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Aron Schatz
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September 20, 2005
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I have some things to post for review and will be posting something tomorrow.

Office 12 gets a makeover.

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Having sensed that the software has reached the limits of functionality, Microsoft has been preparing its most radical overhaul ever for Word, Excel and friends. With Office 12, due next year, the company plans to do away with a system that depends on people remembering which series of menus lead to a particular command. Instead, users will see a "ribbon" of different commands above their document, with the options changing depending on the task. Microsoft previewed the new look for Office at last week's Professional Developer Conference in Los Angeles.


Intel to make ultra-ultra-low power x86 CPU.

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Creating more-efficient low-power processors was one of the main themes expressed by Intel executives at the Fall Intel Developers Forum in San Francisco. During his keynote, CEO Paul Otellini announced a goal that by the end of the decade, Intel would have another new architecture running x86 code at as low as a half a watt--that is, about one-tenth the demand of the lowest-power version currently available.


Opera Browser for free.

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The most full-featured Internet power tool on the market, Opera includes pop-up blocking, tabbed browsing, integrated searches, and advanced functions like Opera's groundbreaking E-mail program, RSS Newsfeeds and IRC chat. And because we know that our users have different needs, you can customize the look and content of your Opera browser with a few clicks of the mouse. Read the feature list


Spirit sits high on Mars.

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The robot is on the lookout for possible routes into a basin to the south with apparently layered outcrops. Trekking down from the hill, a target is "Home Plate". The inner basin area of the Columbia Hills contains a broad range of interesting geological targets, including Home Plate among other possible layered outcrops.

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