SPECIAL SECTION: Investment Planning Update - Technology - A NAPSTER FOR FINANCIAL DATA? A pilot project is exploring the feasibility and practicality of making XBRL-tagged financial data publicly available via the Internet. If the pilot succeeds -- And there is every reason to believe it will -- It could change the way such information is distributed.

TECHNOLOGY Q&A - Add pizazz to arrows and pointers in Excel spreadsheets . Customize Excel's cursor direction after entering data . Update on erasing the shortcut icon arrows . A better way . Shortcuts

Zarowin, Stanley, (2008)

ACCOUNTING SOFTWARE THE ROAD AHEAD - What's ahead for high-end accounting software? The vendors are offering slimmed-down versions of their products at lower prices in an effort to penetrate the larger middle market. And within five years some vendors may well be selling software the way utilities sell electricity--transmitting it from a central facility and metering its use. This article examines ...

Zarowin, Stanley, (1998)

THE MILLENNIUM MUDDLE - As the clock ticks toward December 31, 1999, CPAs worry computer data will become garbled because many application programs can't determine whether the two-digit year designation--97 vs. 1997--will put the year in the right century. Efforts are under way to fix the problem.

Zarowin, Stanley, (1997)