All the team at Human Edge & Computer Techniques would like to wish you and your families a safe and happy holiday period. We look forward to continuing to provide informative newsletters to you in the New Year. The support centre will close on December 24 and re-open on January 6.
 1800 Support Number Discontinued
The old 1800 support number has now been discontinued. To call the support centre for the cost of a local call you should now call 1300 301 931, which is available Australia wide. If you need to call from a mobile phone then please call 03 9690 5004.
IBM Announces World's Smallest Working Silicon Transistor
Have you ever noticed how our computers, mobile phones and other appliances seem to be getting progressively smaller? Advances in technology mean that we can now rely on more compact, efficient tools to get our day-to-day jobs done.
Scientists at IBM recently announced that they have produced the world’s smallest working silicon transistor. The transistor is only 6 nanometers long, making it 10 times smaller than transistors currently being produced. A nanometer is one billionth of a metre!
Dr Randy Isaac, vice president of science and technology at IBM Research explained the significance of this new development; “The ability to build working transistors at these dimensions could allow us to put 100 times more transistors into a computer chip than is currently possible.” Imagine the power and speed of a computer with this number of transistors compared to the one you are using now!
As well as improving the performance and speed of chips, this new development will lower the manufacturing cost and power consumption of transistors, which is good news for both us and the environment.
If you would like to find out more about this exciting new technology use the link below to go to the IBM website:
http://www.ibm.com/news/us/2002/12/091.html
How Do I?
How do I use the Bank Draft report?
The Bank Draft report will only include employees who are marked as being paid by Draft in the Paysplit area of their employee record and will only display the pay information for the Last Payroll Update.
A Bank Draft is when you give a report to your Bank each pay period, of the employees who are to be paid by draft, with each employee’s bank account details and the amount they are to be paid. The Bank then arranges the transfer of funds to the employee’s bank account.
Bank Drafts have largely been replaced today by the use of Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT).
To run the report go to PAYROLL>BANK DRAFT
The report can be sorted to group by who the employee banks with. Sorting the report by Bank gives the option to insert a page break per Bank. A total amount per Bank will be printed on the report.
The report lists the Employees, Code, BSB Number, Account Number, Account Name, Bank, Branch and Amount.
Website of the Week
http://www.isubscribe.com.au
Stuck for gift ideas this Christmas? A magazine subscription could be the perfect solution!
The isubscribe website provides magazine subscriptions online and features over 750 magazine titles to choose from. You can search for magazines either by title or by category.
The benefit of subscribing online is that your request is received instantaneously; there is no need to wait for postal delivery. This means that your subscription can be processed much faster, and you receive your first magazine earlier! (Magazines are sent via regular mail.)
Another benefit of using the site is the opportunity to win prizes such as DVD players and cars when you subscribe to particular magazines. If you also choose to subscribe to the free isubscribe newsletter you will receive notifications of offers of the month, giveaways and competitions.
The isubscribe Gift Centre is the place to purchase your gift subscription. Once you have ordered your subscription you can email an isubscribe icard to the recipient letting them know that a great gift is coming their way! These cards can also be printed in the event that your gift recipient does not have access to email.
Magazine subscriptions make great gifts as they continue to give throughout the year. And, as they say on the website, it is great to be able to look forward to something other than bills in your letterbox!
Quote of the Week
"A man should never be ashamed to own that he has been in the wrong, which is but saying...that he is wiser today than yesterday."
Jonathan Swift, Author
For more information, please contact:
Heather McKay
Human Edge Software
Phone: 1300 301 931
Fax: +61 3 9690 2802
Email: pay2k@humanedge.biz
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