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Nikkei Personal Computing

August 22, 2005 Issue

Feature 1 Let’s try to create your own DVD to put your favorite TV programs and summer memories into one disk Feature 2 Tips for avoiding mail troubles - how to exactly communicate how and what you feel Feature 3 Great tactics for using electric money – save money wisely with sound gain

Practical Report on the Latest in IT Leverage

Recommendation to deploy Skype to reduce communication costs – Part 1: Features and business usage of Skype

PC skill enhancement workshops

Learn as you go - Word
Explanatory note - Part 4: Arranging text style quickly

Learn as you go - Excel
Loan calculation - Part 4: When you want to change the interest rate while repaying

Excel emergency rescue
File no. 010: Mastering monthly counting with grace

Creating a document with sections
Part 4: Creating good descriptive headers

Quick tips to maximize the use of PDF files
Part 5: Reducing the file size

We'll answer your questions
"I cannot replay iTMS music"/"What is JIS protection code for water-proof digital cameras?"

News

Snapshot
Summer charming sights staged by personal computers


Trend/Report/News

Next version of IE unveiled

XP’s successor “Windows Vista” makes its first appearance

Behind-the-scene effort in the fireworks show firing 5000 shots

Examination of livedoor’s public wireless LAN

Music delivery service energized by Apple’s entry/Rukuten takes full care of card payment, and more

Editor-in-Chief's Interview

Darren Huston
President & CEO, Microsoft Co. Ltd., Japan and Corporate Vice President
“I want to deliver excitements to users.”

Product Information

Buyers
Go for ultra cheap A4-size laptop computers sold directly from Web
Minimum specifications without Office starting at the 70,000 yen level


New products

Long-sideways shooting digital camera maximizing the advantages of a big screen
LUMIX DMC-LX1 (Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.)

Network-enabled TV set that can be attached to personal computers
IT-32X2 (Sharp Corp.)

New products - Hardware/Software