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Microsoft has slipped more new features into its popular Teams platform, while giving its remaining Skype for Business users a nudge towards making the jump.

A handful of new features for
Microsoft Teams

were unearthed this week, both via Microsoft’s dedicated Teams blog and the Microsoft 365 technology roadmap.

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JavaScript, Java and
Python

are among the most sought-after programming languages from hiring managers when recruiting new developers, according to new survey from programmer training company CodinGame.

The company’s latest annual report, which is based on a survey of 15,000 developers and HR managers from around the world, revealed that six in 10 (60%) of recruiters

The Linux Foundation has created a new seven module course on open source management and strategy designed to “help executives, managers, software developers and engineers understand and articulate the basic concepts for building effective open source practices within their organization.”

The courses are designed for beginners and focus on managing open source software from the very beginnings of implementation all the way through to the creation of an in-house Open Source Program

The article, How to highlight unique values in Excel, shows two easy ways to apply conditional formatting to unique values or the row that contains a unique value. In this article, we’ll do the same thing with duplicate values. We’ll first review the easy built-in rule that formats duplicate values. Then, we’ll apply a conditional format rule that highlights the entire record.

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I’m using Microsoft 365

“Not all Linux users are developers.” It’s a statement I’ve been having to make quite a lot lately. This comes from prospective clients, who find out I’ve been using and writing about Linux since the late 1990s, and then approach me to ask if I’d be willing to either take on a development project or to write about development through the eyes of an actual developer. 

When I tell these possible clients that I’m not a developer, without fail,

The importance of software skills was brought to the fore in 2020 as the coronavirus pandemic forced rapid digitization across businesses, and even entire industries.

All signs point to 2021 being a year of continued change for businesses as they use the lessons learned from 2020 to rethink their strategy. For many, this will mean continuing on their path to
digital