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Here's my problem with many rogue coders, hackers, Open Source cultists
via ZDNet Blogs by Russell Shaw on February 27, 2008
I'll call a spade a spade here. Too many hackers, coders, and open source religionists are elitists. They think they know better, and are better, than you and me. But they are not. I've been carrying around this 'tude for a long time, but it's really been bubbling in my brain since yesterday when I read a comment on my post about Ubuntu not really mattering that much now....
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Microsoft to add a 'super standards' mode to IE 8
via ZDNet Blogs by Mary Jo Foley on January 21, 2008
Microsoft is planning to add a new, opt-in "super standards" mode to Internet Explorer (IE) 8 -- a move of which some developers are critical. IE Platform Architect Chris Wilson shared the details of how Microsoft plans to provide the greater standards compatibility, which it has promised for its next browser release via a January 21 posting to the IE Team Blog. Wilson said Microsoft is planning...
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RIM announces BlackBerry platform enhancements
via ZDNet Blogs by Matthew Miller on January 21, 2008
Phone Scoop reported on the RIM announcement that BlackBerry owners will be receiving updates for their devices that adds enhanced functionality and security. These new software updates will be phased in over the first half of 2008 and if you buy a new device in mid to late 2008 it should have the updates already installed. The updates include enhanced messaging and collaboration, simpler...
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McAfee: Trojan targets Windows Mobile
via ZDNet Blogs by Larry Dignan on February 25, 2008
McAfee has unearthed a Windows Mobile PocketPC Trojan that disables security, installs via a memory card, can't be uninstalled and makes itself your home page. According McAfee's Avert Labs blog, the Trojan has been discovered in China. Here's how it works according to researcher Jimmy Shah: WinCE/InfoJack sends the infected device's serial number, operating system and other...
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Jotspot is back (as Google Sites); It's still a wiki
via ZDNet Blogs by Larry Dignan on February 27, 2008
Google acquired Jotspot in 2006 and then let it disappear. But the company didn't totally give up on the hosted wiki application and has rebranded it Google Sites. As Dan Farber notes, Google Sites is another cog in that Google Apps suite. Rafe Needleman finds it curious that Google Sites doesn't mention the word wiki anywhere. That observation is keen. Perhaps wiki is too geeky. Perhaps...
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Fun facts about Mac OS X Leopard's icons
via ZDNet Blogs by David Morgenstern on March 16, 2008
Computer users on Mac, Windows or Linux must take icons for granted. But the standards for these interface elements keep changing. Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard offers new challenges for icon designers. Leopard supports 512-by-512-pixel icons, which are much larger than the previous 128-x-128 standard. However, in its Human Interface Guidelines, Apple suggests that developers need to make fresh versions...
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Prism 0.9 released, runs as a Firefox Extension
via ZDNet Blogs by Ryan Stewart on March 16, 2008
I missed this but it looks like last week Prism 0.9 was released and it added functionality that enables it to run as a Firefox plugin so you can quickly and easily turn any site into a Prism application. They also added functionality that lets you detect embedded "bundles" (packaged Prism applications) and prompt the user to install it. The new version also has some helpful features and is using...
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Official: Google's 'Friend Connect' brings social networking to the Long Tail
via ZDNet Blogs by Steve O'Hear on May 11, 2008
In case you didn't think Google wanted to be a big player on the Social Web -- Orkut, Google Talk and shared items in Google Reader aside -- the search giant revealed an ambitious new strategy today: 'Friend Connect' is a platform designed to help the 'long tail' of sites that don't currently offer social networking features to become more social. Websites that are not...
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