Gherikill - Slashdot User

Comment Fix Dual Monitor in Excel (Score 1) 598

by Gherikill on Monday January 15, 2007 @01:02PM (#17615288) Attached to: Why "Upgrade" To Office 2007

The one feature that I expected 2007 to have that is doesn't is dual monitor support for Excel. Right now the only way to look at two spreadsheets side by side using a dual monitor config is to open a second instance of Excel. The only problem with this is that you cannot link forulae between the two instances. Comparing two spreadsheets on a dual monitor system is what dual monitors were made for, shame on MS for not having the forethought to make it work.

Apple's All-Seeing Screen 447

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Wednesday April 26, 2006 @04:26PM from the don't-leave-this-on-by-accident dept.

Based on a recent patent we may be seeing a new kind of display coming from the Apple store in the near future, one that can capture images as well as display them. From the article: "The clever idea is to insert thousands of microscopic image sensors in-between the liquid crystal display cells in the screen. Each sensor captures its own small image, but software stitches these together to create a single, larger picture."

Scientists Probe the Use of the Tongue 207

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Monday April 24, 2006 @02:14PM from the tongue-warriors-of-the-future dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Yahoo! News is reporting that in the military's continuing search for better sensory input they have started looking at the tongue as a 'superior transmitter'. From the article: 'A narrow strip of red plastic connects the Brain Port to the tongue where 144 microelectrodes transmit information through nerve fibers to the brain. Instead of holding and looking at compasses and bluky-hand-held sonar devices, the divers can processes the information through their tongues, said Dr. Anil Raj, the project's lead scientist.'"

Creating XP Disk Images w/ Company Applications? 95

Posted by Cliff on Thursday April 20, 2006 @03:20PM from the smart-partitioning-and-installation dept.

-ryan asks: "After a decade as a software engineer, I decided to try my hand at being a System Administrator, to help a friends business. Unfortunately every single computer in this office is on different hardware (all custom built), all running different versions of Windows, and new employees come and go regularly. I'd like to create a single disk image with all of the company software pre-installed and configured to save time setting up new boxes and rebuilding old ones. Problem is, you can't just ghost Windows XP onto different hardware (I remember this working years back). Is there some way that I can (without purchasing hugely expensive 'client-management solutions) slipstream a bunch of company software into a Windows XP install disk?"

Chinese Telecom Company Launches 'RedBerry' 287

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Tuesday April 11, 2006 @05:43PM from the friends-in-your-corner dept.

Ubergrendle writes "The Globe&Mail is reporting that Chinese telecom company China Unicom Ltd. is launching a new wireless device unapologetically named 'Redberry'. This comes in the wake of an almost 2 year regulatory delay blocking the introduction of RIM's Blackberries to mainland China. Certainly this delay was convenient to China Unicom, if not deliberately staged to allow for domestic competition."

Why Everyone Loves Apple 770

Posted by CowboyNeal on Friday March 31, 2006 @08:37AM from the or-at-least-apple-users dept.

realtorperson writes "Why, at least the Apple users, love Apple? According to a recent article, the pure and simple reason is customer service and overall experience. The author writes, 'When Apple competitors are focused on cost reduction to increase profitability, Apple is investing resources to enhance its relationship with its customers. To me, that's impressive. Unfortunately, there are too many companies in the market that could care less about their customers, but Apple is determined and committed in delivering the experience and not just the product. It's regrettably amusing that Apple competitors are working hastily to develop iPod clones to reap in success, but what many of them fail to comprehend is that it's not necessarily the iPod that makes Apple successful, but rather its customer service.'"

Google Pages Launches 205

Posted by samzenpus on Thursday March 23, 2006 @09:06AM from the the-google-wide-web dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Google released the first public beta of its Google Pages service Wednesday, allowing users who signed up for the service in January and February to begin creating personal websites using an easy-to-use, browser-based tool. The service gives each user 100 MB of free storage space on Google's servers. To use the Google Page Creator tool, users must have an existing Google account. However, only those who signed up early (in January and February) to use Google Pages have access to the current beta. No new signups are being accepted at this time, Google said. The company is expected to open Page Creator to more widespread use over the next few weeks."

Slashdot Top Deals