In the case of a word like democracy, not only is there no agreed definition, but the attempt to make one is resisted from all sides. It is almost universally felt that when we call a country ...

David Nield is a technology journalist from Manchester in the U.K. who has been writing about gadgets and apps for more than 20 years. He has a bachelor's degree in English Literature from Durham ...

Hi all,<BR><BR>A horrific thing happened to me this morning as I went to retrieve a Word document that I've been modifying off-and-on for oh-around 5 years now. I couldn't remember the password.

I was working on a massive program review recently and had just spent half an hour in Microsoft Word 2002 on the third version of the document from 4 a.m. (I like working early in the day so that my ...

I have Googled and Binged, without finding a satisfactory resolution (although I did find a LOT of speculative and unsubstantiated bullshit on the MS support forums, a depressing amount of it ...