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Thursday, 10 July 2008 |
There are things that depress us. There are things that lift our spirits. For me, wattle and Wordle are two of the latter.
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Friday, 23 May 2008 |
db4o (database for objects) is an open source object database for the Java
and .NET environments, developed starting in 2000 by db4objects, Inc. They have
just announced that their Eclipse-based Java to C# source code conversion tool
"sharpen" has been released as free software.
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Saturday, 17 May 2008 |
If you ever wanted to travel through space, visit galaxies, ponder
supernovas, learn about dark matter, and get close to black holes, then now can
experience these things right from your Windows desktop using the free WorldWide
Telescope (released a few days ago by Microsoft Research).
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Wednesday, 07 May 2008 |
Broadband deprivation, Vista, Linux, Telstra, Microsoft, Yahoo, iPhone,
spambots, phishing, climate change ... It's all getting too much for me. Won't
these technology issues ever go away!
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Friday, 14 March 2008 |
Two professors question the value of experience in project managers,
revealing what they call the 'experience trap' -- making the same mistakes over
and over again. Will we ever learn?
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Thursday, 31 January 2008 |
What is it that makes software -- and any other sort of product, for that matter --
usable and popular, or in other words a success? A superficially simple game by
Jason Rohrer sets you thinking about such deeper matters.
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Sunday, 18 November 2007 |
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There are examples all around us of misleading and deceptive advertising,
inflicted upon us either deliberately or due to the lack of attention to detail
or even the incompetence of the advertisers. Where does Skype Pro stand in this
regard?
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Tuesday, 23 October 2007 |
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A few days ago I found that my Firefox browser's add-ons (extensions) all stopped working after version 2.0.0.8 automatically installed itself, and wrote about it under the heading of
Beware: Major problems with add-ons caused by Firefox 2.0.0.8 update . A reader posted a sugested fix that worked for me, but unfortunately didn't for other ITWire readers. So, what to do?
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Saturday, 20 October 2007 |
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For the past few years, I have found the Firefox browser update process to
work pretty much flawlessly. But not with today's automatic update to version
2.0.0.8 (20 October 2007). Not a single one of the installed extensions that I
have come to rely on are working, and I'm very annoyed. And it seems that I'm
not the only one affected.
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Sunday, 14 October 2007 |
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IBM recently unveiled CoScripter, a free and easy-to-use online service
for recording step-by-step processes that Web users do on a regular basis, then
automatically runs those processes, eliminating repetitive or mundane tasks for
the user.
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Sunday, 14 October 2007 |
So, you think that you're using a strong, secure password do you? Well think
again, and hope that you don't become the victim of Ophcrack and its use of
rainbow tables.
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Sunday, 07 October 2007 |
Having been in the Information Technology field for forty-odd years -- some
of them very odd -- it's fair to say that I've seen a few things over the
decades. Apart from technology itself, I've always been interested in the
human-related aspects: training, giving effective presentations, interpersonal
communication, usability, accessibility and the like. And then there are more
dramatic aspects, such as ageism and gender issues.
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