Google Phonebook
Posted in Digg-News on Jul 20th, 2006
While not new, this feature is not well-known and can be useful.
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Monthly Archive for July, 2006
The Daily Show revisits net neutrality
Posted in Digg-News on Jul 20th, 2006
The Daily Show revisits the issue of network neutrality. Featuring John “Im a PC” Hodgman, who explains the issue for us.
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Get Rid Of Bloatware - The 1MB PDF Reader
Posted in Digg-News on Jul 20th, 2006
FoxIt gets more recognition. Adobe’s Acrobat Reader just plain sucks. It sucked five years ago and it still sucks today; by crashing your browser and phoning home every time you load it. FoxIt replaces Reader and nimbly handles every pdf you throw at it.
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TWO TOUGH QUESTIONS
Posted in Facts on Jul 20th, 2006
Question 1: If you knew a woman who was pregnant, who had 8 kids already, three who were deaf, two who were blind, one mentally retarded, and she had syphilis, would you recommend that she have an abortion?Read the next question before looking at the response for this one.
Question 2: It is time to elect [...]
FTA - “stupid users are putting important data into spreadsheets and running their businesses with them. Oh, those stupid lazy users, if only they’d learn to put their data into normal form and enjoy all the benefits of a relational database.”
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“Netscape Could Beat Digg By Focusing on Average People”
Posted in Digg-News on Jul 20th, 2006
“If Netscape really wants to beat Digg, it should leverage the advantage it already appears to have â?? by comparison, Netscape isnâ??t littered with as many â??weirdâ?? stories. Itâ??s already acting more like a news site that the average person could more easily transition to.” Scott Karp says “Steve Jobâ??s trampoline” story is weird.
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Apple posts $472M profit on revenues of $4.37B
Posted in Digg-News on Jul 20th, 2006
These results compare to revenue of $3.52 billion and a net profit of $320 million, or $.37 per diluted share, in the year-ago quarter. Apple shipped 1,327,000 Macintosh computers and 8,111,000 iPods during the quarter, representing 12 percent growth in Macs and 32 percent growth in iPods over the year-ago quarter.
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‘Image Spam’ and VoIP Scam Attacks on Rise
Posted in Digg-News on Jul 19th, 2006
In these VoIP phishing attacks, the phone system identifies itself to the target as the financial institution and prompts them to enter their account number and PIN. “The result,” said Adam J. O’Donnell, a senior research scientist at Cloudmark, “can be personally financially devastating.”
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Dual Processor vs Dual Core
Posted in Digg-News on Jul 19th, 2006
It has always been a frequent question “Will I benefit from multiple processors?” With the growing popularity of dual core processors, the topic is more important than ever! Will multiple processors or a dual core processor be beneficial, and what are the differences between them? These are the questions this article will attempt to lay [...]
Sorry businesspeople, but you need techies to build technology
Posted in Digg-News on Jul 19th, 2006
“Computer World has an interesting story at the moment on how technical skills are seen as being less important than business and soft-skills. In almost every successful IT project I’ve ever been involved with it’s been a nuts-and-bolts techie that’s had the most important impact. The ‘business skills’ types were more hindrance.”
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