Don't Write an Obituary for the PC

Category: TechTodaySince his creation in 1961, Spider-Man has been declared dead more than a dozen times (not including comic book covers that imply he died) and last year was killed off again by a vacuous, inept writer that doesn't even deserved to be mentioned anymore. After Apple's rebirth through the iPod and subsequent successes, everyone thought Microsoft was dead and buried...

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MS Excel 2010 Basics: Creating a static Excel form Part 2

Continued from MS Excel 2010 Basics: Creating a static Excel form Part 1In this next section for creating a static Excel form, we'll use a few ways to make sure the audience fills out specific areas of the form. We'll use mostly low-tech ways such as data validation. As an option, we'll also add a basic macro and discuss the disadvantages of using a macro when passing around an Excel form within a company.Ensuring...

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MS Excel 2010 Basics: Creating a static Excel Form Part 1

Category: TechwriterIf I was going to recommend one Microsoft application fresh graduates or job seekers should master it would be Microsoft Office Excel. The deceptively simple spreadsheet is more powerful than Word, Visio, PowerPoint, OneNote, Access and Publisher combined. I've seen the application used intensively in some of the industries I've worked with: health insurance, technical support, management,...

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5 Dilemmas of Linux Evangelists

Category: Linux Stereotyping on the Internet is almost unavoidable due to the opacity of the medium and there are now hundreds of types of "fanbois" online since the dawn of the Internet. For tech enthusiasts with plenty of time on their hands, it's easy to troll for the occasional MacOSX, Microsoft, Android, iOS, and Apple fanboi (and yes, Apple has several categories on its own). I'm an unabashed...

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Introducing Linux Desktop Environments featuring Fedora 18 and Iron Man Part 3

Category: Linux Gnome 3.x Gnome 3.6 is the default desktop environment of Fedora 18. Gnome 3.x is the successor to the popular but long-toothed Gnome 2. The controversial desktop environment is best described by its full screen Activities Overview, which is similar to Ubuntu Unity's Dash. Gnome 3.x has continued the tradition of Gnome 2's exceptional library of applications. Gnome 3.6 also retained...

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Adding open source software and Linux to your resumé - even if you're not an expert

Category: TechTodayTrue story: My ex-girlfriend, a devout Microsoft Windows user, struggled through years of my gushing about the latest Linux distribution and pleading with her to dual-boot her Dell and Fujitsu laptop with Ubuntu 10.10 Maverick Meerkat or openSUSE 11  Gnome. It got to a point when my incessant ramblings about Terminal commands and ...

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Introducing Linux Desktop Environments featuring Fedora 18 and Iron Man Part 2

Category: Linux This is the second part of a brief introduction to Linux desktop environments. Just for fun, we'll match the Linux desktop environment with Iron Man's different armors. Marvel's currently popular character, who has changed his armor every time a new writer pens his tales, is a great way to give users an idea of the varied desktop environments available for Linux users (and those ...

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