Valley Girls Nov 21, 2008
Things like why some people can curl their tongue, why some people excel at swimming or maths. "It's the long tail of human diversity," she said. (BBC News -- Technology)
Will the future be programmer-free? Nov 21, 2008
Anyone who is comfortable writing macros or sophisticated Excel spreadsheets has what it takes to create apps with Coghead, says McNamara. A person needs a basic understanding of relational databases, such as an account record that has many invoices stored against it. (InfoWorld)
New BlackBerry could take iPhone by storm Nov 20, 2008
Expandable memory, removable battery, picture and video messaging, GPS, copy-and-paste functionality, visual voice mail and excellent e-mailing capabilities ... Also preloaded: Documents To Go software from DataViz that lets you edit Word, Excel and PowerPoint documents ... 25-inch glass display excels at video. (USA Today -- Tech)
Competing for Internet Dominance Nov 19, 2008
Its product offers free, stripped-down alternatives to Microsoft's popular Word and Excel products. Market capitalization: $94 billion. (Washington Post)
Why Yahoo's Jerry Yang stepped down Nov 19, 2008
Few excel at both: Steve Jobs may just be that rare exception. "There are three different skill-sets needed to run a company," says Rob Enderle, principal analyst at Emerging Personal Technologies in San Jose, Calif. (Christian Science Monitor -- USA)
Microsoft Moves Closer to Cloud Computing Nov 19, 2008
Mentioned briefly at the launch was the future of an online Microsoft Office, the package of productivity applications such as Word, Excel and PowerPoint. Repeating a late October announcement, Elop said. (PC World)
Video: Macy's Prepares for World-Famous Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade(R) with FileMaker Pro 9 Nov 19, 2008
This caused delays and resulted in the need to export all work from Microsoft Access queries into Microsoft Excel documents to find specific information in a user-friendly manner. "With our new FileMaker database system, time-consuming tasks such as assigning volunteers parade responsibilities have been reduced from about 10 days to just one or two days, and more important, we can better meet the needs and specifications of each individual, group and staff member," said Hall. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
ASUS P565 PDA Phone for business professionals introduced Nov 19, 2008
0+EDR, 1300 mAh Li-Ion battery and GPS. It supports Word (editor), Excel (editor), PowerPoint (viewer), Windows Live, MSN, Voice Commander and Push Email (Exchange Server). There is no word on the pricing and availability. (TechGadgets.in)
Bycast upgrades StorageGRID software for better grid performance Nov 19, 2008
Chargeback and reporting data will also be generated and can be fed into Crystal Reports or Excel spreadsheet software ... Chargeback and reporting data will also be generated and can be fed into Crystal Reports or Excel spreadsheet software. (Search Storage)
ILOG Introduces Transportation Analyst 2.0 to Maximize Utilization of Transportation Assets and Reduce Carbon Emissions Nov 18, 2008
The new version of Transportation Analyst has a set of new industry-leading ease-of-use features including tight integration with Excel, Gantt charts, and scenario comparison reports. The solution is also complementary to ILOG's market leading network design and planning solution, ILOG LogicNet Plus(TM) () as well as its leading inventory optimization solution, ILOG Inventory Analyst(TM) (). (PR Newswire)
Sun launches first Mac StarOffice Nov 18, 2008
an entry on the spelled out system requirements for Office Web, claiming that the lightweight, online-delivered versions of Word, Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote would run within Internet Explorer, Firefox and Safari on Windows, Mac OS X and Linux, and within Safari on the Apple iPhone. A Microsoft spokeswoman later confirmed the blog's accuracy. (Computerworld)
BlueStar sparks energy services with SOA Nov 18, 2008
Not only does BlueStar have to track each customer's hourly electricity usage, but it must also reconcile that usage with the cost of the power for each specific hour -- a task made more difficult by the myriad methods (EDI, XML, FTP, Excel, CSV, and so on) local distributors employ to provide that information. To automate customer provisioning and payments to trading partners, BlueStar brought together a heady mix of open source software, including an ESB, JMS message broker, a business rule... (Yahoo News -- Technology)
Apple Winning Over Businesses with iPhone Nov 17, 2008
With a nice Excel 2003 graph ... Or maybe it's just hard to guess percentages off of a little Excel graph. (DailyTech)
Microsoft Opens Online Store in US: Charges More Nov 17, 2008
Office Standard 2007 (Full: Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Outlook). Also interesting is the note about : Microsoft points out that it will not match the advertised prices of other retailers for the same items. (ReadWriteWeb)
In shift, Microsoft sells software online Nov 15, 2008
Welcome to The Sydney Morning Herald. November 15, 2008 - 10:08AM. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Technology)
Five Reasons BlackBerry Storm Is An iPhone Killer Nov 15, 2008
The BlackBerry Storm comes preloaded with the DataViz Documents to Go suite for editing Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint files from the handset. For mobile workers, this capability has become a must. (CRN)
Citrix developing XenApps and XenDesktop for the iPhone Nov 15, 2008
Citrix XenApp virtualizes an individual application, be it Microsoft Office, PowerPoint, Excel, or SAP, allowing users to run those applications on a client directly from a XenApp server hosted with a Windows application like SAP.. XenDesktop provides access to a centrally hosted desktop, in particular a user's desktop on a remote server. (InfoWorld)
Better software smooths the road to managing KPIs Nov 15, 2008
"With most of the proprietary systems you get, you can drop stuff out to Microsoft Excel or Access and re-express it in dashboards and web portals.". But there is still room for more improvements in Tidd's software KPI garden. (Accounting Web, UK)
2 men, woman slain in Mountain View Nov 15, 2008
"We heard somebody screaming, shouting around 4 o'clock," said Annie Yang, office manager of Excel Precision, another company in the same office complex. "But after that, we just saw the police running in our area.". (San Francisco Chronicle)
Randy Gross's broad job description also encompasses COWs and squirrels Nov 15, 2008
Open Office replaces Word, Excel, PowerPoint for free. ""Some technology helps us as a department," he said. "We use WSUS server which sends out all those Windows updates. (Dowagiac News, MI)
Mac, Linux systems can access Office Web Nov 14, 2008
According to Perez, the online versions of Word, Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote will be accessible not only from Microsoft's own Internet Explorer (IE) and within Windows, but also from 's and Apple's Safari browsers running on Mac OS X and Linux. Find out more about Microsoft's cloud computing plans in "" and. (InfoWorld)
Protecting PC Files Nov 14, 2008
On any Microsoft document including Excel, you can set a password to protect your information from being accessed. Here are the Microsoft directions. (FOX23.com, OK)
Extension Software Program Measures Sow Performance Nov 14, 2008
The program is written in Microsoft Access, and all of the data can be exported to Microsoft Excel. By exporting data, producers can create their own reports, in addition to the reports generated by the program. (Agri-View, WI)
HTC Fuze To Rival iPhone, T-Mobile G1 Nov 12, 2008
Windows Mobile also lets users access and edit e-mail attachments using mobile versions of Microsoft Word, Excel, OneNote and PowerPoint. Additionally, the Fuze supports industry-specific applications and Microsoft System Center Mobile Device manager, a mobile device management solution that also provides security, mobile VPN and distribution for Windows Mobile devices. (CRN)
Infor world tour debuts new components and SaaS offerings Nov 12, 2008
"But we've also kept very nice integration with Excel, since most of the finance community still love to play with their information on spreadsheets.". Some key markets for business intelligence such as financial services have been affected by the credit crunch in recent weeks, Smith admitted. (Accounting Web, UK)
Protests over terror arrest of German academic Nov 12, 2008
computer skills required including word, excel, powerpoint, software. ar. (Yahoo News -- Germany)
Has US politics changed forever? Nov 11, 2008
In the next election cycle, it is possible that the Republicans will learn how to excel in the use of new media, just as they did in 2004. NEW AGENDA. (BBC News)
O2 Brings Xda Smartphone To PAYG Nov 11, 2008
8in touchscreen and backs it up with some serious connectivity including HSDPA, WiFi and GPS. The last of these is fully exploited too with the excellent satellite navigation software pre-installed (though on a two week free trial). A three megapixel camera and FM are also featured and are pretty much par for the course (unless your *cough* Apple) while full editing of Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint documents is available. (TrustedReviews)
Microsoft to patch critical Windows flaw Nov 11, 2008
A flaw, also in XML Core Services, is rated important and affects Microsoft Office 2003 Service Pack 3, Word Viewer 2003 Service Pack 3 and Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel and PowerPoint 2007 file formats ... A flaw, also in XML Core Services, is rated important and affects Microsoft Office 2003 Service Pack 3, Word Viewer 2003 Service Pack 3 and Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel and PowerPoint 2007 file formats. (SearchWindows2000.com)
Distance Learning for the Blind Nov 11, 2008
g. Business writing, foreign languages, Excel) with flexible scheduling accessible from any computer; lessons are segmented into manageable steps and include personalized feedback from instructors. Subject matter experts, including those who are blind, create the content. (Suite101.com)
Cloud computing: new term for old concept Nov 11, 2008
Eventually, consumers and businesses will be able to use Word, Excel, PowerPoint and other Microsoft applications online, without any software. Q: I'm compiling a large document in Microsoft Word that contains information from different places, including Web sites and PDF files. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Technology)
Review: HTC Touch Pro Nov 11, 2008
The Pro is intended more for work than play, coming with mobile versions of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote and Adobe Reader already installed ... We'd say the Pro's size is a reasonable sacrifice to make for a feature-packed phone with such an excellent keyboard. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Technology)
Microsoft falls behind in mobiles Nov 11, 2008
November 11, 2008 01:16am AEDT. THERE has never much love lost between executives of Microsoft and Google. (NEWS.com.au)
Report slams Google Apps' enterprise prospects, Google says: just you wait Nov 11, 2008
The report also cites Excel's ability to do database functions (unlike Google Spreadsheets) and the ability to hide rows and columns ... Finally, Office allows power users to create more customized uses of the software by scripting for Word and Excel through Microsoft's Visual Studio. (Yahoo News -- Internet Portals & Search Engines)
Microsoft talks big on Windows and SQL Server Nov 7, 2008
For example, Excel will be able to work with larger data sets than currently possible. "We are aligning it with more Office experience...to complete the last mile of business intelligence," Clark said. (Register)
Smartphone security: The growing threat of mobile malware Nov 6, 2008
These programs can excel at battling mobile-specific threats, like detecting mobile OS Trojans and filtering SMS messages that don't otherwise pass through enterprise servers. Network defense Employers that don't manage mobile devices can still defend their networks from mobile malware by safeguarding "touch points" like enterprise mail servers, mobile application gateways, remote access concentrators and Web portals. (Search Security, MA)
BlackBerry Bold: Just a Name Nov 6, 2008
Microsoft Word and Excel make it simple to assign a password. The election of Barack Obama is being exploited by malware distributors. (PC World)
NeatDesk scanner turns receipts into organized data Nov 6, 2008
You can also export data to Excel, Word, TurboTax or QuickBooks accounting software. You can sync contacts with Outlook or the Plaxo online address book. (USA Today -- Tech)
Rogers Wireless Launches BlackBerry Pearl Flip Phone in Canada Nov 5, 2008
The device also features a number of pre-installed software applications, including BlackBerry Desktop Manager, BlackBerry Maps, and Dataviz Documents to Go, which allows users to edit Microsoft Word, Excel, and Powerpoint files on the go. Beginning today, the BlackBerry Pearl Flip will be available through Rogers Wireless in Canada, at a cost of just $50 with a three-year voice and data contract. (Teleclick.ca)
Excel-based Report-writers: Roundup by David Carter Nov 5, 2008
Excel-based report writers are very easy to use. You open up a new Excel workbook and find that it now contains an extra menu ... From this menu you can view the data in your accounts package and pull it into Excel, and with this comes many other benefits, such as. (Accounting Web, UK)
Volatile Markets Call for Flexible Solutions to Keep Pace With Changing Market Conditions Nov 4, 2008
To address this need FINCAD launched two new products today: FINCAD Analytics Suite 2009 for Excel and FINCAD Analytics Suite 2009 for Developers. These products replace FINCAD's flagship products FINCAD XL and FINCAD Developer, and include a new technology platform that accelerates the ability to add new instrument coverage. (PR Newswire)
Netflix welcomes Mac users to 'Watch Instantly' Nov 3, 2008
Keynote is still better than PowerPoint (but that gap has closed) but both Pages and Numbers are considerably inferior to Word and Excel, which is to be expected given the years that both have been in development. The gaps will likely close further in future years but right now there is a significant gulf. (CNET News)
US giant puts up $5m to trap hackers Nov 3, 2008
bs, ba, or mba in finance, accounting, or general business *strong analytical skills *proficient in excel. az. (Yahoo News -- Computer Viruses & Worms)
Computer Crime is Here to Stay; So Are Jobs to Combat It Nov 1, 2008
"Many times in these types of fraud cases, the suspect has attempted to cover-up the crime by deleting various documents, such as MS Word memos and MS Excel spreadsheets," Hildebrand adds ... "We are responding to the changing IT industry in order to ensure DeVry University graduates are prepared to excel in emerging industry areas," says Eddie Wachter, Ph. (Pekin Times, IL)
Late to the Game: Microsoft Office Online Nov 1, 2008
Microsoft plans to offer free Web versions of Word (shown here), Excel and other programs by 2010 Microsoft ... Although Microsoft on Oct. 27 that it will roll out "lightweight" Web versions of Word, Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote as part of its next release of Office, that release isn't expected until 2010. (Time.com)
Unlikely star Oct 31, 2008
Rickshaw men excel in 'Pop Idol. By Mark Dummett BBC News, Dhaka. (BBC News)
BBC Trust statement Oct 31, 2008
Page last updated at 18:25 GMT, Thursday, 30 October 2008. The BBC Trust has released a statement regarding the row over the lewd calls Russell Brand and Jonathan Ross made to Fawlty Towers actor Andrew Sachs on Radio 2. (BBC News -- UK)
Why is Russell Brand funny? Oct 31, 2008
", which is a far more relevant question. Mark, Plymouth UK I think that both Brand and Ross childish and seeking to boost their own egos by being 'different'. They have no talent and are only where they are today by being verbal thugs. Katharine, Surrey He's a modern day Byron; this time he just got a little carried away Matthew, Bury St Edmund Bookmark with: MAGAZINE REGULARS AND ALSO... RELATED BBC LINKS E-MAILED Premature baby to stay for checks Light drinking 'no risk to baby' Rickshaw men... (BBC News -- UK)
MSP to launch 'right to die' bill Oct 31, 2008
Page last updated at 17:56 GMT, Thursday, 30 October 2008. Mrs MacDonald was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease in 2002. (BBC News -- UK)
Mother's concern at school strike Oct 31, 2008
Page last updated at 06:40 GMT, Friday, 31 October 2008. The dispute at Movilla High School has ended. (BBC News -- UK)
Students' union in e-mail gaffe Oct 31, 2008
Page last updated at 06:01 GMT, Friday, 31 October 2008. By Siobhan Courtney Interactive reporter, BBC News. (BBC News -- UK)
Victims' voice Oct 31, 2008
Page last updated at 20:54 GMT, Thursday, 30 October 2008. Finding a voice in court. (BBC News -- UK)
Warning over cold virus hotspots Oct 31, 2008
Page last updated at 00:07 GMT, Friday, 31 October 2008. TV remote controls are a hotspot for the virus. (BBC News -- Health)
Danube blues Oct 31, 2008
Page last updated at 13:34 GMT, Thursday, 30 October 2008. Hungary split over crisis moves. (BBC News -- Europe)
Sister feared man would lose leg Oct 31, 2008
Page last updated at 13:04 GMT, Thursday, 30 October 2008. The incident happened in the bookmakers' in Meenan Square. (BBC News)
Microsoft to release test version of Windows 7 Oct 31, 2008
The world's largest software maker also is making Word, Excel and other key elements of Office -- its flagship "productivity" programs -- able to run in a Web browser ... Building on a broader strategy to meld the best elements of Web and desktop software, Microsoft also showed off lightweight versions of Word, Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote software that work in Web browsers and look as they normally do, but don't have to be installed on a PC.. (CNN -- Tech)
Snow leopard wins top photo prize Oct 31, 2008
Page last updated at 09:28 GMT, Thursday, 30 October 2008. By Mark Kinver Science and environment reporter, BBC News. (BBC News -- Science)
Sir Trevor to leave News at Ten Oct 31, 2008
Page last updated at 16:49 GMT, Thursday, 30 October 2008. Sir Trevor McDonald has had an extensive career in journalism. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
McGee pulls out of music business Oct 31, 2008
Page last updated at 13:30 GMT, Thursday, 30 October 2008. McGee backs out of music business. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
Snow Patrol plan biggest tour yet Oct 31, 2008
Page last updated at 16:54 GMT, Thursday, 30 October 2008. By Georgie Rogers 6 Music News reporter. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
David Tennant quits as Doctor Who Oct 31, 2008
Page last updated at 21:38 GMT, Wednesday, 29 October 2008. Please turn on JavaScript. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
Migrant staff 'abused' in Jordan Oct 31, 2008
Page last updated at 13:55 GMT, Thursday, 30 October 2008. Amnesty International said this domestic worker was beaten. (BBC News -- Africa)
The Tech Lab Oct 31, 2008
The computer will know that on most mornings I check my e-mail, look at BBC Online and access an Excel spreadsheet to check my lab's accounts- all this will be ready and waiting for me ... Rickshaw men excel in 'Pop Idol. (BBC News -- Technology)
Game on for British developers Oct 31, 2008
Page last updated at 11:57 GMT, Friday, 24 October 2008 12:57 UK. By Darren Waters Technology editor, BBC News. (BBC News -- Technology)
Suicide attack at Afghan ministry Oct 31, 2008
" Are you in the area of the attack? Did you witness the blast? Send us your comments and experiences. Name Your E-mail address Town ry Phone number (optional): Comments The BBC may edit your comments and not all emails will be published. Your comments may be published on any BBC media worldwide. Bookmark with: FEATURES AND ANALYSIS BACKGROUND HAVE YOUR SAY VIDEO AND AUDIO IN DEPTH E-MAILED Light drinking 'no risk to baby' Rickshaw men excel in 'Pop Idol' Priests to face 'sex drive tests'... (BBC News -- South Asia)
