TouchPads are in hot demand right now and it seems as if Office Depot just is ready to ship out another round. This comes from an email set to us that indicates at least some 32GB TouchPad orders were canceled, which the retailer is ready to use to fulfill the backorders. Chances are that if you're part of this group, there's an email waiting for you from Office Depot right now. [......]
When you set up a new Windows system, especially an XP system, you may be faced with a titanic load of updates to apply to it in order to bring it up to date. If you don't have a loaded-up WSUS server or similar system this means pulling potentially hundreds of megabytes over your Internet connection, and multiple reboots. Microsoft could make it a lot easier[......]
Two Apple patents have just surfaced in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, both of which describe methods for stylus input on a capacitive touchscreen, as well as other surfaces. Now, Apple hearts patenting things, whether the company actually has plans to act on them or not. [......]
On her first day as the new Register of Copyrights, Maria Pallante trekked across the street from the Library of Congress to the Rayburn Office Building for a House Judiciary Committee hearing on whether unauthorized Internet streaming should become a felony. [......]
SoftMaker Office 2010 is an interesting productivity suite that delivers much of the power of Microsoft Office, at a considerably lower price. If you prefer your office suites to come without any price tag at all, though, you could always try the previous version, SoftMaker Office 2008 . It includes a word processor, spreadsheet, presentation package and scripting tool, and is now available for free. Opting for 2008 edition of the program may cause a few problems. [......]
If you're the kind of person who finds themselves moving backwards and forwards between multiple documents in Word, Excel or PowerPoint, you'll know how frustrating and fiddly it can be. Office opens each document in a separate window, which can prove bothersome if you're constantly copying and pasting from one document to another, or need to reference two or three while editing a fourth. The logical approach is to allow users to open multiple documents in the same window using a series of tabs: it revolutionized the way we use our web browsers, and it's something already pioneered in the free Office alternative, Lotus Symphony . [......]
Attwell Baker FCC Commissioner Meredith Attwell Baker is defending herself against charges that she has improperly benefited from her support of the massive Comcast/NBC buyout back in January. Attwell Baker last week announced plans to join Comcast as a top DC lobbyist for the company[......]
The future of electronics retailer Comet looks uncertain, with reports that its owner Kesa is looking to sell off the brand. This comes after the company announced that it was looking a 7.7 per cent dip in like-for-like sales this year. Although Kesa hasn't officially announced its restructuring plans, its shares rose 5.3 per cent with the proposed news[......]
It's set to be the biggest film ever made in 3D but this doesn't mean that many have qualms about The Hobbit made in another dimension. While we have to wait until the movie appears in 2012 to make a proper judgement, one image has appeared that has to be filed under 'awesome' and that is of Gandalf wearing a pair of active 3D specs. Apparently shot by director Peter Jackson himself, the image gives nothing away other than Ian McKellen and co are getting to see 3D rushes of the movie as it is shot[......]
It’s a sad fact that a few of the most classic franchises of golden-age PC gaming (i.e. after the heyday of early consoles and before the 360 and PS3 ate its lunch) have been neglected and even abused. Thief is one of them — after the first two critically-acclaimed games, a lukewarm third was released alongside a similarly watered-down Deus Ex 2 [......]
Hells, bells, iPad might be Apple's backdoor to the enterprise, after all -- and, whoa, that can't be good for Windows PCs. [......]
Microsoft has famously supported its operating systems and office suites long after their prime years have passed, but another important milestone is arriving, end of life for Office XP. The nearly 10 year old productivity software will see it’s last patch Tuesday on July 12th 2011, and Microsoft is advising customers to upgrade before it fades forever into obscurity. [......]
IBM is bringing its Lotus Symphony productivity suite to the cloud with the launch of LotusLive Symphony, a cloud-based office productivity suite. IBM believes that LotusLive Symphony , along with other software and services launched today , will help “businesses embrace the social business models through cloud computing.†Currently at the technology preview stage, the new cloud-based office productivity suite will square off against comparable products like Google Apps, Microsoft Office Web Apps, Zoho Office Suite and Oracle Cloud Office. It will be widely available in the second half of 2011. [......]
By Mark Wilson The value of a remote access tool is difficult to appreciate until you try one for the first time. Using the right software, it is possible to sit at home and work with your computer in the office as if you sat in front of it. This can be achieved with desktop software such as LogMeIn, but there is also a version available for iOS in the form of LogMeIn Ignition . [......]
