This is a second, deeper look at Excel 2007's business intelligence capabilities (Mike Arcuri was on Channel 9 a few weeks ago). Really cool stuff for helping your business see what is happening. The demos start at 6:15 into this video. Really great stuff, if you are an Excel freak, don't miss!

So somebody let me loose in Vegas to cover MIX 06. I came back with 33 cents, a killer hangover and a husband. Just Kidding! I came back with some badass info on the gadgets you're gonna want. Check it out.

It's here folks!  The First Annual April Fool's Day Special at Coding4Fun has gone live with code projects you can use to fool the unsuspecting and naive.  (Pause for maniacal laughter - Buh-wa-ha-ha-ha).  Want to make Word AutoCorrect have a mind of its own?  Want to frustrate…

This challenging game of correctly arranging numbers in non-repeating sequences in squares and columns is now found in just about every major newspaper, on hundreds of websites, and on PCs and personal media devices all over the world.  But as fun as it is, writing a computer program to…

The main 10 feature story today highlights Forest Ridge School in Bellevue, Washington, which requires all students to have a laptop. Starting this year, they've gone with tablet PCs as the standard model. Cool video, and interesting discussion. Both my daughters attend Forest Ridge School. It's…

Laura visits Forest Ridge school where tablets are required for 5th grade.

Here’s a neat experiment: a classroom with standing desks, and where students are encouraged to be active. There are some vague similarities to Montessori preschool activities, which encourage activity and immersion. The teaching staff doesn’t feel that they have enough data to evaluate the…

SQL Server beginners will discover more SQL statements like sub-select and learn stored procedures and their counterparts in C# and VB methods. Source (C#)Source (VB)

SQL Server beginners will learn about ADO.NET objects and execution of SQL statement from ADO.NET. Explore SQL and learn about insert, update, and delete statements. Source (C#)Source (VB)

Why are relational databases the most popular? SQL Server beginners will learn to differentiate between primary and foreign keys, design relational database tables, and learn about normalization rules and de-normalization. Source (C#)Source (VB)