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From Forbes: Google wants to scan all the books in the stacks of several of the world’s major research libraries to make these books searchable online. But lawsuits are threatening to shut the project down. Should they? Called the Google Print Library Project, it has produced strong opposition, particularly from the publishing industry and writers’ …
From TechRepublic: It was an idea everyone loved: Develop a cheap PC that would let large numbers of Brazilians connect to the Internet. Literacy would rise, the economy would improve and the country’s emerging tech sector would get a boost. Unfortunately, it’s been about six years and counting.
One of the keys to a good photographic image is proper exposure. Proper exposure is made up a couple of elements, all working together; shutter speed, aperture and film speed. However, there is never one proper exposure, but many that will provide a good print. I will explain why. Film, whether traditional or digital, requires …
PC Magazine has hundreds of tips that are searchable on their site. If you visit the main tips page, you’ll see the most current tip. If you scroll almost to the bottom, you’ll see categories (operating systems, applications, browsers, hardware) that you can browse. You can also search by keywords. For instance, I did a …
From CNN: When Madonna takes the stage in Lisbon this week to perform her new single “Hung Up,” it will be the culmination of weeks of promotion harnessing new technology that is revolutionizing the music industry. Major artists are increasingly using the Internet, mobile phones and music appliances like Apple Computer’s iPod to generate hype …
From TechRepublic: Kicking off what he called the “live era” of software, Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates said on Tuesday that the company plans to launch new Internet-based complements to its core products. Gates said Microsoft is working on two products, “Windows Live” and “Office Live,” that create opportunities for the company to sell online subscriptions …
Microsoft Knowledgebase article 294933 explains how to use the Microsoft Office Application Recovery. This tool provides you with a way to potentially recover data from an Office program that stops responding (hangs). If an Office program stops responding during your work session, you are no longer forced to terminate the program in Windows Task Manager …
The Microsoft Office Assistance web site had some nice tips called Customize how Excel starts. One of the tips is starting Excel is Safe Mode. You may be familiar with Safe Mode for Windows. All versions of Windows since Windows 95 have had a way to start Windows with only basic drivers and software loaded. …
From Vnunet: The development of relatively cheap 5-megapixel compact cameras has effectively ended the long running ‘megapixel war’, leaving manufacturers to focus on features rather than resolution, industry sources have told vnunet.com. “Five to eight megapixels is already sufficient for almost all users,” said a spokesman for Premier Image Technology, one of the world’s largest …