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Will sharing malware lists help?
News Industry watchers are divided over whether browser companies should make public blacklists of phishing sites to provide better protection for Internet users.
Tags: Web browsers, Data security, Network security, Security applications/tools, Phishing, Malware, Security, Web Browser, Google Inc., Database
Personalize Word documents with the Mail Merge toolbar
Techguide Forget the form letters--Mail Merge is a handy tool for personalizing handouts, business documents, or anything you'd like to distribute by name. Mary Ann Richardson shows you how to use this classic Word tool in a not-so-familiar way.
Occasional Access users: what you should know
Insight tutorial Those who don't use Microsoft Access daily will need a little help tackling their next database project. We give you a quick run-through of Access basics, including tables, queries and reports.
Tags: Microsoft Office
Visualize data with new Microsoft controls
Techguide Tony Patton explains how to get and use the Microsoft Chart Controls for .NET 3.5.
Tags: Microsoft Windows, .NET, Series, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Silverlight, Data, Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5, 3D, .NET, Microsoft Chart Controls
Report: Google in 'late-stage' talks to buy Twitter
News TechCrunch reports Google is in "late-stage" discussions to acquire Twitter. If it pans out, Google would get better social and search features.
Tags: Acquisitions, Web 2.0, Twitter, Google Inc., search results data source, RFC, Facebook, TechCrunch, data source, revenue
Fill Word form fields with Access data
Techguide When you need to bring your Access data into a Word form, a little VBA can expedite the task. Susan Harkins walks through an example to demonstrate the process.
Tags: Microsoft Office, Table, Form, Record, Microsoft VBA, File Menu, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Access, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Word
Quick Tip: Share ODBC connections between users
Insight Windows 2000 Professional supports Open Database Connectivity (ODBC), a standard mechanism developed by Microsoft to enable clients to access databases created by various database management systems without installing the DBMS on the client locally.
Process the command line with CLI in Java
Techguide When you need to examine command line arguments, see how and why you should use your open source Java toolkit and use Command Line Interface.
Tags: Software, Protocols and platforms, Java
Use Heterogeneous Services to access non-Oracle data
Techguide Oracle's Heterogeneous Services (HS) allows users to access data stored outside Oracle as if the data were in a local Oracle table. It can be intimidating setting up HS in Oracle SQL*Net, so I'll provide some simple examples.
Gadgets comes to Google Docs
News Google adds sophisticated visuals to Spreadsheets through "Gadgets" and offers developers a new way to distribute data and develop apps.
Tags: Web 2.0
Develop slick Web interfaces with Ext JS
Techguide The JavaScript development framework, Ext JS, provides the foundation for building Web applications with powerful user interfaces.
Tags: Software
Connect to MySQL in OpenOffice.org
Techguide Vincent Danen tells you how easy it is to connect to databases using OpenOffice.org.
Tags: Open source
Quickly return to the location of the last edit
Techguide When you need to review the last edit made to a very large document, you don't need to scroll and read through the entire document to find it. Word automatically remembers the last three locations where you've entered or modified text.
Uncover formatting styles and hidden characters
Techguide Have you ever wanted to develop a document or template around a design you've seen, but you weren't quite sure how to replicate the formatting? You can obtain formatting information by pressing [Shift][F1].
Uncover formatting styles and hidden characters
Techguide Have you ever wanted to develop a document or template around a design you've seen, but you weren't quite sure how to replicate the formatting? Here's how.
Tags: Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Office
