A few days ago I noticed that the Yahoo home page had changed:
If you notice, suddenly there’s a “Start on Yahoo” link to the left of their logo. Put this in combination with the news about the Yahoo Instant Messenger “upgrade” which takes a page straight out of the spyware creators, and forces the installation […]
With the launch of Google Talk, Google has simultaneously jumped into the instant messaging and VOIP marketplace.
With a slick, simple signature Google style interface - it is a nice-looking, unobtrusive piece of software. It even includes the GMail notifier, which means that you aren’t adding another program to your start-up list so much as switching […]
Google has rethought their desktop search tool and attempted to create an all-around useful tool, called Google Sidebar.
The new Sidebar integrates a RSS reader, new mail notifier (works with Gmail and Outlook), custom weather, custom news headlines, custom stocks, image search, and Quick view - a list of frequently viewed documents and files, and, perhaps, […]
Google definitely seems to be shuffling out a new index, and some of the changes seen in Google Update Bourbon seem to have been rolled back.
The main thing I’ve noticed so far is that one of my sites that has had a double listing for years, and lost it in Bourbon has suddenly shown up […]
Recently Yahoo announced that their index now contained over 20 billion “web objects”, specifically 19.2 billion web documents, 1.6 billion images, and over 50 million audio and video files.
At first this number was blithely accepted, but within hours, the impact began to sink in… 20 billion is a lot, and far outstrips Google’s current claim […]
Advanced Micro Devices hopes that game enthusiasts will soon be snatching up laptops built on two new mobile processors that the chipmaker introduced Monday.
The Turion MT-40 and MT-37 chips are available to PC makers for $359 and $268, respectively, in bulk amounts. Longtime AMD supporter VoodooPC has already pledged to use the two chips […]
Remixed versions of Windows abound on file-sharing networks, supercharged with the latest security patches, tools and applications.
Pirated copies of Microsoft’s operating system have existed as long as chintzy PC owners themselves. But now pirates are doing more than just cracking Windows — they claim to be improving it.
There’s a lot of extra space on a […]
Celebrating the dawn of a new era in entertainment, millions of game fanatics around the globe came together tonight for the televised unveiling of the Xbox 360⢠future-generation game and entertainment system from Microsoft. An audience of millions watched âMTV Presents: The Next-Generation Xbox Revealedâ as celebrities, professional athletes, musicians and Xbox officials took the […]
NEW YORK (AP) — A computer problem at an unidentified stock trader caused erroneous, exaggerated prices — some as high as $950 per share — to be posted to the Nasdaq Stock Market Friday morning for 1,680 different stocks, a spokeswoman for the Nasdaq said.
The Nasdaq said trades using possibly incorrect occurred in 184 stocks […]
Intel unveils some architectural details of the upcoming dual core processors. The new processor looks a lot like two Pentium 4’s in a single package, but with some important differences.
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NTT DoCoMo, Japan’s mobile phone giant, said Friday that it has achieved a 1 Gbps download rate for mobile phone data on a laboratory 4G (or fourth generation) network. The company says it will take the technology into field trials next year.
Figures like this are a little misleading, but still somewhere in the realm […]
SEATTLE (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp on Monday unveiled a new, preliminary version of its search tool for finding documents, e-mail and other files stored on personal computer hard drives.
The roll-out by the world’s largest software maker comes as its rivals in the search arena, Google Inc and Yahoo Inc. are also introducing desktop search […]
Both companies said they will begin shipping microprocessors that use the technology, called dual-stress strained silicon, early next year. The advance costs little to install in factories and boosts transistor performance by about 12 percent, compared with current straining technologies, they said.
In the process, silicon is chemically stretched or strained, which improves the flow […]
The Wall Street Journal today broke the news that Sprint will soon merge with Nextel, the result of which would create the third largest mobile phone carrier in the nation. One anonymous Sprint employee writes us: “Being a Local Division Sprint employee, this news has sure caused quite a stir with all the employees. No […]
Well for the past 2 days i have been playing the hell out of Halo 2, It launched at 12:01 AM EST On November 9 2004.
I was in line at a EB Store waiting to get my hands on one (Check Out The Pictures From The Launch at MidNight Madness At EB).
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LONDON (Reuters) - A file-sharing program called BitTorrent has become a behemoth, devouring more than a third of the Internet’s bandwidth, and Hollywood’s copyright cops are taking notice.
For those who know where to look, there’s a wealth of content, both legal such as hip-hop from the Beastie Boys and video game promos and illicit, […]
DALLAS - Advance copies of the aliens-versus-space marines video game “Halo 2″ have already fetched as much as $265 on Internet auction site eBay, days before the official launch.
The $50 Xbox game, Microsoft Corp.’s flagship title, doesn’t officially go on sale until Tuesday.
But in one eBay auction, an in-hand copy of the $55 special […]
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Music lovers checking into fine hotels may want to ask the front desk about the latest trend in upscale amenities: in-room iPods.
Dream, a new Manhattan four-star, is one of the latest boutique hotels to offer guests the use of Apple’s popular music gadget during their stay. The iPods come preloaded with as many as […]
SEATTLE - Criticized for a program that only provided some of its largest customers with warnings on security problems in its products, Microsoft Corp. now says it will give all computer users early word on such issues
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Wired News: India Emerges as Innovation Hub: “Generations of Indians have grown up recounting jokes about how the only contribution their nation has made to the world is the invention of zero. Innovation was something other people did.
That’s no longer the case. At research labs across the country, Indians are creating technologies specifically designed for […]
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“We are in the twilight of a society based on data. As information and intelligence become the domain of computers, society will place more value on the one […]
Google to unveil desktop search. To Google-search a keyword seems to have become a verb in the American vernacular. It looks like Google search is getting ready to take on a new reach. It remains to be seen what the impacts of Google desktop search will be on privacy and security.
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Hitachi, Toshiba Show Portable Fuel Cells - Devices to power to PDAs, cell phones, and laptops could be available next year.
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Baseline magazine has an interesting article about organizations reducing the number of their applications. Fewer applications in an organization means less cost and greater simplicity and greater integration.
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A new paradigm to some is that the computer is now a peripheral device. The
heart of a system is its data storage repository. The system is where the
data is. With n-tier architectures, multiple servers and multiple clients
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This morning, I discovered a great compilation of primary sources for US history including much from western European history that provided a foundation. The compilation carries a title of The American Colonist’s Library. I had found the site by doing a Google search and being referred to George Washington’s Prayer Journal there.
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Business Week - October 11, 2004 - How to Fire Up The Innovation Machine - “In the years since the magazine was founded in September, 1929, technological and scientific breakthroughs have given us jet travel, antibiotics, computers, high-yield crops, television, space exploration, the Internet, genomics, cell phones, and a host of other advances……..In what is […]
EasyReach provides a remote desktop search service that enables you to instantly find any file or e-mail on your work and home PCs using a BlackBerry, smart phone or internet browser. The company was started by John W. Stossel in April 2005, who previous founded Dry Creek Software that he sold to Intellisync. Through the […]
Today we will be examining the phone feature of the new 8700. The 8700 is the first full QWERTY Blackberry that contains a dedicated send and end call buttons. Prior to the 8700, the 7100 were the only devices that had dedicated call buttons. One other small change we’ve seen is with the conference calling, […]
Qualcomm and Verizon Wireless have jointly announced that Qualcomm and its subsidiary MediaFLO are working together to launch mobile TV services over the MediaFLO network in approximately half of the markets already covered by Verizon Wireless’ CDMA2000 1xEV-DO-based broadband network. Verizon Wireless will be the first U.S. wireless service provider to offer MediaFLO when […]
BlackBerry maker Research In Motion Ltd. moved a step forward in challenging one of the patents at issue in a major infringement case against the company. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has issued a “non-final action” rejecting all the claims supporting one of five key patents in the BlackBerry dispute, according to a document […]
With the news of Judge Spencer refusal to enforce the previous disputed patent deal, the media has sensationalized the event with headlines of doom and gloom for RIM. The New York Daily News writes ‘Blackberry may get axe on E-mail’ and it’s even worst on the Blogosphere with less informed people exagerating the event. All […]
Today we’re going to look at the messaging feature for the new 8700. As you may have guessed the messaging feature hasn’t changed much seeing how it’s the most mature part of RIM’s technology. Most of the upgrades are on the BES side, including PIN and SMS messaging logs so no more insider trading via […]
Simply Wireless today announced it is offering consumers a free iPod Shuffle with the purchase of a BlackBerry device. This offer runs through Dec. 31, 2005. This special promotion from Simply Wireless is available to consumers through the company’s 50 retail stores in Maryland, Virginia and the District of Columbia and online at http://www.SimplyWireless.com.
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he U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia issued a ruling today in the patent litigation between Research In Motion Limited and NTP, Inc. The District Court ruled that the Term Sheet entered between the parties in March 2005 to settle the litigation was not an enforceable agreement. Other details of the ruling […]
BlackBerry maker Research In Motion Ltd. was dealt another legal setback in a key patent infringement case on Wednesday, raising pressure to settle or face a possible shutdown of its U.S. mobile e-mail service. U.S. District Judge James Spencer rejected RIM’s request to delay the case and refused to enforce a disputed, $450 million settlement […]
U.S. Cellular today announced that it is working with Research In Motion to bring BlackBerry to its customers. U.S. Cellular will offer the BlackBerry 7250 Wireless Handheld with support for both BlackBerry Enterprise Server and BlackBerry Internet Service. U.S. Cellular customers will be able to access their e-mail on the same seamless, high-quality network that […]
Yesterday I posted a mini-review of Google’s new desktop searchSorry Copernic, Google DS2 beta rocks!and now24
hrs later, I’m even more impressed. Let’s take the
e-mailwidget. I glance at it when e-mail comes in, and I
know ifthe e-mail is an important must-read, delete, or read
later. Nowthe Web Clips. This is extremely cool.
GDS tracksthe site you visit and adds their web feeds to […]
Another line item on the corporate advertising budget for media has increasingly been devoted to online ad spending.
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I was on the PBS NewsHour yesterday. Transcript is here…….
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Behave differently, and Yahoo will serve up a different advertisement, as the company implements a heavier focus on what people visit in their network.
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I have been on a rampage, asking people their thoughts and gathering data on exactly how much traffic WebmasterWorld forums. You all know about WebmasterWorld Banning Search Engine Bots from Crawling its site, it was a tough decision I… more…
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Technophile Japanese buyers of portable media players may have received a break as a government committee declined to support a proposed tax.
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Technically, it makes sense that if you have your AdSense account under your personal SSN and then you start a business and want to switch that account to the business - you will need to open a new account. Why?…
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The PC desktop search utility gets another entrant to the field, as video search company Blinkx has partnered with the Times Online to present the Desktop Smart Search service.
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Remember this riff? He’s back, with a riff on the concept of the Universal Library. Honestly, I’m not as enamored of this piece, but at the core, I think Dyson is arguing that Google is, in fact, actively laying down the foundation of the first AI. Exahaaaaaaaaale. (Of course, I argue as much in my… […]
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Admit it, you dream about PageRank, how to improve yours, why some attempts to improve it work while others leave you wondering why your site vanished from Google for the third time in eight months.
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A couple days ago MSN blogged Come Visit the MSN Search Team where they are inviting you to fill out an application. They will review all applications submitted and then invite those who they feel most qualified, to a fully…
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AAAAAAHHHHHH! That was my big sigh of relief. The January/February issue is finally done and on it?s way to the printer. The issue commemorates Revenue?s second anniversary by looking at the state of online marketing.
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Here’s something to be aware of if you are using unmanaged STL collections within .NET: Craig, a new member of our development team, found some interesting behavior when catching stack overflow exceptions from C++.
Craig was working on an managed assembly using a STL collection that had been wrapped with a C++ managed wrapper. The managed wrapper […]
My friend Cappy posted about how to customize the ‘Add New Item’ dialog in VS.NET 2005. This is really handy! more…
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I’ve recently been looking at .NET reflection, and was not completely surprised that most of the examples out there used simple console applications. I wanted to share some examples I found which show more complex uses of reflection. Feel free to add links to your own examples to the comments on this post.
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Microsoft’s Denis Bauer has created an add-in for Lutz Roeder’s .NET Reflector named FileDisassembler which dumps the decompiler output to files of any Reflector-supported language.
This is pretty neat by itself, but then one of the developers on our team came up with the great idea of then using your favorite desktop search utility […]
The Case of the Intermittent (And Annoying) Explorer Hangs is another great Windows detective story. It’s not as entertaining as the Hardy Boys, but much more useful.
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Sara Ford posts that VS.NET 2005 has built-in logging switch - run ‘devenv.exe /log‘ and the log file is written out to %USERPROFILE%\Application Data\Microsoft\Visual Studio\8.0\ActivityLog.xml.
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John Robbins from Wintellect has posted a series of macros which enumerate all possible commands in Visual Studio.NET 2005, printing the results to the output window. The most handy of these is EnumerateBindingsByCommand, which outputs all keyboard bindings and the commands they execute. more…
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I’ve posted previously about Mark Russinovich from Sysinternals; almost everyone I know uses at least one of their amazing freeware utilities when debugging system level problems.
How useful are these tools? If the fact that they’re free doesn’t sell you immediately, Mark recently posted about some problems he encountered with Sony’s DRM software on his blog, and […]
Configure your Symbol Server dialog just like the image below:
Pay special attention to the yellow highlighted regions. The option “Search the above location only when symbols are loaded manually” increases applicaition load performance. You will need to manually Load Symbols from the module window.
Thanks to Naveed for these instructions (and the spiffy highlighted screenshot).
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Keith Brown had two posts recently detailing how to get the path to the .NET Framework directory on a system.
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Let’s say you’re attempting to debug a problem which is not readily reproducible on your development system, but QA finds it very easy to reproduce with your installed kit. You track down the problem and realize you need to copy debug symbols to one of your assemblies which your installer has put in the GAC. […]
Patrick Steele’s blog has a set of steps detailing how to configure VS.NET to display the code editor instead of the forms designer when you double click on a form in the solution explorer. This is really handy; check it out here.
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I recently had to modify my system’s boot.ini file manually to finish a dual-boot configuration, and I found this site to be very handy. In case you’re wondering, this is what my boot.ini file looks like now:
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If you must make a PInvoke call to a Win32 API (after you’ve exhausted all the .NET framework possibilities) this might come in handy.
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Now that this issue has hit the public eye - many of you are probably getting requests for recommendations on the best tools for “Googling” the desktop.
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I have been on Vonage voice over ip for a couple months now and wanted to share some experiences in case it will help others making their decisions.
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