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Facebook wastes no time putting FriendFeed to work
Facebook has unleashed a Tornado, and it's hoping that some eager engineers will go catch it. Read more »
Snow Leopard benefits to be longer term
Apple began shipping Snow Leopard on Friday, but the true importance of the Mac OS X update likely will emerge well afterward. Read more »
Macworld 2009: Complete wrap-up
Phil Schiller takes the stage at Macworld 09, revealing Apple's new line up. While the rumours were mostly right, the lack of a new Mac Mini will be a sticking point for a lot of people. Read more »
Windows 7 pre-beta hits BitTorrent
The pre-beta version of Microsoft's Windows 7 operating system released to developers at the Professional Developer Conference has already made it onto prominent BitTorrent sites, where thousands of enthusiasts around the world are currently downloading it. Read more »
Mozilla offers do-it-yourself mashups for all
Mozilla released an experimental browser plug-in on Tuesday that aims to connect the Web with language to help users perform common Web tasks more quickly and easily. Read more »
Gates looks back on 30 years at Microsoft
If you were to ask Bill Gates what life will be like when he stops working full time at Microsoft, he'd have to get back to you.Read more »
Antivirus is 'completely wasted money': Cisco CSO
Companies are wasting money on security processes — such as applying patches and using antivirus software — which just don't work, according to Cisco's chief security officer John Stewart. Read more »
EU slaps Microsoft with AU$1.4 billion fine
European Union regulators on Wednesday fined Microsoft a record 899 million euros, or AU$1.4 billion, for failing to comply with sanctions. Read more »
Green IT can cut costs by 20 percent
Administrators can give their company an advantage over the competition by adopting green policies. Read more »
IBM, Nokia and Sony want to share 'green' patents
IBM is set to announce the creation of an Eco-Patents Commons -- shared innovations geared at environmental sustainability -- with the participation of Sony, Nokia and Pitney Bowes. Read more »
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10 ways to avoid mistakes during project development
The best strategy for dealing with mistakes is to avoid making them in the first place. Here are some tips to help you navigate around common project pitfalls. Read more »
Parse and process HTML with WebBrowser
The author describes how he used the WebBrowser control to parse HTML to extract data from it. Here are some of the issues he faced on this simple project. Read more »
10 old-school Linux tools I refuse to let go of
No matter which platform you prefer, there are probably a few old tools you just can't part with. Read more »
Five job search tips for discouraged job seekers
Few things are as discouraging as a long, seemingly futile search for a job. Nothing quite drags the self-esteem down than the long silence after you’ve sent out a resume. Read more »
10 ways to ensure that you finish work on time
In these times of financial uncertainty, there is a lot of pressure to work longer and longer hours and to be seen doing so. Read more »
10 ways to train your boss to give you the support you need
If your boss routinely ignores you, withholds praise, or offers little direction or feedback, you might need to take action. See how you can get your boss on the right track. Read more »
Employee vs. hiring manager: On the topic of being overqualified
Many people have heard and are confused by the label of "overqualified". Here we ask a manager what exactly is meant by that term when delivered to a job candidate. Read more »
Managing servers and other systems from the iPhone
Server administration can be a 24/7 job, but who wants to be tethered to a laptop all the time? This article tells you about an iPhone app that can help decouple the administrator from the server and make life a little easier. Read more »
10 ways to make sure your conference calls aren't a waste of time
The downturn in travel budgets has sparked an increase in the number of conference calls among those collaborating across distributed environments. Unfortunately, a lot of those calls are poorly handled, by both leaders and participants. These pointers will help keep your calls on track. Read more »
10 KDE 4 desktop widgets to make you more productive
KDE 4 brought some big changes to the desktop, including time-saving widgets that do everything from popping you into Twitter to keeping tabs on your servers to providing on-the-fly spell-checking. This article runs through 10 of these handy little labour-saving apps. Read more »
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Crystal Ball gazing, Firefox & Tetris -- Club Builder
On this week's episode: we learn how to waste time in the terminal, cast an eye over the state of Firefox and see what Microsoft's Sphere is all about Read more »
Enterprises are schizophrenic about Facebook
Most organisations see Facebook as a waste of time but they also want staff to collaborate, innovate and be more effective. According to Gartner's Stephen Prentice, social networking and virtual worlds could change the world in the same way the Internet has already done. Read more »
Visio is a waste of time: Holocentric CEO
We sat down with Holocentric CEO John Forrest recently to discuss how process modeling and lifecycle management should be approached. Read more »
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One ID to rule them all
-- OpenID is an open-source mechanism enabling you to use a single online identity to log-in to different websites that support OpenID. Read more »
When it comes to Apple, proprietary, 'schmaprietary'
-- The company's "closed" behaviour, you can argue, is what makes simplicity possible. What limited Apple's appeal is now working to its advantage. Read more »
Everyone wants to be agile
-- During a recent trip to China and Australia I observed that everyone wants to be agile. In a round table meeting with CIO’s, I usually ask what people are particularly interested in right now. Five years ago a common answer was we are trying to adopt the Unified Process. Now, the same question returns the answer we are trying to move to agile. Thus you would assume that people know what agile is. Read more »
Confessions of an accessibility sadist
-- If your mouse dies because of a software update, most people would rollback the update -- a small minority will continue to move forward regardless. All in the name of science and testing the world of accessibility. Read more »
Discover what you already knew
-- Have you ever thought the metrics measured against you as a code monkey to
be unfair or a waste? Well you could be right. Read more »
Google embraces and extends Facebook apps
-- With less effort than negotiating for a 1.6% stake in Facebook, has Google simply outmanoeuvred everybody with their write once, run anywhere approach to social applications? Read more »
It's not insomnia
-- This week we tackle sleeping problems, advertising on YouTube and high-definition Flash videos. Facebook makes an appearance on the security and waste of time front as well. Read more »
Adobe bashes open source alternatives
-- Adobe Systems has embraced open source software for some products, but its core Creative Suite line looks like it'll remain proprietary. Read more »
Anti-social Web 2.0 to save your bacon
-- Even if you don't buy into the whole "social" part of Web 2.0, it's still useful if you are an endemic procrastinator. Read more »
Widgets - Revenge of the shiny things
-- In a world without widgets, would you start up separate applications for the weather, a dictionary, a screen ruler, a gmail peeker and an app that checks your favourite web comic everytime your machine boots up? Read more »
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