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• ACCA, ASB and British Bankers' Association discuss finance professionals' role in the economic recovery

  Created: 2009-12-15 18:39:41 Author: Knight Systems Incorporated, Ghana

  ACCA has hosted a high-level conference that considered the challenges facing the finance profession during the current economic conditions and its role in leading economies out of the downturn.

  Panellists at the event in London ...

• November 2009 browser stats: IE8 passes IE7

  Created: 2009-12-03 06:59:42 Author: Knight Systems Incorporated, Ghana

  Internet Explorer 8 has passed Internet Explorer 7 and is about to pass Internet Explorer 6. Meanwhile, Firefox is almost at 25 percent, and Chrome readies to take on Safari.

  Internet Explorer re...

• Intel reveals next-generation Atom details

  Created: 2009-12-21 06:40:53 Author: Knight Systems Incorporated, Ghana

  Intel has revealed the launch specs for the first-ever line of x86 products that contain both a GPU and CPU on the same die. Pine Trail, the next-generation Atom platform, will pave the way for future i...

• Microsoft aims at IE6 holdouts, highlights security

  Created: 2009-12-03 06:58:03 Author: Knight Systems Incorporated, Ghana

  Microsoft is boasting IE8's improved security in order to get IE6 and IE7 users upgrading. The company has even gone as far as creating an ad with kids talking about security while shopping online.

  ...

• Silverlight-powered Bing Maps beta is beautiful, slow

  Created: 2009-12-03 06:59:12 Author: Knight Systems Incorporated, Ghana

  Microsoft is offering a new version of Bing Maps, powered by Silverlight, that pushes mapping a step forward with a new Application Gallery, among other features.

  Twitter Goes Down: Apparently Hacked?

  Created: 2009-12-18 18:20:50 Author: Knight Systems Incorporated, Ghana

  Twitter went down for a time late Thursday night, amid reports of a possible hack.
  

  In case you haven't already noticed, Twitter went down for a while late Thursday night, Pacific Standard...

• VirtualBox 3.1 adds live migration and branched snapshots

  Created: 2009-12-03 07:03:52 Author: Knight Systems Incorporated, Ghana

  The latest version of VirtualBox delivers some compelling new features, including support for live migration and branched snapshots. Migration capabilities reflect VirtualBox's potential for ascending i...

• Windows 7: Gotcha!

  Created: 2009-12-29 07:26:54 Author: Knight Systems Incorporated, Ghana

  In this article, developers identify common problems in porting custom business applications to Windows 7 from Windows XP or Windows Vista, and in taking advantage of the OS’ new features. Why make your own mistakes when you can learn from other...

• White House: get high-value data out of cellar and onto Web

  Created: 2009-12-09 18:57:44 Author: Knight Systems Incorporated, Ghana

  The White House has told all government agencies to publish at least three sets of "high value data" on the Web within 45 days. We're not sure what they mean by that, but we've got some suggestions, starting with all the FCC's ind...

• Qt gets cuter: 4.6 brings expanded platform support

  Created: 2009-12-03 07:03:13 Author: Knight Systems Incorporated, Ghana

  Nokia has announced the availability of Qt 4.6, a new version of the popular open source software development toolkit. It introduces official support for Symbian S60 and Nokia's Linux-based Maemo platform.

• Google's Chrome OS Aims to Speed Up Netbooks

  Created: 2009-12-13 11:41:10 Author: Knight Systems Incorporated, Ghana

  Look for Google’s lightweight, browser-based operating system to debut on mobile systems sometime in 2010.
  

  A few weeks ago, Google unveiled what it's hoping will be...

• Website invading your privacy? Bookmark it (and alert the FTC)

  Created: 2009-12-05 08:52:33 Author: Knight Systems Incorporated, Ghana

  As part of a new privacy campaign from the Center for Democracy and Technology, a new browser bookmarklet will let you flag privacy problems with a click, then have the reports forwarded to the Federal ...

• Office 2010 confirmed for June 2010 release

  Created: 2009-12-03 06:45:51 Author: Knight Systems Incorporated, Ghana

  Microsoft has confirmed that Office 2010 and related products are set to arrive in June 2010.

  Lat...

• Accountants point to first firm evidence of global recovery – but fear it could be a mirage

  Created: 2009-12-28 17:49:13 Author: Knight Systems Incorporated, Ghana

  {loadposition tweet101}Hopes that 2010 will see a rapid recovery in the world economy have been dashed by the findings of one of the largest-ever global surveys of professional accountants.

  While the fourth quarter Global Economic Conditions Sur...

• Microsoft wants your Windows 7 tips & tricks

  Created: 2009-12-03 06:45:38 Author: Knight Systems Incorporated, Ghana

  Microsoft is asking Windows 7 users to submit their favorite tips & tricks so that they can possibly be featured in the TechNet Magazine.

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• Microsoft begins presales of Office 2010

  Created: 2009-12-03 06:53:16 Author: Knight Systems Incorporated, Ghana

  Microsoft is offering a deal to its partners that will in turn let them offer their clients Office 2007 at a 20 percent discount, plus a free upgrade to Office 2010.

  Facebook and Google: Contrasts in Privacy

  Created: 2009-12-13 11:45:11 Author: Knight Systems Incorporated, Ghana

  The headlines recently have been dominated with news of online privacy. Facebook has implemented changes that affect the privacy of...

• XBMC 9.11 makes your open source home theater look shinier

  Created: 2009-12-30 08:19:30 Author: Knight Systems Incorporated, Ghana

  The developers behind the XBMC project have released a new version of the popular open source media player. It comes with an impressive new user interface theme.

• MSN Messenger for Mac update: just a few more months

  Created: 2009-12-24 18:42:53 Author: Knight Systems Incorporated, Ghana

  After a non-appearence in 2009, users of MSN Messenger for Mac are going to wait several months into 2010 before receiving A/V support. Whether this is relevant to anyone is still anyone's guess.

• Instead of patching, Microsoft limits video codec in Windows

  Created: 2009-12-17 06:57:43 Author: Knight Systems Incorporated, Ghana

  Instead of patching buggy code in a 17-year-old video codec in older versions of Windows, Microsoft has decided to kill it entirely. Windows 2000, Windows XP, and Windows Server 2003 are all affected.