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Sansung N210 netbook - two operating systems for the price of one

There was a time when I thought netbooks were a pretty silly idea. If you have a laptop, why bother with a mini version that is hamstrung in terms of features and has no optical drive?

 

I've done a 360 on that one, after using a Samsung N120 for ...

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Go where the puck will be

The great Wayne Gretzky is credited with saying: "Skate to where the puck is going, not to where it is." In soccer terms, it's a terrific metaphor for saying that we should always be looking ahead while keeping our eye on the ball.

Earlier today I ...

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iXBRL and HMRC - more material now available

As promised in Simon Hurst's postings when he reviewed the Tax and IT Faculties' 'Demystifying XBRL' December event, this event turned itself into a roadshow, and was held in four regional venues as well as twice more in
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Microsoft Office – share templates to multiply their power

Using templates significantly improves efficiency and also promotes consistency and 'house style'. In fact, the first episode of our 'Getting more mpg from Microsoft Office' series was devoted to templates. Perhaps Word is the most obvious applicati...
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How much longer for free news online?

A couple of days ago I teased you by saying the post I had intended to write was set aside for one about Clive Sinclair. I discovered the Sinclair story while taking a short break from work to read the news. Online of course.

 

Ironically, in doin...

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Excel - your spreadsheet needs YOU!

IT Counts has witnessed a continuing skirmish over the rights and wrongs of using spreadsheets. In a recent contribution on the subject I included a link to a list of spreadsheet ‘horror’ stories. I am very aware of the dangers of using spreadsheets...
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Clive Sinclair and me

I was going to post about something else entirely today. I had done the research, and was just taking a short break to read the news (actually, that's pertinent to the post I was going to make, but you'll have to wait a few days to see why).

 

One...

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Poor man's Blackberry?

 Anything to do with gadgets is usually Julia's turf but this was one I could not let pass. This short video features Martin Varsavsky, an Argentine/Spanish person who made an obscene amount of money out of the Internet before turning his at...

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SaaS going mainstream? Check this webinar

I hear many professionals arguing whether SaaS accounting is for them. In truth, the SaaS industry hasn't done itself many favours by continually pitching technology rather than addressing the real concerns of those who may be thinking about the top...

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www.pleaserobme.com

 Do you twitter? Have you ever tweeted 'Going out for the evening, back late, so signing off', or 'leaving for a meeting now', or 'having a lovely coffee with Barb and Pete before the concert', or something else which lets out that you are not at ho...