Bits & Bytes: Jou IT-nuus

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IN THIS EDITION

»	New SharePoint leads the way to better datamanagement
»	Sharpen your computer skills
»	Jpg, gif or tiff?
»	Wikipedia at your fingertips
»	This week's techie news

With the holiday and public holidays there wasn't much time for us to send out a newsletter (not that we're complaining of course), but at least now we have enough news for you. Last weekend we upgraded from the old SharePoint to a brand new version, Microsoft SharePoint 2010, with much more functionality. Campus SharePoint users can now play around on the new platform to their heart's content. If you want to know more about SharePoint, read more below or drop us an email and we'll fill you in.

	Greetings from the other side (of Merriman) The IT crowd

NEW SHAREPOINT LEADS THE WAY TO BETTER DATAMANAGEMENT

In our previous edition we announced upcoming new developments in data management on campus which also involves the migration of Windows Sharepoint services 3.0 to SharePoint 2010.

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SHARPEN YOUR COMPUTER SKILLS

Just because we're over the camel's hump for the year, it doesn't mean you've missed out on attending some free courses.

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JPG, GIF OR TIFF?

All you want to do, is email a simple photo to one of your friends or colleagues, but all the various formats are just too confusing. When should you GIF and when should you TIFF?

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WIKIPEDIA AT YOUR FINGERTIPS

Did you know you can have Wikipedia - the all inclusive, all knowing, unofficial central source of all information on the internet - on your own pc?

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THIS WEEK'S TECHIE NEWS

It's been a busy week on the technological front with a few interesting developments. We bring you the headlines courtesy of TechCentral.

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