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Take a tour of Microsoft Fargo

August 16, 2007 11:11am PDT

TechRepublic's news editor, Sonja Thompson, was born and raised in Fargo, ND. So, when she heard that Microsoft was expanding its operations in Fargo, she had to go and take a look for herself....

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10 tips for delivering bad news

April 6, 2011 7:10am PDT

Giving someone bad news is never easy, but there are right ways and wrong ways of going about it. Calvin Sun has some advice on the best methods for sharing unpleasant information.

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Five open source RSS readers to simplify news gathering

July 26, 2012 4:56am PDT

Keeping on top of the news has never been easier, thanks to the advent of RSS readers. Here are some excellent open source choices.

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Customize Windows 8 News and People tiles

March 21, 2013 12:06pm PDT

Donovan Colbert shows you how to customize the News and People tiles on a Windows 8 Surface RT tablet.

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Scale Word documents for different page sizes without reformatting

December 4, 2007 12:00am PST

You realize that your Word document will fit in a smaller-sized sheet and doesn't need to take up a letter-size memo. The good news is that you don't have to reformat your Word document -- simply...

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Create graphics applications with Java 3D

December 19, 2007 7:57am PST

The Java 3D API allows you to develop 3D graphics applications that have a high degree of visual realism. This article describes a scene that is constructed using a scene graph, which is...

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How to print Excel comments

September 5, 2007 11:35am PDT

Comments are scattered all over my Excel spreadsheets and I find them helpful. Most of the time, they're just for me -- they're reminders of partial payments, specific check numbers, and so on....

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10 tricks for working more effectively in PowerPoint

November 13, 2007 9:39am PST

PowerPoint is a powerful presentation package, but most of us don't use it often enough to learn its many timesaving tricks. The good news is that you don't have to be an expert to get more...

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How do I... Share a PowerPoint presentation for comments and changes?

February 27, 2008 10:54am PST

Most of us don't have the creative expertise to create a professional presentation without a little help. Microsoft PowerPoint's advanced reviewing tools make it easy for everyone to collaborate...

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SolutionBase: Installing and configuring Network Access Control with PacketFence

December 20, 2007 12:00am PST

PacketFence is the next big thing with network security and open source. Jack Wallen shows you how to run this installation completely by command line.

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Hamachi is good news for SOHOs, but not so good for the enterprise

December 8, 2008 8:45am PST

In this post, we'll walk through how Hamachi works, look at some additional free tools you can run over Hamachi connections, and the risk it presents to your business network. We'll close with a...

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The extreme history of X planes (photos)

June 21, 2010 1:51pm PDT

From the original X-1 in the 1940s to the X-51A Waverider last month, these research aircraft have regularly pushed the bounds of what flies.

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Photos: SpongeBob's electronic evolution

September 19, 2007 3:51am PDT

Nickelodeon is trying to appeal to older children (and some adults) with more sophisticated electronic gadgets based on its most popular cartoon characters.

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Photos: Inside a Microsoft data center

November 2, 2009 4:10am PST

CNET News' Ina Fried tours Microsoft's massive new Chicago-area data center during recent grand opening event.

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Using Windows RT Store, Calendar, People and News apps

February 18, 2013 8:59pm PST

In our continuing look at Windows RT's stock apps, Tony McSherry turns his attention to the Store, Calendar, People, and News apps.

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Top 20 tough iPhone cases

November 30, 2009 10:00am PST

If you're someone who puts a premium on protecting your iPhone, check out these ultraprotective iPhone cases that will help your iPhone survive a fall without a scratch, let alone a broken screen.

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NASA moves historic images into Flickr archives (photos)

August 30, 2010 7:00pm PDT

In a collaboration between NASA, Flickr, and the Internet Archive, dozens of historic space images are getting more public exposure.

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Images: How to bypass FileVault, BitLocker security

February 22, 2008 3:52am PST

Researchers claim they can bypass encryption on file systems including Apple's FileVault. We hand them an encrypted OS X laptop and dare them to do their worst.

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Fine tuning Microsoft ForeFront Server Security for Exchange

February 25, 2008 12:00am PST

ForeFront is Microsoft s security solution for Microsoft Exchange 2007. Installing ForeFront is less than half the battle however. After you get Forefront installed, you ve got to fine tune its...

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