From the monthly archives:

February 2011

Fix Windows 7 Gadgets May Not Work Or Display Properly

February 28, 2011

Microsoft has confirmed that Windows 7 users may experience problems with gadgets not displaying properly or working at all in the operating system. According to Microsoft gadgets may “appear as black squares, may appear to have vertical green lines down the center or may not appear at all and may have a blue exclamation marks [...]

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Customers are seeking industry-specific solutions utilizing Microsoft Business Intelligence platform stack

February 28, 2011

The Microsoft BI team has seen consistent demand from our customers for industry-specific solutions that utilize the Microsoft Business Intelligence platform stack. These customers like the overall MS BI story – they see that it delivers familiar user interfaces and the ability to collaborate across organizations, all in a well-managed, scalable environment. They want to [...]

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Graphic.ly Is a Cross-Platform, Cloud-Based Digital Comics Reader [Downloads]

February 28, 2011

Most Desktop and Mobile Platforms: There’s no shortage of digital comic book readers out there, but new service Graphic.ly stands apart: instead of downloading CBR files, you build up a library from their web store and sync it across all your devices. More » Lifehacker: windows

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New Macbook Pro’s Only Support Windows 7

February 27, 2011

Many people criticise Apple a lot for being to “locked down” to their own software. However many people aren’t actually aware that Apple does let you choose what you’re preferred operating system is. While this is not a well advertised feature, it is actually there. Boot Camp has been around since 2006 and has been included with OS [...]

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Finding the right place when you need it

February 27, 2011

Over the past few months, we have launched several new mobile search features for iPhone and Android-powered devices that make it easier to find local businesses. In the US, we launched an “open now” feature which lets you filter local search results to show only businesses that are open right now, based on their listed [...]

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Servers made huge rebound in 2010, but sales will be slower this year

February 27, 2011

By Joe Wilcox, Betanews Perhaps Apple chose the wrong time to get out of the server market. The company stopped selling Xserve at the end of January. Now the 2010 server numbers are in, and they’re looking pretty good. Server shipments grew 16.8 percent during 2010 and revenue by 13.2 percent, year over year, according [...]

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PC-BSD 8.2 Released

February 27, 2011

PC-BSD 8.2 has been released. As the name suggests, this version’s based on FreeBSD 8.2-RELEASE, and includes KDE 4.5.5, as well as various other bugxes and updates. OSNews

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Memes Could Hit The Silver Screen In “The Chronicles of Rick Roll”

February 27, 2011

Move over, Chronicles of Narnia, there’s a new dreamworld of magic in town. That’s right. Andrew Fischer, CEO of Colorado-based marketing company NURV, has recruited a stellar cast of Meme-lebrities, including Antoine Dodson of Hide Yo Wife, Hide Yo Kids fame, Double Rainbow videographer Paul Vasquez, Brian Collins (the “Boom goes the dynamite” kid), and [...]

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The future is here. It’s just not widely distributed yet.

February 27, 2011

Hi folks, Ned here again. Despite the reputation for cutting edge technology, a lot of IT departments can get stuck in the now or worse, the past. Since it’s a new year, a new economy, and winter is coming to a close, here are some articles you should find interesting if you are looking to [...]

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EduGeek

February 27, 2011

I reckon the IT Professionals working in education have some of the most demanding jobs in in the IT industry, they have to contend with all sorts of privacy and security problems, a multitude of software and with only one or two per school they need to be real Jacks (or Jills) of all trades.  [...]

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