Microsoft rolls out tables in Notepad for all Windows 11 users, though I'd feel happier about this if I knew this was the final addition to my favorite little app

If you're a Notepad purist, you can remove the option to use tables by clicking on the cog icon in the top-right corner and ...
Chris Webb's BI Blog

Measuring Geocoding Performance In Power BI Map Visuals Using Performance Analyzer

Postcodes are just text values. How does Power BI know where each postcode is on a map? It does so by geocoding: sending each ...

BreachForums hacking forum database leaked, exposing 324,000 accounts

The latest incarnation of the notorious BreachForums hacking forum has suffered a data breach, with its user database table ...
Business.com on MSN

14 KPI tools to track your business’s goals

Key performance indicators (KPIs) measure how effective your company is at achieving its goals. Learn how to find the right ...
eWeek

Meet Pickle 1: The ‘Soul Computer’ AR Glasses That May Be Ahead of Reality

Pickle claims its new “soul computer” AR glasses can remember your life—but critics say the tech isn’t real yet. Hype, red ...
Chris Webb's BI Blog

Diagnosing Power BI DirectQuery Performance Problems Caused By SQL Queries That Return Large Resultsets

The Execute Direct Query event has a duration of 2.1 seconds – meaning that again there is a gap to be explained, a gap where ...
InfoWorld

13 reasons SQL has got to go

Why is the language developers and DBAs use to organize data such a mess? Here are 13 reasons we wish we could quit SQL, even though we probably won't. For all its popularity and success, SQL is a ...
The Bookseller

Westminster council seizes books and display tables from London bookshop

Westminster council confiscated a number of books and two display tables from London-based independent bookshop The Gilded Acorn last Friday (27th June). The action came after the bookshop, which sits ...