Category: Technology
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Using the Microsoft Arc Mouse
My computer mouse has been looking pretty sick recently. It has clearly suffered from the demands of writing – or more accurately, it’s picked up junk from enough hands and surfaces to become grotty. It was time for a change, so I bought a new wireless Microsoft Arc Mouse. I ended…
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On email conversations
The email gods have spoken and Google has listened: Gmail now allows you to turn off conversation mode and display items in folders in the same way that clients have done since the year dot. The announcement was made on September 29 and the ability to turn off conversation views…
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Cloud Computing Explained – A good guide
Cloud Computing is all the rage these days but people tend to think about their own piece of the IT spectrum when it comes to considering how cloud computing will affect the industry. I guess that’s natural. In any case, if you’re looking for a concise book that drags together…
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SharePoint 2010 for Dummies – that must be for me!
The redoubtable team of Kevin Laahs, Emer McKenna, and Veli-Matti Vanamo have gotten into the saddle once again to produce SharePoint 2010 All-in-One For Dummies (also available from Amazon.co.uk). The book is scheduled for publication on 4 November 2010 so treat this as advance notice together with some background. This eclectic combination…
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Progress towards publication: Exchange 2010 SP1 “Inside Out” Book
My Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 Inside Out book is slowly taking shape. Now that Microsoft has released SP1 (August 25, 2010), the code is finalized, which makes things much easier all round. To give you an insight into the work that has to be done to get a book from…
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Losing faith in HP laptops
My faith in HP laptops is going through a crisis of confidence due to a series of failures or faults experienced by the collection of laptops within the family as well as my top comparison gaming laptops. In the last few months, we have had: A DV2000 model whose motherboard…
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