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Windows 7: The search for a good headline (3)
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When news broke today that Microsoft was officially naming the next iteration of its operating system “Windows 7,” all of the VentureBeat writers hanging out in our chat room had the same reaction: Really? Before long we had a rousing game of “write the best headline” going. VentureBeat’s Anthony Ha finally picked one for his actual story, but we thought we’d throw the rest out there just for fun. Obviously, most of these have an ...Contribute comment -
Define Default Windows Vista Folder Settings (3)
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The default folder settings are not working consistently in Windows Vista and it becomes quickly annoying to move and resize the folders to the right size all the time in the new Microsoft operating system. Brian Scott posted an interesting Registry hack that makes it possible to define default folder settings for all folders in Windows Vista. It requires to delete two keys in the Windows Registry and modify a third one but it is ...Contribute comment -
12 Newspapers Endorse Obama Today, None for McCain (21)
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The End of the RSS Full Text Free Ride (12)
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If had to pick a single technology that changed my life the most this decade it would be RSS. Phones and computers evolve, surely. However feeds, which I started reading in 2003, were a total game changer. Today I read almost 600 of them. In fact I view my entire reading list as a competitive weapon that allows me to help my company and our clients stay head of the curve. There are two kinds ...Shared by Adam (27) Antonio Ortiz (60) dobata (342) J. Phil (98) kenmat (39) Krazy (620) prexec (34) Rizzn (99) Sante J. Achille (50) Steven Hodson (39) WebLeOn (29) xxdesmus (155)- Adam said: will be interesting to watch ... RSS loses a ton of value to the end-user when its not full text. Less than 5 of my 300 or so subscriptions are to partial feeds.
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Obama is in for a terrible let down (44)
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Free Alternatives to 10 Popular Commercial Mac Applications (Part 2) | MakeUseOf.com (27)
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Due to the popularity of my first article regarding free alternatives to commercial Mac applications, I’ve decided to roll out a second part, shining the spotlight on more free applications for MakeUseOf’s Mac adopters. I hope you’ll like these applications just as well as their commercial counterparts, maybe even more since they’re free! Jing, as an alternative to iShowU ($20) Jing is a screen-casting program which has come a long way since it first started. ...Shared by Alex (21) Augmented Web (79) bjsolem (18) Carsten Pötter (2) Chris Nixon (44) codefin (25) Dan (29) Dustin (39) harrison3001 (42) Jeffrey Blais (63) Joel Christy D'Alessandro (24) Jure (28) Kevin (49) Kreg (27) MakeUseOf (12) Mark (105) max (67) Mike F (837) Mike McBride (13) Northorn (17) Robert Scoble (144) Sun Tzu (878) Walter Giesbrecht (7) woid (13) xdamman (4) xxdesmus (155) Zephir (29)- Robert Scoble said: Good trend for bloggers to follow: find cool free stuff for their readers.
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13 Great Free Backup Programs for Windows, Mac, and Linux - Download Squad (64)
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Filed under: Utilities, Features, Windows, Macintosh, Linux, Freeware, Open Source Making sure you've got a reliable backup solution is a must for any user - and more so for an administrator. Why? Well, mostly because your users probably aren't very good at remembering to back up their own files. And so it falls to you to provide the right software for the job! Backup software is a difficult category to tackle nowadays as the distinction ...Shared by 8dee (114) Ahsan Navid Hussain (573) Alec Peden (39) Alex France (194) Alex Winter (19) Andrew Mitry (27) Andrew Schott (71) Antonio (5) Badam (116) Brian (205) Chris Newman (14) Christopher (44) Clickfire (92) Cvent (9) darrenkeith (6) darrenkeith (23) Dave (4) David Alvarez (67) EGRADIO (15) Fabrizio (39) Florent Solt (42) gastaoss (55) Ispirato (35) James Brown (3) jason (20) jason o (502) Jeff (45) Joel Christy D'Alessandro (24) John LeMasney (13) John Storer II (57) Jonathan (109) Kwasi (81) Marcelo Galvani (12) Michael Bartnett (119) Michael Stewart (15) Mike McBride (13) Mona N (153) Neal Jansons (114) Netviber (55) Paul Pereira (8) Paul Spoerry (55) Payton (20) per (17) Rantan (129) Ras (15) Rick (7) Sami Fouad (16) Scott Orwig (24) Seth Baur (4) Shafiq Mustapa (1) stefan (28) Steven (90) tapir (59) timothyt (120) Travis (4) Tyson Williams (110) V.Ravimohan (22) Vikas SN (40) Vincenzo (116) Wally (31) Walter Sonntag (3) Wes (24) xxdesmus (155) Zenith (23)Contribute comment -
Brightcove 3 (Leaked ScreenShots) (14)
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Brightcove, the Web video distribution platform used by media companies including Dow Jones, Warner Music, and the New York Times, is getting a massive makeover. Most people won’t see it, but its customers will. A new version of the Web-based software that they use to upload, manage, and distribute their videos is rolling out soon. It will be called Brightcove 3. We received the leaked screenshots below, and paired them with the corresponding current sections ...Shared by AJ (298) AmyVernon (798) Andrew Ruess (161) Arijit Das (574) arjo (112) Charles (25) ginny (40) Hisham (55) hyderabadblues (40) jason o (502) Nat Turner (5) paulo (66) Sam Daams (2) xxdesmus (155)Contribute comment -
At the last debate, Obama spoke at the 9th grade level and McCain spoke at the 7th grade level. (1)
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To make those word clouds of Obama and McCain's speech at the last debate, I had to edit the transcript to produce a separate text for each man's words. As you can see in the previous post, I was testing my own writing with Flesch Reading Ease Score calculator. This gave me the idea to compare McCain and Obama, for what it's worth.Obama's speech came out at the 8.74 Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level, with a Flesch ...Shared by xxdesmus (155)Contribute comment -
Blizzard President Suggests Diablo 3 May Come to Consoles (23)
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Lurker Bomb - Can Hover 10 Hours Before Striking (30)
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American Fundamentalist Right No Different Than Taliban (37)
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10 Reasons You’re Not Having Sex (19)
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What's Next After Web 2.0 - ReadWriteWeb (63)
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As the world financial crisis has gotten gradually worse over the past few weeks, I've been pondering what this means for web technology. ReadWriteWeb as a publication focuses on technology - web products and trends - rather than business and VC happenings. So with the exception of one of our feature writers Bernard Lunn, who has written a number of great posts on how entrepreneurs can survive this period, we've generally kept out of the ...Shared by AJ (298) Ajay Pathak (28) AlvarezVal (3) Aranittara (25) Babychen Mathew (406) Badger Gravling (211) bittin (334) Cai Chen (7) Cass (30) Chris J Guerra (48) CogDog (45) Craig (20) Daniel (40) darcy (52) DavidSS (22) Dian Crawford (2) embee (74) Eric Schwartz (6) fabio (114) Fatih Taşkıran (17) Frances Leyland (47) Gauravonomics (32) Gerardo Capetillo (18) Guilherme Neumann (7) Hisham (55) J.D. Rucker (505) James F (36) Jawa Buddhavarapu (44) Jeff the Great (23) jeffry (14) Joe (142) Jonathon Juvenal (35) Jurr (11) Justin Copeland (13) Kim Mahan (11) Krazy (620) Ladislau Girona (23) LauraLee (129) louisgray (230) Lyndon Antcliff (814) Marin Purgar (30) mark (25) MASTERMIND (80) Mich D (289) Michael (33) Mike F (837) MMartin (16) noel (47) pericles (713) poorbird (40) Richard (20) rony john (431) scott (223) smdahlen (22) Spudsstuff (100) Tim (79) Vered (85) warza (16) wcaw (82) Wismark (20) xxdesmus (155) yoshy (282) Zee M (150)Contribute comment -
Damn, are they really the Red Sox? - Newsday (1)
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Washington PostDamn, are they really the Red Sox?Newsday - 1 hour agoTwo world championships in four years, with the possibility of a third this month, have moved baseball's philosopher-theologians to declare Boston's reincarnated ballclub to be "the new Yankees.Video: 'Dice-K' Leads BoSox to Game 1 Win AssociatedPressALCS: Matsuzaka Carries a No-Hitter Into Seventh Inning to Lift ... Washington PostNew York Times - MLB.com - The Republican - MassLive.com - SI.comall 2,738 news articlesShared by xxdesmus (155)Contribute comment -
Even Those Who Practice Anti-Obama Racism Know It's Wrong. (44)
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The Deadly Outcome of Phone Sex [PIC] (50)
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U.S. takes North Korea off terror list (17)
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