There are many uses for fields in MS Word. You can, for example, use SEQ codes to create automatic numbering which can be extremely helpful in the business world and in academia. Then there are the Fill-In fields, which you can use in a template. […]
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The past couple of days have seen a furor erupt over the shenanigans of two popular apps for iPhone. The ‘Path’ social media application, which is readily available via the Apple App Store and described as “the smart journal that helps you share life with
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Google is gearing up to take to the sky, according to the Wall Street Journal that is. It’s a case of better late than last. While Dropbox has been offering users free cloud storage since 2007, Google considered releasing a cloud drive that year as
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In 1870, the United States Weather Bureau was authorized by Congress. The weather bureau is officially known as the National Weather Service (NWS) and is a department of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Learn more at http://www.history.noaa.gov/noaa.htm
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I’m better at the expository writing than I am at the news reporting, but I came across something in my random web searching that I felt should be passed on: A hacker group has stolen code from Symantec. Symantec is best known for their Norton
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Google has just released a version of Chrome for use on Android driven devices, but with one massive limitation. It is only available for those devices running the Ice Cream Sandwich version of Android. As with many of Google’s early release products, Chrome for Android
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Reports are circulating that Microsoft is planning to debut Windows 8 Beta in Barcelona on February 29th. Nothing has actually been confirmed but events do appear to backup the assertion. Microsoft has always claimed it would release Windows 8 Beta (what it refers to as
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As February 24th, the birthday of Steve Jobs, approaches, EaseUS is giving away 1,000 pieces of CleanGenius Pro to commemorate Steve. CleanGenius Pro allows you to fast scan and clean your Mac in seconds, completely uninstall unwanted applications, show available disk space in the menu
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In 1924, John Joseph Carty of the Bell Telephone System spoke in Chicago, IL. His speech was carried across the nation on the first coast-to-coast radio hookup. An estimated fifty million people heard the speech. Read more about John Carty at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_J._Carty
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Ubuntu has long been considered one the most innovative distros among the Linux set and Ubuntu developers are now planning an initiative which should not only make Linux fans sit up and take notice but maybe create ripples in Windowsland too. Ubuntu founder Mark Shuttleworth
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In 1984, U.S. astronaut Bruce McCandless made the first untethered space walk. Bruce McCandless helped to develop the Manned Maneuvering Unit (MMU), a rocket-propelled backpack that was worn by an astronaut during shuttle spacewalks. During STS-41-B, aboard the Challenger space shuttle as a Mission Specialist,
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Have you bought a nice new computer with a whopping hard drive but it has not been partitioned? Would you like to be able to create a new partition without messing up existing data? Gone are the days when you needed to go looking for
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In 1923, Edward E. Barnard, discoverer of Jupiter’s fifth moon, died at age 65. Jupiter’s moon, Amalthea, was the last satellite to be found without a photographic aid. He also discovered a nearby star that now bears his name, Bernard’s Star (shown here). Learn more
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About six months ago, I was sitting on the couch surfing TV, the web, my phone, and Facebook simultaneously when my wife calls out from the other room: “What’s an IRQL not less or equal error?” ~blink~ Good question, I thought to myself as
