Thursday, July 19, 2007

Wednesday, July 18, 2007

10 hot tips to being a better IT manager

It's easy for IT managers, especially those new to management, to get bogged down in day-to-day activities and lose sight of the bigger picture of leading staff. Whether you're a seasoned pro, or new to the game, the following tips from ZDNet Australia points you in the right direction to effectively manage your team.

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Windows Home Server 1.0 finished, code goes RTM

Windows Home Server has been christened 1.0, and the code has been released to manufacturing. System Builder versions as well as initial products from several ISVs are expected this September.

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Tuesday, July 17, 2007

Saturday, July 14, 2007

1500 HDTV Channels simultaneously - Possible with new broadband technology

40 Gigabits per second, 1500 HDTV streams simultaneously, download a DVD in about 2 seconds --- It's probably a few years before we can get this but I like those speeds! Remember the days of 14k connections? We've come so far.

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This is what the web looked like in 1994

Time travel back to 1994, see the video digital used to sell the net.

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Thursday, July 12, 2007

Microsoft on your telly: a history of the company's Internet TV strategy

From Web TV, MSN, Windows Media Center, Media Room, to Xbox Live Video Marketplace. Microsoft has it covered pretty well.

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Wednesday, July 11, 2007

Streamy -- The Digg Killer?

Streamy is one part Pageflakes + one part Digg. Users get their home page which is divided into topical sections but then via the wisdom of the Streamy crowds you get personalized recommendations on other stories and publications.

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10 Most Beautiful Social Networks

If you asked most MySpace-haters what's their problem with the service, they'd probably say: it's ugly. Meanwhile, people tell us they are switching from Twitter to Pownce because it's prettier and easier to use. For those who prize beauty above all else, we brought together 10 of the prettiest social networks.

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All Hotkeys for software

We're here to help you to increase work speed, a collection of all the shortcuts you need on your computer software

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Tuesday, July 10, 2007

17 Things You Didn't Know About Your Brain

But soon your brain will know...

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10 Essential Habits for Freelance Workers

The key, I’ve found, is to develop certain habits that will keep you not only disciplined but successful. Simple habits, to be sure, but ones that can go a long way towards taking you from a broke freelancer to a happy and productive one. Here are 10 essential habits for freelance workers...

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Sunday, July 08, 2007

Google vs Everyone: 10 Markets Where Google Wants to Win

Google is the 600-pound gorilla: the company that no one wants to see build a competing product. Google dominates many of the markets it enters, whether by building a superior product or acquiring one. But Google isn't perfect: in some areas, they come out behind. Today, Mashable takes an in-depth look at 10 markets where Google wants to win.

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Friday, July 06, 2007

Ever Wondered Who Really Owns the Media?

Check out these resources to learn how big Big Media really is.

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Linux developers considering move to Eclipse

When you're talking Linux development tools, chances are you're talking about decades-old programming editors like vi and EMACS. These are fine for an older generation of programmers, but today's developers, weaned on Microsoft Visual Studio want integrated development environments.

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Thursday, July 05, 2007

iPhone shatters AT&T record, dwarfs RAZR

Apple over the weekend sold more than 700,000 iPhones to rocket past analyst predictions and shatter AT&T's record by selling more iPhones in three days than Motorola's RAZR did in its first month. Apple's supply of iPhones depleted at more than half of its retail stores less than a week after the cellular handset hit store

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In Italy, CIA Agents Were Undone By Their Cell Phones

James Bond's gadget guru surely would have warned the agency about how easy it is to track calls made via cell phone. Now 25 of its agents are facing trial in absentia in Milan, Italy, this summer — undone by their pathetic ignorance of technology

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Monday, July 02, 2007

5 Social Media Millionaire Milestones - youtube, digg, craigslist, myspace

Youtube, digg, craigslist, flickr, myspace and facebook: what do their creators have in common? The Kings of social media who created them successfully navigated through the 5 milestones to be crowned Web 2.0 millionaires. Ignore them and your brilliant brainwave won't boost your bank balance.

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500,000 iPhones Sold This Weekend

With one of the most anticipated product launches of the year over, how did the iPhone do ?According to analyst, Blackfriars, which has been monitoring stores, claimed that sales should top 500,000 for the first weekend.

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