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I'm Jan Polzer. I write about the web, content management systems and the tools I actually use. New articles appear when there's something worth sharing.

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First glimpse of MS Office 2010 – PowerPoint 2010

I personally consider the PowerPoint presentation software to be the third most used program of the MS Office package. As a part of the series introducing innovations in MS Office 2010 Technical Preview, today’s article will pursue innovations and improvements offered by PowerPoint 2010, for example video editing, improved animations or new templates.

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First glimpse of MS Office 2010 - Excel 2010

We will continue the introduction of with introducing features of the new version of the Microsoft’s office package by showing the improvements of the Microsoft Excel 2010 spreadsheet processor. As with Word 2010, in Excel you will also find slightly modified user interface and functional improvements.

4 min read

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First glimpse of MS Office 2010 - Word 2010

What innovations will the new Microsoft Office 2010 bring? After leaked versions in torrents and on warez download servers, the betatesters finally have an official Technical Preview at their disposal. Today we will go through new features in the Word 2010 text editor.

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AVG 9.0: faster scanning, smarter firewall, better game support

New version of the AVG Internet Security 9.0 antivirus program is now available in a form of a beta version, so that testers are able to acquaint themselves with the new features of AVG 9.0 and also to help with fixing possible drawbacks. The new version offers several new features, for example faster scanning or better support of the gaming mode.

4 min read

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Google Wave introduction

Google, it has long been not a word that is synonymous with the flagship search engine. But also for a wide range of ever-expanding services. Some of them are even so good that I do visit them from my mobile hand held Now you have some time to talk about other forthcoming services. It bears the name Google Wave.

5 min read

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Windows 7 panel in Vista and XP?

Do you like the concept of a new panel in Windows 7, which are on the toolbar buttons with icons instead of labels and large icons only running programs? Just a simple feature you will have on Windows Vista or Windows XP.

3 min read

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10 tips for just installed Ubuntu Linux

Experienced Linux Users can skip this article, users who are just beginning to toy with Linux, or interested in trying it out, will find some helpful tips. Since the appearance of Linux many years ago, we have seen many variety's of distributions. While others have already come and gone, not making the final cut for a majority of users, new users who wish to try Linux all face one common problem.

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