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Set Up a New Desktop Computer

whitepaper If the new computer is a standard desktop model, it consists of at least four pieces: a Central Processing Unit (CPU), which is the box that contains the computer's processor, memory, disk drives, and ports for connecting external devices; a...

Tags: desktop systems - pcs

[06 May 2008]

Insert a Symbol or Special Character

whitepaper The user can use the Symbol dialog box to insert symbols, such as ΒΌ and, or special characters, such as an em dash (-) or ellipsis (&) that are not on the keyboard, as well as Unicode characters. The types of symbols and characters that one can...

Tags: word processing

[03 May 2008]

Keyboard Shortcuts for SmartArt Graphics

whitepaper The keyboard shortcuts described in this paper refer to the U.S.keyboard layout. Keys on other layouts might not correspond exactly to the keys on a U.S.keyboard. In the Microsoft Office program where one wants to insert the graphic, press ALT...

Tags: data visualization

[11 Apr 2008]

Accessibility Features in Word

whitepaper The user can assign keyboard shortcuts (or shortcut keys) to a command, macro, font, style, or commonly used symbol. Using the mouse the user can click the Microsoft Office Button, and then click Word Options, Click Advanced and under Display...

Tags: business management

[11 Apr 2008]

Cheat Sheet: Supercomputing

Cheat Sheet Is that just a PC wearing a cape and its underpants over its keyboard? Microsoft has even developed a supercomputer-in-a-box with a relatively tiny price tag of $50,000. No, a supercomputer is a computer which is considered to be at the frontline...

Tags: supercomputing, blue gene, petaflop, ibm

[20 Nov 2007]

Photos: Get your Bluetooth into 007's style

Photos: Get your Bluetooth into 007's style

Photo If you're a CrackBerry addict but find yourself getting finger strain while struggling with tiny keys, a Bluetooth keyboard could be the answer. While using a keyboard with a smart phone might seemingly go against the idea of packing light, most...

Tags: bluetooth, blackberry, nokia, gadgets

[20 Nov 2006]

How serious is HSBC's online banking flaw?

News The vulnerability, which was not detailed in the researchers' report, relies on a hacker using a keystroke logger - a piece of software which records each key a user types on their keyboard. One method is to use an on-screen keyboard in Windows XP...

Tags: security, banks

[10 Aug 2006]

File-pinching security hole punctures Firefox and IE

News Attackers will be likely to use web pages such as keyboard-based games or blogs to exploit this issue, it added. An attacker could craft a malicious website that surreptitiously captures a user's keystrokes into a hidden file-upload dialogue box...

Tags: mozilla, ie flaw, firefox, flaw

[09 Jun 2006]

85 keyboard shortcuts for moving faster in Microsoft Excel

whitepaper Keyboard shortcuts can shave a surprising amount of time off the process of performing various Excel tasks. Most people have a small set of Excel keyboard shortcuts that help them work more efficiently, but remembering more than a handful is next...

Tags: data visualization, excel, cell, format

[17 May 2006]

70+ Keyboard shortcuts to move faster in Microsoft Access

whitepaper This handy, two-page table lists more than 70 keyboard shortcuts and their corresponding functions for Microsoft Access. Download and print this time-saving document and post it near your keyboard for at-a-glance help when you need to quickly...

Tags: database management, object, document, list

[17 May 2006]

Intel's Pandora has a Mac Mini feel

Intel's Pandora has a Mac Mini feel

News According to Silent PC Review, AOpen's Pandora device has a slot load CD drive and power button in the front, along with three USB ports, a keyboard hookup and a serial port in the back for hooking into displays.

Tags: mac mini, pandora, intel, apple

[01 Jun 2005]

My first computer: The ZX Spectrum

News The ZX81 became the first Sinclair machine available on the high street and despite having just one kilobyte of RAM, no colour and a keyboard that a cash till would be ashamed of, 350,000 units were sold in the first year.

Tags: zx spectrum

[11 Jan 2005]

AMD has the PC for developing nations

AMD has the PC for developing nations

News Although pricing will vary, AMD estimates it will cost $185 with keyboard, mouse and software and $249 with the addition of a monitor. I wonder whether the PC architecture is most appropriate - perhaps an enhanced set-top box would make more sense...

Tags: developing nations, low-cost pc, amd

[29 Oct 2004]

IBM and Newham partner on community TV

News Connell said the system also gives people access to a range of PC applications which they can access via the digital TV box and use with a keyboard and mouse. IBM and Newham Borough Council in London are working together to provide digital TV...

Tags: newham, linux, ibm

[13 Oct 2004]

Win32.MyParty.A // Win32/MyParty.Worm // W32.Myparty@mm // W32/Myparty@MM (CAI)

whitepaper The worm operates differently on Windows 9x-based and NT-based operating systems, and it is designed to leave machines with Russian keyboard support unaffected. Generally, Win32.MyParty will initially be detected in the user's e-mail in-box.

Tags: worm, mail, spreading, myparty

[14 Aug 2003]

Windows XP to see double

Windows XP to see double

News Service Pack 2 of Windows XP, coming later this year, will let one person manipulate applications via the keyboard while another person views pictures or surfs the internet on the same computer via a smart display, Megan Kidd, product manager for...

Tags: xp, microsoft

[08 May 2003]

Close, cautious, innovative - summing up the mobile industry

Close, cautious, innovative - summing up the mobile industry

Comment Sure, the big boys are making progress but from a US start-up such as Danger, with its satisfying 'hiptop' product category (used by T-Mobile and soon Orange), to a tiny newcomer such Windsor-based Red Communication, trying to re-jig the awful...

[20 Feb 2003]

Bluetooth's five minute deadline

Bluetooth's five minute deadline

News The Windows XP update is included with a new Bluetooth keyboard-mouse combination from Microsoft, available now in stores and at Microsoft's website. Mike McCamon, executive director of the Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG), says he will urge...

[10 Dec 2002]

Palm's Tungsten darts into the marketplace - but will it fly?

Palm's Tungsten darts into the marketplace - but will it fly?

News In fact, it is clearly a data-centric device, with a full keyboard, similar in style to that found on a BlackBerry or Treo. The Tungsten W, a connected tri-band GPRS terminal with a keyboard, will be available at the start of next year, initially...

[29 Oct 2002]

More helpdesk howlers

More helpdesk howlers

News Working for an Agricultural Importers a secretary ordered a transparent rubber dust cover for her keyboard. Helpdesk: 'Right, what you need to do is pop everything back into the box, seal it up and take the box back to the store where you bought it'

[22 Aug 2002]

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