The News Review:
- Tips for Better Faster Computing
- ManTech announces electronic document security tool
- Yew Chung leads the way with another pilot project_Education–China…
Tips for Better Faster Computing
PC World – Dec 25, 2007
Here’s the fix: Right-click any empty spot on the taskbar then select the Start Menu tab click Customize and then go to the Advanced tab. In the “Start menu items” window scroll to “Enable dragging and dropping” and remove its check mark. Three Free Microsoft App Viewers Have you ever gotten a PowerPoint file that you can’t read? I don’t want you to miss anything so pick up Microsoft’s free viewers for… The Problem With Microsoft Keyboards Getting the Function keys to behave on some Microsoft keyboards is a monumental task. The problem is that these keys operate in two ways: as normal function keys the ones we’ve come to know and love; and as special application keys that perform special tasks in Microsoft apps. I for one can’t stand this because the keyboard defaults to the application keys rather than function keys when the system boots. Want the function keys back to “normal”? You need to hit the special “F Lock key” to make the function keys work well like function keys. But there’s an easier way a free utility called F Lock Key that toggles the keys back to special functions.
ManTech announces electronic document security tool
CTR – Dec 26, 2007
This new version of Document Detective finds more hidden data and it includes an expanded ability to detect obscure text and more tests to check for hidden data created by the ‘paste’ and ‘paste special’ functions in Microsoft ffice files ManTech said last week. ManTech’s Document Detective 3. 0 Government Edition identifies and removes more than 100 types of hidden and meta data including embedded objects bject Linking and Embedding (LE) files Portable Document Format (PDF) files Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) and Extensible Markup Language (XML) and comments and tracked changes in Microsoft ‘s PowerPoint Excel and Word documents ManTech said. The solution also discovers and removes object fragments which are created when an application fails to remove deleted information from the document ManTech said. This data is often invisible to the human eye but can be easily located with Document Detective. Document Detective was specifically engineered to process classified documents and it meets the governments most stringent compliance requirements to provide 100 percent ‘reliable human review’ ManTech added. Headquartered in Fairfax Virginia with more than 7000 professionals ManTech International Corporation is a provider of technologies and solutions for mission-critical national security programs for the Intelligence Community; the departments of Defense State Homeland Security and Justice; the Space Community and other U.
Yew Chung leads the way with another pilot project_Education–China…
China Economic Net – Dec 26, 2007
The students still had to print out their work as they would have to do in a normal examination. Miki Mahundi was on hand in the IT Department in case of any technical problems that may have occurred during the examination. The advantages of sending files electronically were numerous and included: showing colors in Web pages and PowerPoint presentations formulas in Microsoft Excel including special features that do not come out in printed form like animations in PowerPoint. The test also provides a backup or extra copy if the original printout was damaged or lost. If the Pilot proves a success it is expected that other subjects like mathematics and biology will be trialed. The school appreciate the assistance of Udoka gbue (product manager for the University of Cambridge International Examinations) for her help and support during the Pilot Trial. She was on hand for any specific problems and with advice to make the project a success.