"This nifty application allows you to create ebooks using the graphical interface without getting your hands dirty with coding. Despite being a relatively new application, Sigil already sports all the essential features that simplify the process of formatting ebooks and generating ready-to-use EPUB files.
Jfrost
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MSDN
In this blog post I will walk through how to add a custom button to the new SharePoint 2010 ribbon. One very big and noticeable update in SharePoint 2010 is that we now have an awesome, Office client-like ribbon the provides most of the controls and buttons now in SharePoint 2010. A question that has come up on my current project is, how can we ...
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Bink.nu
Pre-register for SharePoint 2010 Beta
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Pre-register today and get notified when SharePoint 2010 Beta becomes available in November. Find out how this integrated suite of server capabilities can help your organization by providing comprehensive content management and enterprise search, accelerating shared business processes, and facilitating information-sharing across boundaries ...
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Greg Malcolm
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Geekswithblogs.net
IronRuby and Cucumber - Installation
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This tutorial is based on a short demo/talk I gave at the Columbus .NET Developers Group ( CONDG ) on IronRuby. It’s mostly designed for the .NET professional and making no assumptions of prior Ruby experience. In Part 1 we get everything installed. In Part 2 we take IronRuby for a test drive In Part 3 we use it to integrate with Cucumber. ...
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Ricardoj
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MSDN
Windows 7 – Lo que los expertos opinan: IMtrevista con Carlos Guevara
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Bienvenidos a una nueva serie de IMtrevistas que hemos venido realizando con expertos de toda la región para preguntarles cuál ha sido su experiencia utilizando Windows 7 . En esta ocasión tenemos el agrado de contar con Carlos Guevara , Gerente General de Velu Software en Panamá, empresa con más de 13 años de experiencia desarrollando ...
Lionelro
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MSDN
BCS Overview Demo Video
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In this three-part video Brad Stevenson goes through a high-level overview out-of-the-box functionality provided by Business Connectivity Services. You’ll be able to observe: Full read/write capability of BCS Create an external content type which connects to a SQL backend Bring external data into SharePoint through an external list See how the ...
Allen Clark
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MSDN
October Feedback on Team Foundation Help in Dev 10 Beta 2
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Last month, Beta 2 shipped, and we posted a corresponding update to the help content. Page views, ratings, and feedback have all more than doubled in October compared to previous months. Overall ratings remained higher than we had in VS2005 & VS2008, and most of the lower ratings come from topics that are effectively unchanged from those ...
Andy
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GamersCircle
Captain America and Thor Games Due In 2011
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Captain America and Thor will be getting their own games in 2011, says Sega. The games were originally announced all the way back in 2007, so we have been waiting a long time now. Apparently Sega wants to wait until their movie counterparts have been released, which are also both due in 2011. Maybe [...] Related posts: Thor, Captain America and ...
Fredrik N
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ASP.NET
Fluent-API to add ActionFilters to Controller in ASP.NET MVC
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Note: The name of the classes and the methods are just temporary and may change, I’m so bad when it comes to naming classes and methods. The source code is simple and haven’t done so much refactoring etc. Just wanted to see if I could get it to work, so please have that in mind. When we create controllers for our ASP.NET MVC application we ...
Eric Nelson
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Geekswithblogs.net
The relationship between Entity Framework 4 betas and ctps explained
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There seems to be enough confusion about the betas and ctps of Entity Framework 4 to warrant a brief post. Hopefully this should clear things up nicely. Put simply: Most of Entity Framework 4 (EF4) will ship with .NET Framework 4 and Visual Studio 2010 (.NET4/VS2010), however not all of it will . Most of EF4 is therefore in the beta releases of . ...
Mohit Gupta
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Sun Bloggers
Sailfin CAFE - Click to Call using JSP
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Now your JSP is capable of establishing SIP calls. Thanks to Sailfin CAFE, no SIP Servlets needed !!! Here is the code you need to write: <% CommunicationSession commSession = (CommunicationSession) session.getAttribute("org.glassfish.cafe.communicationsession"); String party1 = request.getParameter("party1"); String party2 =
Caroljmcdonald
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Sun Bloggers
Web Site Performance Tips and Tools
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Web Site Performance Tips Make Fewer HTTP Requests reduce the number of components in a page by combining CSS into single stylesheet, JS single script Use A Content Delivery Network such as Akamai Technologies, Mirror Image Internet, or Limelight Networks. Add An Expires Header for static components set a far future expires header for dynamic us ...
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It’s November – I’m just as surprised as you are – and you’re starting to scramble for presents for the tech freak in your life. Relax, I’ve got your back. Below is the first in a series of Christmas gift guides I’ll be posting over the coming weeks. Don’t worry if these ideas are too expensive for ...
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Www.samsung.com
SAMSUNG ST550
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Whether you're capturing the smallest detail from far away or grabbing a great shot of yourself during an once-in-a-lifetime moment with the Dual LCD, the ST550's robust features ensure a perfect picture with every click. Or touch. With the 3.5" Wide 1,152K Touch Screen LCD and built-in Haptic vibration effect you'll get all the feedback you ...
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I define bootstrapping as "pursuing success with limited resources and with the help of others." By limited resources I mean a shortage of money or knowledge. Here are some tips and ideas to help solve these shortfalls for small and wannabe entrepreneurial business owners. These ideas are particularly apropos in today's environment.
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Wzack
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MSDN
We are hosting a number of startups in the Atlanta Microsoft office that are interested in moving their web based applications to the Windows Azure Platform . At the end of the week we are going to have a panel of judges evaluate the various applications and choose a winner! Its a great opportunity for some free exposure and a lot of PR around ...
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Scott Dorman
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Geekswithblogs.net
Sams Teach Yourself Visual C# 2010 in 24 Hours
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I have previously mentioned that I’m working on the upcoming Sams Teach Yourself Visual C# 2010 in 24 Hours book. Things are progressing nicely, if a bit slower than I’d prefer. I have the draft for the cover art, which looks really good. I’m also very pleased to announce my technical editors – Claudio Lasaala and Eric Lippert. Claudio ...
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Jnak
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MSDN
Couple neat Windows Azure Storage related announcements
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In case you missed this on the Windows Azure blog, there were a couple of neat announcements around new storage features: Content Delivery Network: Windows Azure CDN has 18 locations globally (United States, Europe, Asia, Australia ...
Simon Moffatt
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Sun Bloggers
IDM09 Conference London
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At the start of the week I attended the IDM09 Conference in the Docklands in London. This relatively new one day event was host to several key security, identity and access control vendors and partners as well as delegates from the private and public sector. Most delegates held positions in leadership, architecture or implementation positions ...
Palle Petersen
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TechNet Blogs
Windows 7 terminology published on Microsoft Language Portal
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Following the worldwide release of Windows 7, we have now included the terminology and software translations for 35 languages on the Microsoft Language Portal . UI strings for Windows 7 (and many other products) are also available for download in CSV format for MSDN and TechNet subscribers....( read more )
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Darren Murph
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Engadget
Aw, suki suki now! Those Netflix instant streaming discs that started floating out to anxious PS3 owners yesterday are obviously splashing down, with YouTube user (and avid Engadget reader) otimus posting up a stellar walkthrough showing everything in action. We've got to admit -- the whole thing looks exceptionally sleek, but given the PS3's ...
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Valve Says Xbox360 Community Is 'Head & Shoulders Above PS3' >
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The Left 4 Dead project leader Chet Faliszek has said that the Xbox360 community is "head and shoulders" above the PS3's community. He said that this is why the multiplayer zombie-killing series is not on the Sony Console. In a recent interview he said that the community aspects of PC and Xbox360 "really fit" with Left 4 Dead. Sorry PS3 owners.
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Andy
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GamersCircle
Valve Says Xbox360 Community Is ‘Head and Shoulders Above PS3′
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The Left 4 Dead project leader Chet Faliszek has said that the Xbox360 community is "head and shoulders" above the PS3’s community. He said that this is why the multiplayer zombie-killing series is not on the Sony Console. In a recent interview he said that the community aspects of PC and Xbox360 "really fit" with [...] ...
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Maijaliisa Burkert
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Sun Bloggers
Catch up on what happened at Sun this week in this short podcast ! Topics include new updates to Sun's Java Store Beta, Sun's new alliance with PayPal, Sun solutions in use at Columbia University and the University of Zurich, and Sun's top honor in the American Society of Training and Development's BEST Awards competition. (Brought to you by ...
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Www.blogtalkradio.com
Sun News -- The Week in Review
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This short podcast features hosts Chhandomay Mandal and Maijaliisa Burkert reviewing Sun news this week. Topics include updates to Sun's Java Store, Sun's alliance with PayPal, Sun solutions in use at Columbia University and the University of Zurich, and Sun's top honor in the American Society of Training and Development's 2009 BEST Awards ...
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Maijaliisa Burkert
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Sun Bloggers
Weekly Sun News Wrapup
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Another week, another news wrapup podcast for you to catch up on what happened at Sun this week. Topics include new updates to Sun's Java Store Beta, Sun's new alliance with PayPal, Sun solutions in use at Columbia University and the University of Zurich, and Sun's top honor in the American Society of Training and Development's BEST Awards ...
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Thekkadath
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Sun Bloggers
My Last Day at Sun
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Today is my last day at Sun . I will miss my team and sun culture . Thank you Sun for giving me an opportunity . Its been a privilege ! If you want to get in touch with me, please use linkedin to send a message :
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Sun Bloggers
Useful Sun Role Manager Doco Wiki
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Useful Wiki resource for Sun Role Manager version 5, here
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Ocalvo
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MSDN
James wanned me to explain the set of steps I use to enable Convert-Media under a PowerShell remoting. First a disclaimer: running these steps will lower the security settings of your PC, use with caution. Here there are: In your encoding server (mine is called tv-server): Enable-PSRemoting -force # Enables remoting set-item WSMan:\localhost\ ...
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Greg Malcolm
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Geekswithblogs.net
IronRuby and Cucumber - IIRB Tutorial
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<< Part 1 - Installing IronRuby and Cucumber A quick look at IronRuby Background IronRuby is an implementation of Ruby which runs on .NETs Dynamic Language Runtime platform (the DLR). Languages hosted on the DLR are interpreted at runtime, rather than compiled then executed (like C# applications). One benefit is that code can be invoked on ...
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MSDN
Saving Money with SharePoint in the Public Sector
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Did you know that Microsoft published a paper on the five ways in which SharePoint can save you money with customer stories and evidence early in 2009? In May, the Treasury published the Operational Efficiency Programme report with recommendations about how to save money around IT and back office. I thought it might be interesting to have a look ...
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Here's a study from Retrevo painting iPhone users as being shallow and vapid, favoring cool gadgets over intelligence and using their iPhones for dubious purposes. Well, you'd hardly see this type of behavior from Java ME cell phone users. ;-) See: iPhone Users are Shallow Here's a quote: Retrevo asked, "What makes a person most attractive to you?
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The Unofficial Apple (TUAW)
Squarespace hosting/CMS service launches iPhone app
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Filed under: Software , Blogging , Internet Tools , iPhone , App Store After a long wait, Squarespace customers finally have an iPhone app of their own. Squarespace is a hosted blogging/CMS service that competes with the likes of WordPress.com and Typepad . Having used all three, I can say that interacting with Squarespace (posting, changing ...
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Josh Carr
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The Unofficial Apple (TUAW)
AT&T looking to sell an 8GB iPhone 3GS?
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Filed under: iPhone Boy Genius Report is claiming that two separate sources have told them that AT&T is looking to sell an 8GB iPhone 3GS for $99 US before Christmas. While this news wouldn't come as a shock, it would certainly take more than AT&T to make it happen. As most of you know, Apple doesn't make an 8GB iPhone 3GS and it would ...
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Ross Miller
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Engadget
IPhone coming to The Shack: Dallas and NYC this month, nationwide in 2010?
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So we knew a select number of authorized resellers would start stocking iPhones soon, and thanks to a tipster, it looks like we might be getting a glimpse at a none-too-surprising recipient of the new order. As these pics from an anonymous tipster show, "big hug for your mobile life" retailer The Shack will be getting AT&T's flagship device ...
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TechCrunch
If you're a Twitter freak and think that a dedicated Twitter device is just the thing for you, read on. This week we saw the launch of the TwitterPeek , a cute little device built by Peek that will do just about anything you want it to do, as long as all you want it to do is access Twitter. It won't surf the web. It won't make phone calls. It won'
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Matt Christian
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Geekswithblogs.net
Development Diary: Pong RPG
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I have been hard at work recently porting Pong RPG from a PC-only XNA game to an Xbox 360 game in the hopes of potentially releasing it on the Xbox Indie Games Marketplace. Pong RPG (PC) was a great success in my mind because even though it was flawed, it was a full game product that I created from scratch (almost all by myself) since my days ...
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Xbox Live
Twitter, Facebook, Last.FM and Xbox 360 Family Settings
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As some of you might be aware, those under the age of 18 are not able to access Twitter, Facebook and Last.fm in our public preview . I want to you let you know that this will remain the case when it launches to the world soon. We made this decision because as it stands now, parents aren’t able to use Family Settings to customize which of ...
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Jamesci
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MSDN
IE 8 makes it simple to create great add on experiences for users. Specifically, a site can provide web slices, accelerators and visual search. If you want to learn more about these features look here . I have heard a number of stories where people have written an add ons for IE 8 but then they have trouble posting them to the site http:// ...
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Sayre Collado
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Geekswithblogs.net
Simple CRUD on Visual Studio 2010
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Hello Guys, I have sample here on how to create a simple Create, Read, Update, and Delete on Database. This sample created on Visual Studio 2010 Beta 2 using C# and Asp.Net. I did'nt include a validation on this sample. I only want to show on how to Select, Insert, Update, Delete on Database. For those who beginners I hope it will help. You can ...
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My team is going to start using the Manual Testing functionality available in VS 2010 for one of our larger projects. We started today to migrate some of our manual test scripts over to Test Cases/Test Plans in Test and Lab Manager. We ran into a problem immediately that almost prevented us entirely from continuing to use the product. If you ...
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TechCrunch
TechCrunch Europe ChristmasCrunch – A Realtime Holiday
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It is time for the second annual TechCrunch Europe ChristmasCrunch ! Yes folks it's our annual TechCrunch Europe meetup and Festive Holiday party, in one handy package. This year we're taking a different tack - basing it around one of the the hottest themes right now, namely the rise of realtime streams. We've seen the emergence of Twitter, ...
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Slumley
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MSDN
VSTS 2010 Feature: Load Testing Run Comparison Report in Excel
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This blog post is going to be about one of my favorite new features added for Beta2. In Beta1 we added excel integration for reporting on Load Test Reports. In beta1, the report that was added was a trend report which would give you a feel for how certain counters changed from run to run. Check out this blog post for more info on that report: ...
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Greg Malcolm
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Geekswithblogs.net
Speaking of IronRuby, VS2010 integration would be nice...
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Right now IronRuby Microsoft is not planning on integrating IronRuby in Visual Studio 2010. Want to do something about that? Sign this petition: Same deal with IronPython too: = ...
SURESH GIRIRAJAN
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Geekswithblogs.net
BizTalk 2006 R2 – FTP adapter issue
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I ran into an FTP issue in our prod, we were using BizTalk FTP adapter to get data from our partners. Basically BizTalk FTP adapter is able to connect to the ftp site and able to get the list and after that it “QUIT” without retrieving the file. There is no error in the ftp log or Application log. So BizTalk FTP adapter checks for ...
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We won't cancel our trips to Vegas just yet, but Boxee is planning on giving users an early peek at its new beta release -- with all new UI, queue, navigation and search features -- December 7 at the Music hall of Williamsburg. Beta Unveiling visitors will be the first to get their hands on the new version and see new applications being launched ...
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The beauty about this overclocking adventure is �it is not my rig if I cook it I do not own it�. I'm told that the i7 920 Quad Core is really a i7 940 clock locked by Intel @ 2.65GHz. The target is the CPU, MOBO and CORSAIR 3 channel DDR3 and the goal is to bring it up to 4GHz a49% higher clock and you should take the time and locate you BIOS ...
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Geekswithblogs.net
Cuomo vs. Intel and Son vs. Father
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I grew up in New York, and I’ve grown up with the Cuomo family. I liked Mario Cuomo and thought he was a good governor. He was one of those guys in the 1980s that I characterized as a Macho Liberal: someone with compassionate beliefs and a street-tough approach to pursuing them. A Macho Liberal wasn’t a wimp, nor was he a bully. He ...
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This is great project involving both Windows Server and Windows 7, take a look at the challenges and solutions below. Objectives of the project: We are still running win XP and 2003 server. The great debate we’ve been having is which to upgrade first or at the same time. Coming from the PC side, I’m pushing to do all the desktops first then ...
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Matt-MS
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TechNet Blogs
TechNet Azure webcast - now available for viewing
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In Q1 we did a number of events in the Central Region of the US on the topic of Azure. Budgets being what they are these days, we can’t go everywhere but fear not, we recorded the sessions from the Nashville, TN event. Here are the links to those recordings. You can watch the streaming version or download for offline viewing. Since we also ...
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MG Siegler
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TechCrunch
Up until now, if you wanted to use the location-based service Gowalla on the go, you had to have an iPhone. Today, that expands to Android. But rather than building an app, Gowalla has extended support to Android using the mobile web . This works because Android's browser is closely tied to the device and is able to access location information, ...
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GigaOM
Even though less than 1 percent of the population uses Google Voice, David Erickson, president of the Free Conferencing Corp., a conference call company whose numbers are blocked by the service, is pretty aggrieved. So he met with the FCC and filed a letter urging the regulatory agency to get Google to play fair. [...]
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Www.macworld.com
Google Dashboard gives you a bird's-eye view of your cloud
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If the size of your Google cloud is starting to look like Act IV of A Perfect Storm, you'll probably be interested in the company's latest feature, Google Dashboard—a one-stop shopping overview of all your Google cloud services, with links to preferences and privacy settings for each. (The Dashboard link is somewhat buried on your account ...
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At work, there is only one thing I really, really am afraid of. It’s that someone will sneak a gun into the Centre. Two springs ago I got a phone call from the Centre that the police thought a client had snuck a gun into the Centre. We ripped the place apart looking for [...]
Terry.lentz
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MSDN
Have you ever wondered how well the Messenger Web Toolkit scales? What if we told you it scales enough for some of the largest web sites in the world? Well it does! Hotmail and MSN both depend on the Messenger Web Toolkit to offer instant messaging functionality to their users. Hotmail alone has more than 350 million active users worldwide. ...
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Om Malik
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GigaOM
Facebook Pokes XMPP. MSN, Yahoo & AIM Better Watch Out
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The instant messaging world should prepare for a major quake — thanks to Facebook, which seems to be all set to launch a new connection interface that would allow Facebook Chat to work with any kind of XMPP client. The news of this development was first reported by Mickaël Rémond on the company blog of [...]
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Tzink
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MSDN
Setbacks and Triumphs The domain registration task became exponentially more challenging on March 4, 2009, with the discovery of Worm:Win32/Conficker.D. Investigators reverse-engineered the new variant and determined that it was programmed to generate 50,000 new domain names a day across 110 TLDs, beginning on April 1, 2009. Though this seemed ...
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