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Microsoft’s Office 2010 review | Technophile Microsoft’s Office 2010 review | Technophile

The latest version of Office has lots of new bells and whistles – none of which... 

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Learn to remove a stuck CD from a computer Learn to remove a stuck CD from a computer

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Learn to fix a loose laptop screen Learn to fix a loose laptop screen

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The test . . . meat thermometers The test . . . meat thermometers

We pick three of the best meat thermometers Read the original here: The test .... 

Tech Weekly: The iPad analysed and Amazon’s ebook war Tech Weekly: The iPad analysed and Amazon’s ebook war

There's an iPad flavour to most of this week's progamme as we deconstruct the most... 

Simon Majumdar: I hate being far from my email | Celebrity squares Simon Majumdar: I hate being far from my email | Celebrity squares

For food writer Simon Majumdar, his BlackBerry is as much of a lifesaver as his... 

Hard times turn us to gaming, but not everyone will be a winner | Victor Keegan Hard times turn us to gaming, but not everyone will be a winner | Victor Keegan

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Microsoft’s Office 2010 review | Technophile Microsoft’s Office 2010 review | Technophile

The latest version of Office has lots of new bells and whistles – none of which will make either Adobe or Google happy I'm writing this using the beta of Microsoft Word 2010, part of the Office 2010 suite due to hit the shelves later this year. View post:  Microsoft's Office 2010 review | Technophile Share and Enjoy:  Read More →

If you’re going to do good science, release the computer code too If you’re going to do good science, release the computer code too

Programs do more and more scientific work - but you need to be able to check them as well as the original data, as the recent row over climate change documentation shows One of the spinoffs from the emails and documents that were leaked from the Climate Research Unit at the University of East Anglia is the light that was shone on the role of program... [Read more of this review]

We have the internet: now we need the intercloud, says Vint Cerf We have the internet: now we need the intercloud, says Vint Cerf

With "cloud computing" growing in importance, Google's Vint Cerf thinks it's time to start working on "intercloud" standards and protocols so your data doesn't get trapped in one One of the problems with "cloud computing" is that it can work a bit like the Hotel California: you can check your data in OK, but will you ever get it out? Google is very... [Read more of this review]

Microsoft: Cool ideas are not enough for us Microsoft: Cool ideas are not enough for us

Software giant says innovative ideas are not enough, after stinging attack by former executive Microsoft has said it cannot survive on "cool ideas", just hours after a former executive accused the company of being a "clumsy" and "uncompetitive innovator". Dick Brass, who served for as a vice president at the company from 1997 to 2004, launched a broadside... [Read more of this review]

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