Archive for July, 2008

HiPhone – Yet Another iPhone Clone

Wednesday, July 16th, 2008

This is the latest of the CECT line of iPhone clones, and it’s a GREAT one. It’s “99% iPhone” slogan is accurate. It’s sleek, innovative, has the touch screen, and allows you to watch video, surf the web, listen to music, take and play videos and snap pics Read more on this article ...

Create a Strikethrough shortcut in Word

Wednesday, July 16th, 2008

Applying the Strikethrough format to text in a Word document requires a trip to the Font dialog box — which will get old in a hurry, if you use that format a lot. Taking a moment now to create a keyboard shortcut will provide a big efficiency payoff. Plenty of keyboard shortcuts are Read more on this article ...

Build related tables with the Access 2007 Lookup Wizard

Wednesday, July 16th, 2008

The Access 2007 Lookup Wizard makes it easy to create a related table. This walk-through demonstrates how it works. You’ve just created an Employee Records table for your Employees database that lists personal information (such as Address, Phone Number, and Birth date) for each Read more on this article ...

Change all instances of a style at once with Word’s Formatting And Styles pane

Wednesday, July 16th, 2008

Here’s a lightning-fast way to globally replace styles in a Word document. You’ve just been handed a draft of a report for review. You decide that you want to change the style applied to the report’s section headings. You could use Find And Replace, but you are not quite Read more on this article ...

When Excel’s AVERAGE function doesn’t give true results, try AVERAGEA

Wednesday, July 16th, 2008

If your data includes text values, Excel’s AVERAGE function won’t give you an accurate picture. See how AVERAGEA can solve this problem. Sometimes, the AVERAGE function does not give a true picture of your data. AVERAGE can only find the average of a range of numerical values; it Read more on this article ...

How to keep others from printing an Excel worksheet

Wednesday, July 16th, 2008

It’s common to share a worksheet with others, but for many reasons you might not want them to print it. Perhaps you’re concerned about data theft or security. Maybe the data is confidential and you don’t want to risk a worksheet lying around on someone’s desk. Whatever Read more on this article ...

Disconnected no more: Wi-Fi when you fly

Wednesday, July 16th, 2008

Aircell, a provider of airborne communications, based in Itasca, Illinois, will be rolling out their new in-flight broadband offering on domestic flights in the next couple of months. Yes, mobile broadband while in flight. Aircell will cover the U.S., delivering mobile broadband service on an Read more on this article ...

CTIA Wireless 2008 goes almost green

Wednesday, July 16th, 2008

I’ve been attending tech conferences from the past 10 years and have always been dumbfounded by the mountains of paper these events waste. I would wager most of the show guides, press releases, product brochures, and expo floor maps end up in a landfill instead of being recycled. Yet as Read more on this article ...

Configure secure wireless networking on SonicWALL routers

Wednesday, July 16th, 2008

Wireless networking is a business necessity within most organizations. From traveling employees to guest visitors, wireless networks often prove the best method for connecting these users to e-mail, the Internet and local file shares. Numerous challenges arise when wireless networks are Read more on this article ...

Your VoIP vision could win you a 56-inch Samsung HD DLP TV

Wednesday, July 16th, 2008

Texas Instruments’ new Vision for Voice contest asks individuals to submit a short video that describes a specific VoIP product, improvement to a current voice technology, or a new voice technology they would like to see within the next 20 years. Viewers can watch the submitted videos on Read more on this article ...