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Nikkei Personal Computing

August 28, 2006 Issue

Feature 1 PC Manufacturer Support Ranking 2006 Feature 2 Useful iPod tricks for both beginners and iPod aficionados

IT skill enhancement seminar: Making wise selection of business printers

Part 1: The basics of color laser printers

PC skill enhancement workshops

Learn as you go - Word
Quiz sheet - Part 4: Drawing a chart from a table

Learn as you go - Excel
10 x 10 grids calculation - Part 2: Creating a table of correct answers and making the problems more difficult

Excel emergency rescue
File no. 034: A different way of using wiggly lines to break the scale of a bar chart

Various tidbits on fonts
Part 5: Creating a user-defined character for a special kanji used only for names

Internet can solve your everyday challenges
Part 5: Health-related information sites that are sure to come in handy in an emergency

Creating a persuasive proposal with PowerPoint
Part 5: Increasing the persuasiveness of your presentation by making various improvements on how the material is presented

We’ll answer your questions
“How can I change the icon for a folder?"

Nikkei PC Online News

LAB: The "coolest" mobile notebook PC to use during the hot summer months
TREND: A number of Japanese video posting sites start test service
TREND: Digital cameras user face recognition technology for better portrait shots

The new "Core 2 Duo" CPU released at midnight in Akihabara

US-based PortalPlayer: "In a few years, half of all notebook PCs will have sub-displays"

Macintosh completes its shift to Intel CPUs

Others

Editor-in-Chief's Interview Special

"Everyone is sure to feel its speed" - Kazumasa Yoshida (Co-President of Intel K.K. and Vice President of the Sales and Marketing Group of Intel Corporation)

Product Information

Notable New Products

AV notebook PC with a tuner for digital terrestrial broadcasts
Qosmio F30/795LS (Toshiba)

ThinkPad with 14.1-inch horizontal LCD
ThinkPad Z61t (Lenovo Japan)

New products - Hardware/Software