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I Repeat: Do Not Listen to Your Users
via Coding Horror by (author unknown) on February 26, 2008
Paul Buchheit on listening to users:I wrote the first version of Gmail in one day. It was not very impressive. All I did was stuff my own email into the Google Groups (Usenet) indexing engine. I sent it out to a few people for feedback, and they said that it was somewhat useful, but it would be better if it searched over their email instead of mine. That was version two. After I released that...
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Dock Your Old Drives with the Hard Drive USB Dock [Stuff We Like]
via Lifehacker by Adam Pash on February 27, 2008
Dock any internal hard drive in this USB dock to turn any internal drive into an external drive on-the-quick. If you've got a few old hard drives hanging around that you'd like to put to good use but they aren't really worth installing in your computer's innards and you don't feel like taking the time to convert that old drive into an external hard drive, this simple dock,...
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Google Reader Gets More Social: Now With Notes
via TechCrunch by (author unknown) on May 06, 2008
Shared by Zee M sharing this with note about google reader with notes..Google has added support for Notes to Google Reader, allowing users to share notes or add notes to shared stories.The add a note feature is located in the “Your Stuff” menu at the top of the Google Reader sidebar. Tumblr style, the feature allows users to share with friends “whatever pops into your head (for better or...
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Turn Your Point-and-Shoot into a Super-Camera [Camera Hacks]
via Lifehacker by Adam Pash on May 06, 2008
If you're using a consumer grade point-and-shoot Canon digital camera, you've got hardware in hand that can support advanced features way beyond what shipped in the box. With the help of a free, open source project called CHDK, you can get features like RAW shooting mode, live RGB histograms, motion-detection, time-lapse, and even games on your existing camera. Let's transform your...
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The killer Twitter-tracker just arrived and its name is Tweetmeme
via TechCrunch by Mike Butcher on January 28, 2008
It had to happen sooner or later. We’ve had Technorati. We’ve had TechMeme. Now we have Tweetmeme, which will track what’s hot on micro-blogging platform Twitter. The business of tracking the online conversation just a got shot in the arm with the tech equivalent of crack cocaine.Built by the makers Fav.or.it, a yet-to-launch blog commenting system, Tweetmeme looks for new content and...
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WOW. Microsoft Offers $44.6 Billion To Acquire Yahoo
via TechCrunch by Duncan Riley on February 01, 2008
It’s been rumored for a long time, but now it’s reality.Microsoft has made an unsolicited $44.6 billion bid for Yahoo. The bid, which would consist of cash and Microsoft stock, values Yahoo shares at $31 a share, a 62% premium on Thursdays closing price.Michael stated during his appearance on Fox Business this week that Yahoo could face a takeover by Microsoft as part of an ad play, and he...
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Yahoo’s oneConnect: One Mobile App to Rule Them All
via TechCrunch by Erick Schonfeld on February 12, 2008
Today at the Mobile World Congress in Spain, Yahoo announced a mobile app called oneConnect that will be available in the second quarter as part of the upcoming release of Yahoo Go 3.0. I have not seen a demo of this myself, but it sounds like a much-needed integration of messaging and social apps. OneConnect will pull together contacts from your mobile phone, Yahoo address book, and social...
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Install OS X on Your Hackintosh PC, No Hacking Required [How To]
via Lifehacker by Adam Pash on January 25, 2008
Two months ago I walked through how to build a Hackintosh Mac on the cheap using PC parts. Since that post, the OSx86 scene has changed rapidly, and now you can install Leopard on your computer about as easily as installing Leopard on a Mac—no command line hacking required. In addition, the resulting installation is—theoretically, at least—can be upgraded without fear of breaking. As if the...
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Save the Developers! Stop Using Internet Explorer 6
via TechCrunch by Erick Schonfeld on March 25, 2008
There is a scourge on the Web. It is called Internet Explorer 6. Even though the more recent version of Microsoft’s browser, IE7, has been around for more than two years, IE6 still represents 31 percent of all browsers out there (versus only 22 percent for IE7 and 36.5 percent for Firefox). This upgrade lag is simply unacceptable—to programmers, that is, who find it a real pain to make...
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