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World's outsourcing revenue worth $373B
News Global market will grow 14.4 percent by year-end, led by top performers India, China and the Philippines, which will account for 77.6 percent of total revenue.
Tags: IT outsourcing, Outsourcing, Outsourcing, IT Services, India, Philippines, research company, recession, financial, China
IBM System x3650 M2
Reviews IBM remains a solid choice of server vendor, and this IBM/Lenovo server is a good rack-mount platform, albeit not quite as good as some of the competition.
Tags: IBM Corp., Intel Xeon, Hypervisor, Server, remote server, Lenovo Group Ltd., processor, Fujitsu Ltd., USB port, disk
Acer Tempo M900
Reviews We like the Acer M900's large 3.8in. screen, but its slide-out QWERTY keyboard is less successful. Acer's Shell user interface may not appeal to all, but the fingerprint reader is welcome.
Tags: Screen, Acer Inc., Scanner, Headset, GPS, Microsoft Windows Mobile, keyboard, Microsoft Windows, High Tech Computer Corp., camera
How to display pictures that appear to be partially hidden
Techguide Sometimes, an in-line text picture doesn't display completely--you can see just the bottom of the image. Find out what you can do to correct the problem.
Tags: Microsoft Office, Slide, Cell, Training, Microsoft Excel 2007, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Office 2007, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Word
10+ things that are broken in Access 2007
Techguide If you switch to Access 2007, you'll encounter more than just a radical new interface--some things are just plain broken. See what you can hotfix and what you'll have to live with.
Tags: Microsoft Office, Field, Slide, Microsoft Windows Vista, Tool, shortcut menu, Microsoft VBA, Microsoft PowerPoint, printer, toolbar
Add a looping introduction to a PowerPoint presentation
Techguide You can set up your slide shows to include a little preview presentation that will help prime your audience for the main event. Susan Harkins shows this simple but highly effective technique.
Tags: Microsoft Office, Presentation, Slide, Template, Button, Invoice, PowerPoint Presentation, Microsoft Excel 2007, sales tax, Figure
Nokia faces challenge retaining smartphone lead
News Could the smartphone market spell the end of Nokia's cell phone dominance? Competition, especially from the likes of Apple and RIM, is tough and expected to get tougher.
Tags: Development/design, Symbian, Smart phones, Nokia Corp., Apple Inc., Phone, cell phone, U.S., mobile, handset
IDG reinvents print media with online ad network
Insight
news analysis Publisher breaks fresh ground by selling ads for other new media properties.
Tags: Business Strategies & Functions, Online Advertising, Survey, International Data Group, ad network, Web Site, Web
COO: Facebook can build your business, and now we can prove it
News Facebook's COO formally announces the social-networking company's "strategic alliance" to build social-media audience measurement tools with Nielsen.
Tags: Web 2.0, Tool, Australia, social networking, Facebook, brand, market research, emergency service, Web 2.0
AMD presses consumers to rethink the chip
News Tired of losing speed comparisons with Intel processors, Advanced Micro Devices will stress in new marketing bid how its chips can satisfy specific computer needs.
Tags: Components, Processors, Intel Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Chip, Chip Company, Graphics, processor, vision, marketing
Nokia unveils N97 Mini, plus netbook pricing
News The N97 Mini, a smaller version of company's flagship smartphone, features tight Facebook integration and packs Nokia's Comes With Music service.
Tags: Cellular phones, Notebooks and tablets, Smart Phone, Germany, Facebook, Apple iPhone, pricing strategy, Netbook, Notebooks and tablets, Cellular phones
Flash cookies: What's new with online privacy
Techguide If you thought refusing HTTP cookies prevented tracking, think again. Web site developers have found a way.
Tags: Web sites, Privacy, Cookie, Online Privacy, Web Browser, behavioral targeting, Michael Kassner, Mozilla Firefox, researcher, Web Site
Quickly delete every nth row in Excel
Techguide Susan Harkins explains how to use AutoFilter to delete specific rows in a worksheet.
Tags: Microsoft Office, Row, Column, MsgBox, Microsoft Corp., OrderID, Microsoft Word Override Word, Goto, Clear, Microsoft Excel
Facebook takes aim at Twitter, buys FriendFeed
News The massive social network confirms it has acquired the startup, which aggregates user posts and comments from various sites including Twitter.
Tags: Web 2.0, Twitter, social networking, Facebook, co-founder, leader, talent, Web, acquisition, Web 2.0
Windows Live gets its social makeover
News Microsoft's social networking-infused makeover of Windows Live, detailed last month, begins to show itself publicly.
Tags: Domain names, Web sites, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Live, Storage, social networking, Facebook, photograph, Microsoft Windows, blog
