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The Botox Bailout Q&A (20)
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No question the bailout is necessary. We need the liquidity. But just like Botox, the impact of the Bailout will wear off very quickly. Its lipstick on bank balance sheets. The biggest mistake any taxpayer, shareholder or employee can make is to the think the Bailout solves the crisis. It doesn’t. So Post Bailout what has really changed ? 1. Are there new limitations on debt leverage ratios ? No. The big investment banks are ...Shared by Alexander Kahn (21) benfulton (6) Benjamin (632) Brian (25) Cameron (20) Dave (6) Jean-Marie Moës (30) Jordan Brock (20) Justin Lee (19) Lyndon Antcliff (814) Michael (blog.crisatunity.com) (13) Muhammad Saleem (291) Richard (23) Ryan (27) sarah (742) schmiddi (22) Seth G (34) SubEWL (20) willdeluca (46) Yagermeister (0)- Alexander Kahn said: Thank you Dan.
- Michael (blog.crisatunity.com) said: Compact and useful information.
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Microsoft’s Real Problem: Facebook is the New Outlook, and Other ways that Remond is not Listening to Generation Y (78)
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Microsoft, for all its problems, is a great software company. Its core products, the Windows operating system and the Office productivity suite, still dominate their respective markets and, while they are continually facing more capable competition and hence have declining market share, Windows and Office remain strong product offerings. Yet, it is clear that something is rotten in the State of Redmond. A reading of Microsoft’s Annual Report only strengthens this conviction. For those that ...Shared by adam (1173) AJ (298) Andrew (20) Ayelet (13) Benedict Lee Zhi En (144) benhamin (18) bhc3 (64) Bill HR (14) Boris (24) Carlos Guadian (22) christideli (61) Chuck LeDuc (23) corvin (16) Dan McCall (26) Dani (35) Daniel (21) Dave (20) Dave White (12) Davide (19) DavidSS (22) Derek (70) Dirk Schrama (19) Drew Olanoff (155) dukz (1) Ed H. Chi (50) Edin (42) emaynard (10) Forrest (29) Glenn Batuyong (67) Greg (12) Gregory Go (25) Ilias (22) Jaime (37) Jake (26) Javed (194) jayman16 (64) Joe (20) John (16) John (20) Jonathan (6) k1v1n (21) melmyfinger (10) ModernBizzle (20) morgan180 (48) Nancy Sagar (11) Nat (20) Noah Carter (22) Pablo Pizarro (36) Paul (17) pflix (13) Phreak 2.0 (51) PMinze (56) Rex (150) Richard (11) Rick Turoczy (277) Robin (20) Rolf (55) Seth (34) Shayon (9) Sigalon (34) smue (20) Stephen (24) Taufiq (3) Taylor Davis (15) Thomas Hochmann (0) TJ (25) Tobias Verhoog (40) Todd Mundt (42) Tomi (30) Tony Duckles (12) truman (24) vkoser (32) Wayne (74) Wismark (20) Wojciech Beling (19) wolly (11) Yagermeister (0) Zack (5)Contribute comment -
Google Chrome's Full List of Special about: Pages [Google Chrome] (174)
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You already saw Google Chrome's humorous about:internets Easter egg, but reader nettleman points out that Chrome's got several special about: pages that reveal all sorts of interesting information about what's going behind the scenes. Here's the full list, with screenshots. about:memory about:stats about:network about:internets about:histograms about:dns about:cache about:plugins about:version Update: Mawin adds that you can also go to two special pages on a per-site basis. view-cache:[URL] shows you some under-the-hood cache details, and view-cache:[URL] shows ...Shared by AaronTN (73) Abhishek (26) Adam (21) alchemy (9) Alexander Williams (45) AlexT (20) alphakamp (30) Amir (19) Andrés Milleiro (42) Andrew (42) androcles (35) angus (15) AnilG (20) axemclion (6) Bill (20) Bill Mensch (3) bkim (39) Bob (6) Brad Brooks (25) Brian Landau (23) Bryon (3) Bwana (107) Bwood42 (20) Carl (20) charlie anzman (150) Charo (12) Chris (1) Christian Santos (107) ckaroli (48) Cogo (31) Colin (5) Craig (4) D (5) DarkBls (50) Darryl (52) Dave (115) David (6) David Givens (2) DC (13) Degauss (30) DigitalMike (26) Dino (18) Emmett (58) engelke830 (23) Eric (97) Eric (27) euribates (27) federico silva (39) fesja (23) G. (83) Gatewayy (20) George Tziralis (35) ghosttie (50) Håkan (52) hao (6) Harold (51) hbenny (17) Henry Webb (20) Herb G (22) hidenari (4) HokieGeek (36) Htoo Tay Zar (5) Ian Benedict (9) iconolith (21) imabonehead (58) Jack (19) Jared (8) Javier (41) jccamus (17) Jeffrey Vanneste (20) jimmysessions (20) João (12) Joelle (17) John-Mason P. Shackelford (4) Jonathan (13) Jorg (21) Jose (15) Josi (32) JPowers (19) Justin (20) Kathy Brewis (160) Kevin De Mulder (30) kevinpshan (22) kidmarmite (32) kiran (36) kleinmatic (29) Kwasi (81) Larry Osterman (36) Lee G. (31) Library (20) lmjabreu (76) lnewcomer (36) Lou (15) marcel weiß (46) marcosvicente2005 (30) Marcus (8) Marcus Danillo (19) Mat (24) MaTT (21) mediter (58) Melkir (23) metaeuphoria (20) Mike (14) MMS (18) Mone (16) Myk OLeary (0) nanabite (22) Nate Mathai (20) Neko (27) Nelson (23) NeonDemon (64) Nickname unavailable (24) nikan (68) nikhil (20) Oneiros (71) Pat (45) Phil (27) Philip Spohn (22) r0nya (18) Rahul Gaitonde (42) rawwell (131) remz (15) Rich (30) richtannehill (32) Rick Umali (20) Rob (32) rOckY (148) rpy (20) Rudi (41) rutawa (11) rveguilla (20) ryan.capote (86) Sai Gudigundla (41) sammy (12) Seth G (34) Setu (13) Shankar Ganesh (81) Shelton (49) Siddharth (6) smerrell (18) SPE825 (5) spsneo (24) Sridhar Katakam (25) Srinvard (46) Stephan Ainley (16) Stuart F (32) Sukij (11) taylor (205) TechTalk (25) Terence (8) Thomas (20) thr33 (20) tim (6) Tim Bertram (15) Tommy (0) Trindade (46) Vincent van Wylick (31) Voyagerfan5761 (43) Wayne (17) wcaw (82) webe (0) Wei (68) wwdj (30) Yagermeister (0) Yann (29) yellowchilli (2) yojibee (28) yoni (4) Zach (25) zer0ck (45) ziizii (10) Zoram (34) zoso (45) 異塵行者 (34)Explore read eight notes- ziizii said: jestli uz to nekdo pouziva, tak todle by mohlo byt zajimave videt
- Alexander Williams said: Oooh, extra crunchy happiness. About pages are the shiznit. Pointedly, though, there's no about:config.
- federico silva said: Chrome, chrome y mas chrome!
- Josi said: oooh interweb tubes....
- Rick Umali said: Yes, I've succumbed. I am reading and posting on Google's Chrome. Nifty "about:" URLs here.
- rpy said: DNS pre-caching - cool idea. Users get a faster web experience, DNS infrastructure is already distributed enough that it can take the hit. Expect to see this in the next generation of all other browsers.
- Mone said: basta con le notizie inutili su chrome!!! ...
- thr33 said: تعرف على بعض خصائص الكروم بكتابة هذه الاسطر
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Presentation Zen: Learning slide design from an IKEA billboard (66)
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Above: A short (1:52) intro about this topic made in Keynote (link to video on bliptv). Can you learn how to make better slides by looking at a few signs around your local IKEA store? This may sound absurd, yet the lessons are all around you, and you can indeed learn a lot from a well-designed billboard, including those used created by IKEA. On page 140 of Nancy Duarte's Slide:ology, Nancy says that good slides ...Shared by Alec McNayr (18) Alf Kåre (19) andreas (5) Andrew Nesbitt (6) Anol (15) Anton Johansson (64) April Dunford (14) Aya Kamikawa (0) Bill Kinnon (30) brice (32) Chandoo (38) Chris (26) Christian (5) Christopher (64) Daniel (23) DavidAndrew (10) DC (25) eco2oh (30) fesja (23) FrankFerter (13) Gareth Murran (33) gocrawford (7) Goldie Katsu (19) Graham English (91) Henrik Torstensson (16) iAlja (72) Ivan Žužak (35) Jake McKee (22) Jean-Baptiste (14) Jeremy (14) Jon of SMA (19) Julius (20) Lech Ambrzykowski (3) Len Damico (2) Lorin Rivers (3) MAlbano (24) Malcolm Lanham (13) mariano (20) Mark Crossler (0) Masssimo (1) Matthew Bischoff (37) Matthew Homann (22) Michael (33) Michael Nolan (7) Mike (23) Nancy Sagar (11) Net (12) Ozgur Alaz, Marketallica (54) Panos (31) Pete Williams (17) Rob Clark (7) Robb Boyd (4) RomanT (13) S Anand (20) Saravanan (13) Scott (14) Scott (20) smackaysmith (17) small (37) SPE825 (5) Stefan T (20) Steve (4) Thomas Reimer S (1) Xdroot (88) Yagermeister (0) Zhasper (84)Explore read five notes- eco2oh said: Improve your next presentation by looking at billboards.
- Panos said: Great lessons from the master
- Jon of SMA said: Good points for designing presentations. Who would have thought that IKEA would be the model designer?
- Graham English said: Damn good advice.
- small said: Great article... more importantly, how did he cool that cool video effect for the intro?!
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Clearing The Cache - Microsoft (2)
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Like many of us, I spend quite a lot of time on the web and come across a staggering number of interesting things. In Clearing The Cache I choose a theme, pull out some of my favorites and share them with you here. Some interesting stuff coming out of the Microsoft Office Labs Microsoft unleashes Photosynth, albeit with a bit of a stumble Kevin from jkOnTheRun wants XP on his Acer Aspire One And if ...Shared by Todd Lohenry (45) Yagermeister (0)Contribute comment -
Services Startup Cash Flow Trick! (1)
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Is your startup in the services business? Having a hard time supporting your existing clients, much less new clients you want to bring on? Need to hire a few more employees to make it happen? We had this experience at one of our companies a while back. We were having a hard time finding people we wanted to hire. Lots of applicants, but none of them were a perfect fit. So instead of hiring people ...Shared by Yagermeister (0)Contribute comment -
Intranet DASHBOARD v2.1.12 Upgrade Release (1)
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Intranet DASHBOARD 2.1.12 introduces several new features to enhance your intranet and fixes any issues found in version 2.1.10. This patch includes Upgraders for both v1.5.x and v2.x.x.Shared by Yagermeister (0)Contribute comment -
The most important Google Tool for businesses (that you probably have never used) (39)
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The most important Google Tool for businesses (that you probably have never used)Shared by Andrew Boardman (55) b r a n d o n m c c a l l (14) Ben (13) Bhavesh (19) Bradjward (14) Brian (5) Brian (0) Carmen Leilani (0) Chris (5) Colin (7) Dan (36) Gib (21) Jack Wilson, K4SAC (0) James (15) Jamie (18) Javier (2) Jay (13) John (14) Marcus (8) Mark Mader (0) Mark McKay (64) mgalpert (20) Murvine (8) Patrick (22) Paul Sturgess (25) Peter (17) Peter C (0) peterch (21) Raleigh (16) Robert (8) Roberto (24) Rodrigues (11) Saravanan (13) Shawn (0) Symbo (4) twotwo (22) Yaakov (20) Yagermeister (0) Zach (20)Contribute comment -
The most important Google Tool for businesses (that you probably have never used) (59)
onYesterday, when I spoke at the New Media Expo I showed off the Google AdWords Keyword tool. Then I asked how many people had used this tool before. At least 1/3rd of the audience didn’t raise their hands. Now this is an audience of professional online content developers. People who SHOULD know how to use tools to find better ways to market their content. If 1/3rd of this audience isn’t using this tool, the chances ...Shared by Alex (25) Andrew Boardman (55) Andrew Ruess (161) Anthony (37) b r a n d o n m c c a l l (14) Ben (13) Brad Davis Seal (34) Brian (0) Brian (5) Brian (25) C.K. (144) Chris (5) Chris Enns (1) Colin (7) Dan (36) Don (48) Drew Olanoff (155) Fred Schechter (75) Gauravonomics (32) gfurry (44) Gib (21) Hakim (13) Harper (119) IanBlackburn (44) James (15) Jamie (18) Javier (2) Jay (13) jb (20) Jeff (47) John (14) JonMoss-theappleofmyi (111) Joseph Rodgers (29) Josh Chandler (48) Mark Dykeman (87) mathewbutler (20) Matthew (26) mgalpert (20) MrGuff (77) Patrick (22) Paul Helmick (37) Paul Sturgess (25) Peter (17) Peter C (0) peterch (21) Raleigh (16) Rob (164) Robert (8) Roberto (24) Rodrigues (11) roedward (72) Saravanan (13) Shaun (22) Shawn (0) Symbo (4) twotwo (22) Yaakov (20) Yagermeister (0) Zach (20)Contribute comment
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The Evolution of Pre-Launch Gmail In Screenshots (18)
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dating back to 2002, very fun to see how it evolved [via]Shared by Alessandro Bahgat (16) Andres (3) atermath (7) Ben Turner (89) Brent (15) camson (14) Flyhorse (9) Jon Lowder (2) Justin Mason (6) Licio (13) Matt McAlister (12) Mike (14) Prakash G.R. (7) RacefanPat (6) senko (4) Tao (11) Yagermeister (0) Yasuhisa (9)- RacefanPat said: Interesting insight into evelution of the UI in pics
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Hack Attack : Hack Vista to Browse at High Speeds | dailyApps (7)
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photo credit: jpctalbot I’m not a Windows Vista fan, but even then everyone at my home uses Windows Vista, while I dual boot with OSX on my Hackintosh.. I’ve used XP before and for some reason I always felt that Internet speeds on Vista were comparably slower than on OSX, and more so even Windows XP. Considering it was quite slower than what I used to get on XP, I realized that Vista was doing ...Shared by Babychen Mathew (406) Dave Lafferty (5) Karthik Kastury (10) NasirJumani (396) Paul Davis (2) Phil Butler (11) Yagermeister (0)Contribute comment -
Google Trifecta recording now available (7)
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Last Tuesday, Google hosted an online presentation about three free tools to help analyze and improve your sites. Dubbed "The Google Trifecta," this presentation explains the key features of Google Webmaster Tools, Google Analytics, and Google Website Optimizer, and how you can use them together.To make the information from this presentation accessible to those who were unable to listen in last week or would like to review it again, we've put a recording of the ...- Jeff said: Great stuff - Information directly from Google - Webmaster Tools, Analytics & Optimizer
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Fiji beta over, Windows Media Center TV Pack 2008 hits RTM (1)
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If you have Vista Premium or Ultimate, this may be available to you soon. See the original post at: Fiji beta over, Windows Media Center TV Pack 2008 hits RTM ITsVISTA Fiji beta over, Windows Media Center TV Pack 2008 hits RTM Related posts KB928768 The Windows Experience Blog : Watching TV in Windows Vista with the ATI TV Wonder 600 USB KB932157 KB555922 KB932161Shared by Yagermeister (0)Contribute comment -
Outlook vs. Gmail—The Definitive Comparison [Lifehacker Faceoff] (7)
onEditor: Being digital vagabonds without an Exchange server, we Lifehacker writers use online apps like Gmail and Google Calendar to get things done. But can an Outlook user make the switch without losing out? Guest contributor Jared Goralnick's here today to take a look. Gmail launched in 2004 and has matured each year, but Microsoft Outlook (with Exchange) is still the most popular tool for accessing email. Comparing the two side by side, is it ...Shared by Ebookrevolution (8) Gavin Knight (18) Joe Schueller (7) MartinB (18) matmjuarez (15) s7 (0) Yagermeister (0)
- matmjuarez said: Excellent post about side-by-side features of each system
- Gavin Knight said: this is a fairly comprehensive and accurate comparison of Gmail and Outlook, although it is a bit light on the option of combining them by accessing your Gmail from within Outlook using IMAP
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Darik's Boot and Nuke Securely Wipes Your System in an Emergency [Featured Download] (3)
onFree, open-source boot disk utility Darik's Boot and Nuke (DBAN) automatically and completely deletes the content of every hard disk it can find on your computer when you run it. Sure you can fire up DBAN for emergency system wipes next time the feds come knocking on your door, but it's also a useful tool for protecting yourself from identity theft when you're prepping your computer for recycling or sale. The bootable DBAN can run ...Contribute comment
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How to Avoid Getting Stuck in the Past (2)
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Do you have a trophy room? This is a place where you keep your various trophies, certificates, award plaques, autographed trinkets and other things that remind you of past accomplishments. This could be a fireplace mantle, space on a bookshelf, a downstairs room or a building depending on what you have been up to. If you have one of these, be careful to avoid getting stuck in the past. They tend to have common features ...Shared by rungss (19) Yagermeister (0)Contribute comment -
Turn Vista Home Premium into Ultimate with Free Software [How To] (2)
onThe Mysticgeek blog at the How-To Geek's site has a clever series of posts up that use free software tools to give Windows Vista Home Premium—the version that most often ships with standard laptops—the same kind of super-user powers you get with a copy of Ultimate. Mysticgeek uses FileHamster to replicate Ultimate's "Shadow Copy" function, installing a DreamScene power toy to get moving backgrounds, and DriveIMage XML to create sturdy backups (as Gina once detailed). ...
