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Yahoo faces board challenge from activist shareholder

Posted February 14, 2012 - 9:45 pm

Activist Yahoo shareholder Daniel Loeb has rejected the slate of board candidates put forth by the company's newly minted CEO, serving notice of his intention to lobby for his own candidates instead.
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HP gives Vertica a fresh face

Posted February 14, 2012 - 4:41 pm

Hewlett-Packard's Vertica subsidiary has updated its real-time analytics software, giving it a graphical user interface and connectivity to big-data-styled analysis systems.
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Microsoft, Oracle, Adobe send patches for Valentine's Day

Posted February 14, 2012 - 4:27 pm

The Valentine's Day 2012 edition of Patch Tuesday is upon us, and Microsoft has come forward with details on the nine bulletins it previewed last week.
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Turn off scroll bars in Microsoft Word

Posted February 14, 2012 - 4:15 pm

Here's how you can disable horizontal or vertical scroll bars in Microsoft Word.
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Turn off status bar in Microsoft Word

Posted February 14, 2012 - 4:11 pm

Here's how you can turn off the status bar in Microsoft Word.
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Use distraction-free mode in Microsoft Word

Posted February 14, 2012 - 4:06 pm

Here's how you can write using Word without letting distractions slow you down.
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Change default folder for Microsoft Word files

Posted February 14, 2012 - 4:00 pm

Here's how you can change the default folder that Microsoft Word uses to save your documents.
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Change default save format in Microsoft Word

Posted February 14, 2012 - 3:51 pm

How's how to make word auto-save your documents in .doc format instead of .docx.
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Change auto-recovery time in Microsoft Word

Posted February 14, 2012 - 3:37 pm

Here's how you can shorten (or lengthen) the time interval between automatic saves in Microsoft Word.
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Turn off Gallery in Microsoft Word

Posted February 14, 2012 - 3:33 pm

Here's how you can stop the Gallery from appearing automatically when you open Microsoft Word.
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Get rid of the clutter in Microsoft Word

Posted February 14, 2012 - 3:28 pm

Here's how you can get rid of the visual clutter at the top of the Microsoft Word interface.
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Yahoo talks with Alibaba end abruptly; shares drop nearly 6%

Posted February 14, 2012 - 3:25 pm

Internet pioneer Yahoo and its Asian partners have ended talks over a deal that would allow Yahoo to sell part of its stake in Alibaba Group and Yahoo Japan while saving $4 billion in U.S. taxes.
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iPad apps for book lovers

Posted February 14, 2012 - 12:05 pm

There has never been a more exciting time to be a book lover. Check out these iPad apps for book lovers. If you don't see one here that you love, leave it in the comments for us to check out!
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LibreOffice 3.5 arrives

Posted February 14, 2012 - 11:29 am

The Document Foundation on Tuesday announced the availability of LibreOffice 3.5, which it described as the third major release of the open-source productivity suite derived from the OpenOffice.org codebase.
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What's the big deal about Hadoop?

Posted February 14, 2012 - 10:49 am

Hadoop is all the rage, it seems. With more than 150 enterprises of various sizes using it -- including major companies such as JP Morgan Chase, Google and Yahoo -- it may seem inevitable that the open-source Big Data management system will land in your shop, too.
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Office for Windows on ARM: Free or not?

Posted February 14, 2012 - 7:05 am

Microsoft's disclosure that it will 'include' four Office apps with Windows on ARM has analysts parsing the news like spies who once tried to figure out what went on inside the Kremlin.
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UC4 expands into DevOps with Ventum purchase

Posted February 14, 2012 - 12:08 am

In a move to expand its IT automation software to take on development management as well, UC4 Software has purchased Austrian software company Ventum and integrated the company's technologies into its own software package, UC4 announced Tuesday. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
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Massive Air Force ERP software project still struggling

Posted February 13, 2012 - 7:28 pm

Two completed pilots of the more-than-US$5 billion project are being scrapped.
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Linux: Where the jobs (and bigger salaries) are

Posted February 13, 2012 - 5:13 pm

Numerous studies have emerged over the past few years indicating that Linux skills are a hot item in the IT hiring market, but on Tuesday the Linux Foundation will publish a brand-new report suggesting that the search for such talent is taking on a new level of urgency.
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YouTube app for Google TV to get more functionality

Posted February 13, 2012 - 3:41 pm

Google announced Sunday that it would add functionality to the YouTube experience on Google TV, including complete channel pages and the ability to browse by channel.
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Gaming wins big at National Science Foundation's Visualization Challenge

Posted February 13, 2012 - 3:16 pm

Protein-folding might not sound like an especially exhilarating way to spend a weekend, but puzzle mavens and scientific researchers alike rallied behind the game's innovative take on crowd-sourcing public ingenuity to tackle scientific conundrums. The effort has long since paid off, but this year the game adds another feather to its cap: taking top honors at the ninth annual International Science and Engineering Visualization Challenge, with a first place win in the Interactive Games category.
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Mozilla commits to Metro version of Firefox on Windows 8

Posted February 13, 2012 - 2:49 pm

Mozilla plans to build a 'proof-of-concept' version of Firefox for Windows 8's Metro touch-first interface next quarter, then follow that with more functional editions later in the year.
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Hadoop wins over enterprise IT, spurs talent crunch

Posted February 13, 2012 - 6:26 am

Hadoop is coming out of the shadows and into production in enterprise IT shops. But the relative newness of the open-source platform and a shortage of experienced Hadoop talent pose hurdles that enterprise IT teams need to address as they advance deeper into the world of Hadoop.
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Five ways Windows 8 will make apps more power-friendly

Posted February 12, 2012 - 7:12 am

The Windows 8 beta will be available by the end of February, and Microsoft has given much thought into optimizing it to run well not just on desktops and laptops, but also on tablets and even smartphones. Part of making an operating system friendly for mobile devices is making it power-conscious, able to do everything you want while using as little power as possible.
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A sneak peek raises unknowns about Microsoft Office 15

Posted February 11, 2012 - 9:34 pm

Much buzz around the next major release of Windows has centered around the controversial ribbon interface for Windows Explorer. However, no ribbon appeared in a sneak preview of Office 15--World, Excel, PowerPoint--that Microsoft gave this week in a video about developing Windows On ARM (WOA).
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