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US Army Declares War On Sanity With Comic Sans Presentation

1:00AM July 27, 2011 | Sam Biddle

Iran-Contra. The Bay of Pigs. The Battle of Mogadishu. All of these failures and black eyes upon American military history — none of them compare to this monstrosity, this abomination. This war crime. A briefing composed entirely in Comic Sans. More »

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The US Army’s Plan To Stop Making PowerPoint Debacles Like This

11:40AM June 18, 2011 | Spencer Ackerman - Danger Room

Officially, Dave Karle is an executive communications manager at Microsoft. Less officially, his colleagues have given him another name: the Pied Piper of PowerPoint. His audience? The U.S. Army. More »

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Behold, The World’s Worst PowerPoint Slide

11:15PM May 25, 2011 | Sam Biddle

It often seems like every PowerPoint slide is the worst, but here lies what projector company InFocus deems history’s most heinous. I’m inclined to agree. It’s almost brilliant in its horror. Diabolical. The arrows. The colours. This is Satan’s face. More »

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US Military’s War On PowerPoint Explained… Through PowerPoint

4:40AM September 17, 2010 | Kat Hannaford

The US Army has advanced its war on PowerPoint, Wired conveyed on the tannoy from the first of their monthly naval-gazing sessions on internal issues. Apparently, one officer announced “Death by PowerPoint”… through the medium of PowerPoint. Effective like a hand grenade! More »

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Office For Mac 2011 Makes Video Teaser Appearance

7:00PM July 29, 2010 | Kat Hannaford

Some of those Office for Mac 2011 features first shown off in February have appeared in a teaser video on YouTube. Word, PowerPoint, Excel and even Outlook (yes! Real Outlook!) all make appearances, as does the redesigned MSN Messenger. More »

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The US Military’s War On PowerPoint

11:40AM April 28, 2010 | Kyle VanHemert

There’s an insidious force plaguing our nation’s military. It’s vaster than any insurgent network, though much closer to home. It confounds our commanders and keeps our Generals up at night. And it’s included with every copy of Microsoft office. More »

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BlackBerry PowerPoint Presenter Combines Corporate Pleasures

12:00AM January 7, 2010 | John Herrman

Nothing says business like a BlackBerry. Except, obviously, a swanky PowerPoint presentation. OK, let me try this again: Nothing says biz-ness like the BlackBerry Powerpoint Presenter, which lets you conduct PowerPoint presentations from your BlackBerry, without a computer. More »

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At Last, Microsoft Word Editing In The IPhone

3:00AM June 16, 2009 | Jesus Diaz

Rejoice, Microsoft Office and iPhone users, because now you can edit, create, and view Microsoft Word documents. Dataviz Documents To Go doesn’t bring Excel editing, but at least is now here for $US5. And there’s more. More »

Afterglow Allows You To Draw On Your PowerPoint Presentation With a Laser Pointer

3:50AM May 2, 2009 | Sean Fallon

Afterglow uses a USB camera to track the motion of a laser dot—effectively turning it into a drawing tool or a mouse. Now that is something every boardroom needs.

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Documents To Go for Android Released to Edit Microsoft Office Docs

10:20AM April 3, 2009 | Mark Wilson

We heard about Documents To Go for Android a few months back, a Microsoft Office document reader/editor/creator for mobile devices on its way to the Android platform. Now it’s out for $US20.

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