Latest Microsoft hints & tips
Here is the latest release of hints and tips from Microsoft.Free online training The Insider Learning Centre is offering free training on Microsoft’s software programmes and Web technologies – online and at your own pace. Take a class from beginning to end or select individual lessons to sharpen specific skills. Insider Learning CentreOffice 2000 Weblinks […]
Centra and Dimension Data alliance for internet collaboration
Centra and Dimension Data have formed an alliance to offer multi-nationals and enterprises live business-to-business (B2B) internet collaboration and e-learning.Dimension Data’s managing director, Mark Bowman states that their strategy is to partner with innovators so that they can provide their customers with the most advanced and flexible communication solutions and by partnering with Centra presents […]
Browser Opera challenges Explorer and Netscape
Opera Software reputed as the third-largest web browser developer, have released their latest version of their Windows browser software for free download hoping to provide a challenging application to the dominance of both Microsoft Explorer and Netscape Navigator.The Opera for Windows 5.0 browser includes news and e-mail clients, along with integrated web search and messaging […]
Apache release beta version of Java toolkit
The open source Apache Software Foundation (ASF) have announced their release of a beta version of a Java toolkit that will allow developers to build web-based applications to handle scalable vector graphics (SVG) content.It is part of a project run by Sun Microsystems where they donated code including the SVGGraphics2D generator software that allows Java […]
Review – ReadIris Pro 6.0
There are many OCR (Optical Character Recognition) software packages to choose from, but this has been receiving many good reviews owing to its connections with Hewlett Packard and Agfa in support of their hardware.The full version ReadIris Pro 6.0 contains wizards that help set the software to your scanning device and where you wish to […]
Windows 2000 bigger seller than NT
Researcher IDC experts have stated that by the end of 2001, Windows 2000 will account for around 71% of sales which the Professional version being the strongest application because of its support for new hardware technologies such as plug and play. At the end of this year sales figures are estimated at around 40%They also […]
Self-destructing e-mails, a move towards protecting privacy?
A US firm called Absolute Future have launched a dynamic secure e-mail service called Safe Message in a bid to guarantee users that their private information cannot fall into the wrong hands.They have come up with self-destructing e-mails that users can choose how long their messages remain in their and recipients inboxes before they are […]
Review – Microsoft Frontpage 10
Microsoft have released their beta version of Frontpage 10 that is reported to include new graphics and content tools, includes Photo Gallery, a new feature, Automatic Web Content and have also enhanced the softwares collaboration capabilities.Frontpage 10 is included as part of the beta release of Office 10, even though it is also available as […]
Shockwave Virus worming its way to the UK
Antivirus vendors are warning companies in the UK to be on their alert after reports about a new worm dubbed Shockwave is spreading from the US and Australia. It is not considered particularly damaging, however more of a nuisance as it could clog up corporate e-mail systems if allowed to spread quickly.The worm, once again […]
Latest hints & tips for Microsoft Products
Find listed here a useful set of links to Microsoft and hints and tips guide to using Office and the Office Web site:Microsoft Office GuideMastering paragraph numberingIf you would like to download a 1-page handout on multi-level numbering in Word, then visit the address above, but for a quick summary of numbering, Microsoft offer the […]
Microsoft Watch – November
This is the first in a new series of pages devoted to breaking news and updates from Microsoft. We’ll summarise announcements from Microsoft and add links to our own comments. So, if you need to keep on top of relevant IT announcements from Microsoft, you can do so by regularly visiting this page. The page […]
Review – Symantec Norton SystemWorks 2001
There are currently two versions of this utilities package available on the market and they are the Norton SystemWorks 2001 Standard and Professional edition. Standard editionNorton SystemWorks 2001 is a utility application that will help to keep your computer working. It gives you everything you need in one easy-to-use suite. The new One-Button Checkup makes […]
Research shows UK workers clueless about security
Research conducted by Network Associates, questioned IT managers within the UK, about the aspects of computer security found that 71% thought that workers were not taking the issue of security seriously enough and are even ignoring security risks.This could be a result of a lack in IT skills and also that 70% of senior executives […]
IBM chasing aliens
IBM has beaten off competition from Compaq and Hewlett Packard to provide the US Air Force Space Surveillance Team with IBM SP supercomputers that are to be used to identify objects that are being tracked by their telescopes.Objects under observation may be errant communication satellites, or other space junk as well as non-US spacecrafts.An earlier […]
Novell reports another loss
Novell Inc. who reported earlier in the summer their losses have reported on Tuesday a net loss of $35 million for their fourth quarter that ended 31 October.These losses reflect the problems that Novell have been facing this year due to declining sales in their networking software and other products. The losses also include a […]
Nasa hacker gets sentenced
Twenty-nine year old Ikenna Iffih, from Boston, Massachusetts, a former computer science student has been sentenced to six months house arrest, two years probation and a ban from using computers for recreational purposes after he repeatedly hacked into the Nasa computer system last year.Iffih gained access to a Nasa research project over a four month […]
Don’t wear gloves when using your Toshiba
Toshiba are planning to add fingerprint reading devices to their laptop computers in a bid to fight security problems as an extra feature. This facility is to be supplied by specialist Identix, that will use a biometric PCMCIA card with BioLogon software.The device that uses the Identix DFR-300 optical fingerprint reader can be installed on […]
Watch out – Christmas viruses starting to make rounds
Look out for another christmas virus that is starting to find it’s way to festive office workers. This is attached to an e-mailed christmas carol and it contains a damaging internet worm.It is known as the I.worm.music, or W32/Music work and it first came out in September, only to re-appear last week as a friendly […]
PowerPoint Resource Centre
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Freeserve in talks for takeover
Freeserve have confirmed that they are holding discussions with Wanadoo, the internet service provider controlled by France Telecom that could lead to a takeover.Freeserve who is currently 80% owned by Dixons stated that they had entered into discussions that ‘may or may not’ lead to an offer being made for the company in shares.Freeserves shares […]