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  • Weekend Open Forum: Which trade show would you want to attend?
    Two of the largest technology-related trade shows in the world are scheduled to take place next month. Computex kicks off on June 4 and runs through the 8th in Taipei, Taiwan, while E3 takes place June 11 through the 13th in Los Angeles.

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  • Google may also be considering a Waze buyout
    Recently, we heard that Facebook was deep in negotiations to purchase Waze for around $1 billion. According to a report from Bloomberg, it looks like Google might be throwing its name in the hat as a possible buyer. This could lead to a bidding war between the two giants, which of...

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  • Intel says Haswell will improve battery life by 50 percent
    Intel’s next generation processor is just around the corner and in an effort to build some additional hype ahead of launch, the chip maker has revealed some interesting facts about Haswell. During a recent media briefing, architecture group VP Rani Borkar said Haswell was designed with notebooks and tablets in...

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  • Apple's iOS 7 to be "black, white and flat all over"
    What's black, white and flat all over? iOS 7, if rumors prove correct. Anonymous sources in touch with 9to5Mac claim to know details about what's shaping up to be Apple's most radical iDevice update thus far: a flattened, minimalistic, anti-skeuomorphic UI poured uniformly atop its next-gen mobile OS. ...

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  • Is a vanilla version of the HTC One in the pipeline?
    HTC is reportedly contemplating the idea of releasing a version of their flagship One smartphone that would ship with a vanilla Android 4.2.2 installation. The current iteration of the One runs the HTC Sense overlay which, according to many, heavily muddles the Android experience.

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    Jun '12

    AB Tutor are getting ready to launch version 7 of AB Tutor in the near future and this will affect existing customers. Version 7 has been a major rewrite of the existing software to allow it to be a truly multi-platform version of the well-loved AB Tutor. At launch it will support Windows XP/Vista/7 (32 and 64-bit) and Apple MAC OS 10.5/10.6/10.7. Following shortly it will be available for Linux and other mobile platforms. AB Tutor are currently compiling the version 7 demo and once it’s available Solve IT will be sent a copy from the developers. With the launch of Version 7 on June 25th 2012, AB Tutor will no longer be selling version 6, and support for version 5 will cease. Version 5 customers have been contacted and informed that support will cease with the launch of version 7. They have been offered upgrades to version 6 or direct to version 7 to ensure continued support.

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    Keyboard Shortcut Keys

    We are often asked by customers who visit us in the workshop "how did you do that?" when we are just using a shortcut key and after we show the customer they usually say that they were not aware of the use of shortcut keys. so i thought we should put a list of the most commonly used ones on our site. This is a short list of shortcut keys that will work with almost all windows compatible computers and software programs.

    Shortcut Keys Description
    Alt + F File menu options in current program.
    Alt + E Edit options in current program
    F1 Universal Help in almost every Windows program.
    Ctrl + A Select all text.
    Ctrl + X Cut selected item.
    Shift + Del Cut selected item.
    Ctrl + C Copy selected item.
    Ctrl + Ins Copy selected item
    Ctrl + V Paste
    Shift + Ins Paste
    Home Goes to beginning of current line.
    Ctrl + Home Goes to beginning of document.
    End Goes to end of current line.
    Ctrl + End Goes to end of document.
    Shift + Home Highlights from current position to beginning of line.
    Shift + End Highlights from current position to end of line.
    Ctrl + Left arrow Moves one word to the left at a time.
    Ctrl + Right arrow Moves one word to the right at a time.

     


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