Brits trust the internet more than friends and colleagues when it comes to handing over personal information, according to a study published today by data storage specialists NetApp. The research, which polled 3000 adults, revealed that while the average adult freely divulges a string of personal details on social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter, most would not give
Although one in ten men (9 per cent) admits to working on holiday, the vast majority of Britons (92 per cent) believe that taking a laptop on vacation would not cause arguments with their partner or family. This is a chief finding of a nationwide survey unveiled today into Britons’ use of technology on holiday. The online study of more
Beginner and expert animators alike can scoop a prestigious Raindance film award by producing a winning clip with free CGI software, Muvizu, which can be downloaded at http://www.muvizu.com/. Muvizu is a free 3D animation application, integrated with an online collaborative community, that gives individuals or groups the power of the Unreal Engine 3 to create compelling videos in minutes, not
The Social Network is an upcoming 2010 drama film directed by David Fincher about the founding of Facebook, I saw the trailer for it yesterday at the Cinemas and it reminded me a little of The Pirates of Silicon Valley Movie (1999), a film about Bill Gates and Steve Jobs. Anyhow The Social Network film features an ensemble cast which consists
Dragon Quest IX launches on Nintendo DS The phenomenon which has gripped a whole nation in Japan is heading for the UK with a major launch this week. Queues a mile long formed for the launch of Dragon Quest IX in Tokyo with sales of 2.4 million in the first weekend – a world record launch in a single country. And
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Not quite sure why Prime plc, a company who funds, designs, constructs and maintains buildings is launching Gemsta, a social networking site which lets you quickly and easily FIND, SAVE and SHARE things you find online whether that be for shopping, travel or work. But I guess it just goes to show you any business can have a go! Here’s a press
Damaged laptops will cost British business £2.073 billion in repair and data replacement costs in 2010, research from IDC and Panasonic has predicted. This cost does not include effects to business continuity, lost business or customer dissatisfaction. More than 14% of the 9.265m laptops sold to British businesses between 2007 and 2009 will suffer from damage or accidents this year
As promised Karen Cheng a Program Manager on the Excel team has posted a blog post on how the Microsoft Excel 2010 Missle Command Game was made. You can find it here. Don’t forget to download the game here. In today’s post, we’ll show you how the classic arcade game Missile Command was created in an Excel spreadsheet. We also
Got to love this video song on youtube of Excel program managers, Karen and Manpratap, singing a song about Excel and Excel Services.