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Presentation Package Picks

Pick the presentation package that best suits your needs.READ»

iMac, uMac, Can We All Mac?

Sure, it's a PC world -- but that doesn't make Mac lovers outcasts. Meet three hard-core Mac addicts who can teach you the shortcuts and tools that you need to make your Mac "pc."READ»

Get Your Work to Go

How is the future of work like ordering take-out Chinese? For work to go, put your files online, leave your laptop behind, and wherever you land, dial in for your order. It's ready when you are. (But you'll have to work again in an hour.)READ»

Pacific Edge Projects Itself

CEO Lisa Hjorten and her colleagues make software that helps project teams run on time and on budget, with attention to detail and with a crisp sense of discipline -- which is an awful lot like how Pacific Edge runs itself: "We practice what we preach."READ»

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The Apple Wannabes: Dell, Microsoft, Pepsi, and Google

Inside the secret brainstorms that begin with the dreaded phrase, "If only we could be more like Apple."READ»

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Best Deal From UKtechstore Color categories A new feature in Outlook 2007 that gives you a quick, visually distinctive way to customize e-mail, calendar, and task items and to search or sort by color. Contextual ...READ»

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Microsoft and Yahoo Losing Search in a BIG Way

The latest search numbers were recently released and it appears that for the month of August once again Microsoft and Yahoo lost market share to Google. What’s worse is that not only are they losing market share in a growing ...READ»

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The Corporate Shrink

Why are we obsessed with PowerPoint?READ»

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Software From Uktechstore.com XML Paper Specification (XPS) A file format that preserves document formatting in a fixed layout and ensures that when the document is viewed or printed, it will retain the exact original format; ...READ»

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Why You'll Care About Microsoft Office 2010

Microsoft's just previewed the Office 2010 productivity suite. It seems MS is responding to the challenge of Google Docs with a full browser-based system that expands on Office 2007.READ»

Closing an Open Window

Looks like Microsoft has another fight on its hands. Adobe, the company behind the popular PDF format, may sue Microsoft over use of that open document format. For years Microsoft Office couldn't create PDFs in the same way that ...READ»

Web Based Project Management Software for Small and Medium Business

Web based project management software allows small business teams to keep projects on track, monitor budgets and share files and other information with co-workers from anywhere in the world where online access is available.READ»

PowerPoint of No Return

In September, I mentioned some interesting perspectives on PowerPoint in response to an entry by Seth Godin criticizing the popular presentation application. Kicking off chapter six of this month's Readers' Choice Award winner, ...READ»

PowerPoint of Fact

Leaders at the University of Tasmania tried and tested several online learning platforms before deciding that their best bet was PowerPoint. Educators there say that it's a wonderful tool for self-paced, case-based learning -- and ...READ»

Blame It on Microsoft

Yes, Powerpoint presentations are a disaster. And in this article in today's NY Times, The Level of Discourse Continues to Slide, Dan Leach, who's responsible for PowerPoint at Microsoft, and should know better, says, "I feel like ...READ»

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PowerPoint of Fact III

FC Now reader Cliff Atkinson emailed earlier today about a Financial Times article about the ouster of Rentokil Initial's newly installed CEO -- in part because of "death by PowerPoint." Atkinson respondes by offering some ...READ»

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PowerPoint of Fact II

Thanks to Frank Patrick for referring us to Michael Hyatt's roundup of useful PowerPoint resources. If you must use the presentation tool, these resources will help you do so with skill and savvy -- not sleepiness. These Web sites, ...READ»

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PowerPoint of No Return III

Ramon Ray, a member of the New York City Company of Friends group, today transmitted a pointer to Sunday's New York Times Magazine article about how "PowerPoint Makes You Dumb." The piece opens: In August, the Columbia Accident ...READ»

Are You Ready for Linux?

It's tough. It's fast. It's free. It's Linux -- the most hyped operating system since OS/2. Tech heads love it, but does Linux really mean business? There's only one person who can answer that question: you.READ»

Innovators Are Better Than Inventors?

I recently picked up Finding An Angel Investor in a Day to see what kind of advice was in there and to get additional info on term sheets. I found the following breakdown very interesting: Three Types of ...READ»

The Best of Google Labs

Some of Google Labs' cool e-tools that aren't quite ready for prime time.READ»

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Buy Online UKtechstore Popular MIIS Downloads - Microsoft Identity Integration Server 2003 SP2, Enterprise Edition helps you synchronize identity information, easily provision and deprovision accounts and identity information ...READ»

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Near Death by PowerPoint

Ever been stuck in an interminable meeting in which a speaker slogged through 101 frustrating PowerPoint slides? Ever finish sitting through a presentation and wonder, well, what the point was? It doesn't have to be that way. ...READ»

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Microsoft Office 2010 Moves to the Cloud

When Canadian company i4i sued Microsoft this past August, watchdogs in the software community predicted that the move would encourage Microsoft to bring up their plans for a move to cloud computing much earlier than planned – and it looks like they were right. In addition to the announcements of a new and improved version of Internet Explorer and a major update of the Silverlight runtime platform at this week’s Microsoft at the…READ»

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PowerPoint of No Return II

In addition to Bill's presentation tips in chapters six and nine of his book, Mike Hillyer today offers some insight on "avoiding PowerPoint presentations that suck." Hillyer addresses when to use PowerPoint, but also how. Among his ...READ»