February 2006 Entries
Weak. Not worth the hype. I was hoping for movie downloads and streaming video to a TV without buying a Mac.
Does anyone know if Blockbuster throttles it's customers the way Netflix does?
Microsoft needs to learn something from Apple. When the world expects a March 2nd announcement because you posted the date on the viral site, you deliver.
Time Magazine has posted a photo tour of life inside Google.
There is really one big reason I don't leave Windows. Visual Studio.
Talk about falling off the turnip truck. Gov. Blagojevich had no idea that the Daily Show interview he did was faked! Even if you have seen the episode, it's even funnier knowing. View the interview on YouTube
Revenues for Windows-based x86 servers in the fourth quarter of 2005 for the first time topped spending for Unix systems, according to analyst firm IDC.
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Pics of Nissan Terranaut reveal vehicle perfect for Picard and his crew
Need to know which version of Vista you will need? Try Windows Vista Product Editions Preview by Paul Thurrott. The article reviews the various editions and provides a feature grid.
The company I work for, The DataTech Group, is hiring again.
The purpose of this article is to define a set of ideal practices for an agile software development project. The idea for this article came to me after discussing CMMI-type processes and realizing that there is no agile equivalent.
This way they have the option of tossing anti-virus in if the paid anti-virus service they have does not pay off.
This post shows a potential way around the problem.
An analyst suggests that Windows Vista could come to be as reliable as Unix, given Microsoft's push for hardware compatibility.
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The best business solution is not always the best technology solution. The burden is on you, the technologist, to make the best system the business will use.
This installment of "The Baker's Dozen" presents a variety of tips and techniques to become productive with data handling techniques using ADO.NET 2.0 in Visual Studio 2005.
The “legendary” best practices application for .NET development has been updated to .NET 2.0.
Apparently the German version of Mr. and Mrs. Smith has a rootkit on it.
The on-demand video service MovieBeam is back, and now they are promising movies the same day they are released to DVD.
mail2web.com Offers Free Microsoft Exchange Email Service
even if you're a network troubleshooting black belt, I'll bet you'll get a smile or two of recognition
The CSS Anthology: 101 Essential Tips, Tricks & Hacks by Rachel Andrew (ISBN 0-9579218-8-8)
CSSBasics.com has a fairly good introduction to CSS. It's 18 chapters long, but they use the word chapter losely. (About 1 - 3 printed pages each)
Find out by putting in your address at Zillow.com. It will show you the apx. value of your home and your neighbors.
In this article I will show you that how you can refresh the GridView control on the parent page from a pop up window.
Well, it's finally happened. Borland will no longer be making any IDEs.
Microsoft will charge users $49 for Windows OneCare Live
the Daedalus is traveling just under warp 37!
I just started using KeePass with my USB drive and so far I really like it. My favorite feature is the Global AutoType.
Does anyone know what level, if any, of the MSDN Subscription packages will contain the new Microsoft Expression tools?
When the worm activates, it destroys all Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, PDF, ZIP and PSD files on all available drives.