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    Archive for June, 2010

    Browser Wars

    Thursday, June 17th, 2010

    Switched back to Chrome, away from OmniWeb for my main business services web browser…

    Google Calendar: Make ALL Events, especially recurring ones ‘check-able’!

    Wednesday, June 16th, 2010

    Google Calendar: Make ALL Events, especially recurring ones ‘check-able’!

    …or make recurring to-do’s possible (and of course add an api)? Hmm…

    Wouldn’t it be cool if the Verizon MiFi charged inductively??!

    Wednesday, June 16th, 2010

    Wouldn’t it be cool if the Verizon MiFi charged inductively??!

    @dgtlcraftworks That’s funny, …

    Friday, June 11th, 2010

    @dgtlcraftworks That’s funny, I just started a Python-based micro-startup! Now I gotta learns me some Python too…

    Google Analytics: Fix the UI so it remembers the number of rows.

    Thursday, June 10th, 2010

    Some of us have 50 accounts in there, and it’s annoying and SO SLOW to keep hitting next, OR having to reset the row selection each time.

    Thanks!

    Project and Company Management Software

    Tuesday, June 8th, 2010

    I’m using Project Pier, Freshbooks, and Freckle, while trying to avoid Basecamp.

    But the number of reasonable project management software solutions out there has ballooned recently.

    Here are the candidates which I am currently evaluating:

    ViewPath: http://www.viewpath.com/

    Open Atrium: http://openatrium.com/

    Collabtive: http://collabtive.o-dyn.de/

    5pm: http://www.5pmweb.com/

    1stManager: http://www.1stmanager.com/

    ManyMoon: https://www.manymoon.com/

    ActiveCollab: http://www.activecollab.com/

    Verizon Wireless

    Monday, June 7th, 2010

    Connectivity restored. I guess I just needed to re-activate and get the PRL (?) data synced. Hadn’t happened since January.

    Great speech. I agree with a n…

    Monday, June 7th, 2010

    Great speech. I agree with a number of things, including pining for a “Mail on Monday” — delayed send email —… http://bit.ly/cgd3PL

    Apple: Fix the WWAN status in the menu bar option

    Monday, June 7th, 2010

    …in OS X 10.6, Preferences, Network…

    The checkbox never stays checked. And the WWAN status never shows up in the menu bar.

    This is for various Verizon/VZW devices, at least the USB720 and the MiFi 2200 Novatel.

    This is the basic UPS that eve…

    Monday, June 7th, 2010

    This is the basic UPS that every computer (that lacks built in redundant power) should be plugged into…. http://bit.ly/dz1BoM


    Computer News


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    OS News


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    Ars Technica

    Google sticks Wave in a box, puts a bow on top
    Etc: Amazon has reduced the prices of its EC2 compute nodes by up to 19%, the second price cut this year.
    R.I.P. ATI, and more on Bobcat in servers
    Gmail's "Priority Inbox" sorts important e-mail for you
    Performance, stability fixes arrive for Windows 7, Server 2008 R2
    Intel to buy final piece of the mobile puzzle from Infineon
    LHC computing grid pushes petabytes of data, beats expectations
    Are two heads better than one? Sometimes...
    AMD's Bobcat mobile architecture will play it straight
    ARM virtualization tech adds more fuel to server fire
    Exchange 2010 SP1 arrives with increased focus on the cloud
    Etc: Exchange 2010 Service Pack 1 was released today, with improved robustness, PST imports, better manageability, better cross-browser compatibility in OWA, and many other improvements.
    Evolution, not revolution: a look at AMD's Bulldozer
    Macs making bigger enterprise gains than rest of PC market
    Why Intel bought McAfee
    Etc: HP and Dell are in a bidding war to acquire data storage provider 3Par Inc.
    Bad news for AMD as Intel gains server share
    Intel agrees to buy McAfee, decides that security matters
    RIM to use QNX-developed OS for upcoming "Blackpad" tablet
    Etc: Intel has purchased security software maker McAfee Inc. for $7.68 billion.
    Feature: Being a behemoth: how Microsoft (and 9 others) make their billions
    SBS beta and WHS Vail release candidate are out
    New school program for iOS apps doesn't address all IT needs
    AMD Fusion won't kill the GPU, but what if it kills the CPU?
    Sexual harassment charges take down HP's CEO


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