The next version of MS Office looks set to bring powerful tools for creating business graphics – if by powerful you mean create complex, artistic (by MS standards) slides with only a few clicks The problem with such tools is that if you have seen one, you have seen all, of the results. As a [...]
There is something luddite-ish about the current attitude to HTML email, even from those who take a measured approach. Some people are dead against it, recommending that you configure your clients to avoid it, and damning anyone who dares to send it.Even the Washington Post has now joined the campaign, motivated in part by Microsoft’s [...]
Apple will be charging a nominal fee to users of a particular upgrade: The fee for the software is required in order for Apple to comply with generally accepted accounting principles for revenue recognition, which generally require that we charge for significant feature enhancements, such as 802.11n, when added to previously purchased products. There is [...]
Some Canadian scientists claim to have found an avenue for attacking many forms of cancer, but fear that they will not be able to do further research.
Although Windows users are having to get used to a version of office without the usual menu system, it looks like Mac users will have the best of both Worlds.
I can remember when all the geeks used a search engine called Altavista. It is probably still around, but I haven’t been there to check lately. The interface was always a little complicated though, and the less-savvy user probably gravitated to Yahoo. Of course, this was the age when one probably needed to check several [...]
Sometimes your opponents are looking for blood, the media is looking for a story, and you will be misquoted to make a point. There has been a big fuss in the US about whether or not Barbara Boxer should have suggested that Condi Rice had no moral authority to order troops into battle, because she [...]
I had promised myself that there would be no more “Apple”-themed postings for a bit, but then my battery decided to die. I’d used it, you see, and that had apparently finished it off. It must be a known problem, since it was prominently linked to on Apple’s support website. Poor, but at least the [...]
Here is what the makers of the iPhone have to say about Apple’s iPhone. I really must stop doing Apple postings. But I find the way in which a very slick non-launch is unravelling almost impossible to ignore.
This is a somewhat technical but interesting piece on how to choose secure passwords and why you should. I’ve noticed myself that software attempting to break into servers has become increasingly sophisticated over the last two years, to the point that I no longer regard a password-protected ssh login secure. As for how I choose [...]