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Comic for May 20, 2008
via Dilbert Daily Strip by (author unknown) on May 19, 2008
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Recover Lost Passwords with Free Tools [Passwords]
via Lifehacker by Gina Trapani on June 01, 2008
ACCESS DENIED. Those two bone-chilling words are the last thing you want to see when you're trying to log into a system or open a file, but they're not necessarily a dead end. Several free tools can help you find lost passwords you can't remember or that your computer has saved but obscured. Let's take a look at a few free remedies for lost password panic when you're trying to...
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Please Give Us Your Email Password
via Coding Horror by (author unknown) on June 04, 2008
Shared by TiTi "why can't I grant them temporary access to my public email address book without giving out the keys to my email kingdom?"A number of people whose opinions I greatly respect have turned me on to Yelp over the last six months or so. Yelp is a community review site, and a great way to discover cool new places in whatever neighborhood you happen to be in.I've enjoyed using...
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Simpler Gmail Queries
via Google Operating System by Ionut Alex Chitu on March 06, 2008
There's an easy way to use logical disjunction in a Gmail query. Instead of typing OR after each term, you can just use curly brackets and separate the terms with spaces. Here's the official way:dan OR "brian clouse" OR tejaand here's a simpler way to write the same query:{dan "brian clouse" teja}Note that you need to use quotes for multiple words and you can combine the expression...
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Microsoft’s WorldWide Telescope Released
via TechCrunch by Mark Hendrickson on May 12, 2008
Microsoft has released its highly anticipated Worldwide Telescope software, which can be used by astronomers and non-astronomers alike to explore the heavens with a desktop client akin to Google Earth. We’ll have a detailed review up shortly. Until then, head over the site and download your copy for free (Windows only).See our previous coverage here and here.Crunch Network: CrunchBoardbecause...
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Why Microsoft will buy Facebook and keep it closed
via Scobleizer -- Tech geek blogger by (author unknown) on May 18, 2008
Shared by Robert Scoble I think this is important enough to share with my Google Reader friends. Please link and reshare and think about it and join in the conversation here and over on FriendFeed.It no longer is about Data Portability.I’m hearing these rumors too that John Furrier (my ex-boss) is reporting. That Microsoft will buy Yahoo’s search and then buy Facebook for $15 to $20 billion....
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How to Make Facebook Useful Again
via ReadWriteWeb by Sarah Perez on May 19, 2008
Oh the heels of some of Facebook's missteps (ahem, Beacon) and the proliferation of a myriad of useless, silly, and time-wasting apps, someformer Facebook users decided to quit the site for good this year. However, a handful of early adopter angst doesn't have Facebook worried. Why is that? Because Facebook has a whole generation of users who grew up using their site for everything social...
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XP Stays Alive till 2010 [Windows]
via Lifehacker by Gina Trapani on June 02, 2008
Today Microsoft announces that they will extend the amount of time manufacturers can ship low cost PCs with Windows XP until 2010. Clearly someone in Redmond is reading Lifehacker.
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Can Google Still Claim To Be David To Microsoft’s Goliath? No.
via TechCrunch by Michael Arrington on February 02, 2008
Google finally went on the recordtoday regarding the proposed Microsoft/Yahoo deal. In short, they don’t like the idea of Microsoft and Yahoo being one company. They think it raises “troubling questions” and threatens “the underlying principles of the Internet: openness and innovation.” Microsoft is also vilified as engaging in “inappropriate and illegal influence” and having...
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Yahoo Board To Determine Fate Of Company Today
via TechCrunch by Michael Arrington on February 07, 2008
Sources have indicated to us that Yahoo has scheduled a special board of directors meeting on Friday to determine, effectively, the fate of the company. After a week of hectic negotiating, it’s clear that no one is going to step in with a competing acquisition offer to what Microsoft put on the table last Friday - $31 per share. Softbank, the last real chance for a competing bid, bowed out...
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