according to Strategy Analytics. Together, the two companies accounted for 47 percent of fourth-quarter smartphone shipments. The Read more…
“…Since 1994, the Gates Foundation has given grants totalling more than $26bn to various charities and projects. But Jobs’ death served as a reminder to Gates that he needed to push on with his philanthropic efforts, he said in the interview. “…And there’s drugs we’re investing in now that won’t Read more…
“…”Ah that looks like last year’s phone” is the killer line, says a guy rising from his sleeping bag to look at an unboxing video of, presumably, iPhone 4S. Samsung snark already has soured perceptions of iPhone and boosted those of Samsung brands, according to YouGov BrandIndex. The attack ads, Read more…
UPDATED: Sept 1st 2013 If you have heard the hype on the Kobo ereader you know there are supposedly 1 million free ebooks for it. Where are they? They don’t show up in the Kobo Desktop software. They are online so just follow this simple process to find those freebees: MAKE Read more…
When reading this, keep in mind that Kinect is the fastest selling consumer product in history… yes, more than the iPod or iPhone. “…NPD’s latest games data has underlined just how dominant the Xbox is in the US, with Microsoft’s console capturing 40 per cent all consumer spending from physical Read more…
“…The Inside Apple book, penned by Fortune’s Adam Lashinsky, says meetings are often cloak and dagger affairs due to “disclosure” issues, while new staff often don’t know their real job until day one…. …Often they have been interviewed for “dummy positions” and will be briefed fully on day one. ” Read more…
“ReFs” or Resilient File System is a new file system written from scratch for Windows 8. ReFs is compatible with NTFS and is supposed to reduce complexity while being able to automatically detect corruption on RAIDed disks. “…Together, Storage Spaces and ReFS have been architected with headroom to innovate further, and Read more…
There are many dangerous threats lurking in cyberspace today, from software vulnerabilities and exploits, to viruses and botnets. Among these threats are phishing attacks, an electronic communication scam that attempts to secure highly personal information such as credit card info, user names and passwords by assuming the identity of a Read more…
2011 marks the 40th anniversary of Creeper, the world’s first computer virus. From Creeper to Stuxnet, the last four decades saw the number of malware instances boom from 1,300 in 1990, to 50,000 in 2000, to over 200 million in 2010. Besides sheer quantity, viruses, which were originally used as Read more…
Speaking as someone who owns a playbook, I can say that this is a good list and nearly all of them are free Groupon Evernote Box E! News – this is for people who need to get a life InstaPhoto Stressless Angry Birds… of course The details are at http://www.itbusiness.ca/it/client/en/slideshow/Playbook-Apps/ The Read more…
Usually you can save content from a website by RIGHT CLICKING your mouse and selecting SAVE but some content like Flash Files (.SWF) and animated GIF’s just don’t work that way. When you right click on an .SWF Flash element you will not see the SAVE option and if you right click and save an animated .GIF you will only Read more…
“…dubbed 802.11ac. The wireless standard promises speeds of up to 1.3Gbps, which would make 802.11ac about three times as fast as 802.11n. It will also be about six times as power efficient, perfect for portable devices. 802.11ac promises greater range than its predecessors. While like previous technologies, top speeds are Read more…