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A functioning raycaster and texture mapper demonstrated with a mildly-interactive maze game made fully within Microsoft Excel.
University student builds simple raycaster maze demo with transparency support in Microsoft Excel

By Christopher Harper Published

Microsoft Excel is proven capable of raycasting and transparency effects.

Microsoft Office
Microsoft 365
Microsoft 365 Word bug deletes your document if you use a specific file name

By Roshan Ashraf Shaikh Published

The bug that ate your homework!

Microsoft Office
Kim Dotcom at a political rally in 2014
Megaupload founder will be extradited to the U.S. to face criminal charges

By Jeff Butts Published

Twelve years after authorities first raided Kim Dotcom's New Zealand mansion, a justice minister there has agreed the man should be extradited to the United States to face criminal charges.

Cloud Storage
layers and filters in GIMP
How to work with layers and filters in GIMP

By Les Pounder Published

Learn how to create your own artistic compositions using the free GIMP image editing tool with layers and filters.

Video Editing and Graphic Design
VOIP and messaging platform ICQ finally shurs down
90s instant messaging service ICQ shuts down after 28 years

By Roshan Ashraf Shaikh Published

The once-popular messaging and VOIP platform ICQ is scheduled to shut down on June 26. It was introduced almost thirty years ago and gained an impressive userbase during the pre-social media era.

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Official render of the Spectra Cube
Spectra Cube heralds new 75,000 TB storage library

By Christopher Harper Published

Spectra Cube features support for Amazon S3 and boasts of ease of use and maintenance, running at up to 81TB/hr throughput with compressed data.

Cloud Storage
Microsoft
Microsoft introduces Copilot Pro subscription for $20 per month, runs across your devices and uses GPT-4 Turbo

By Andrew E. Freedman Published

Microsoft's Copilot Pro, a $20 monthly subscription, will provide access to more features like a GPT builder and GPT-4 Turbo, as well as enhanced image generation.

Microsoft Office
Google Drive on a phone next to a laptop.
Google Drive users are reporting the loss of months of data

By Aaron Klotz Published

User reports have come in complaining about months of data lost from their Google Drive accounts.

Cloud Storage
Project Silica
Microsoft Repositions 7TB 'Project Silica' Glass Media as a Cloud Storage Solution

By Mark Tyson Published

Microsoft has decided its Project Silica storage would be an efficient and sustainable choice for its cloud data centers, with the 7 TB glass media touted to last 10,000 years.

Cloud Storage
Acrobat
How to Edit a PDF in Adobe Acrobat

By Ash Hill Published

You can edit Adobe PDF files for free using their online editing tool but also using Acrobat if you’ve got it installed.

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