From the monthly archives:

September 2011

OnTheFly™ 1.2 for Android just made it easier to plan your trip

September 30, 2011

(Cross-posted on the ITA Software by Google blog) We just released the latest version of OnTheFly™, our airfare shopping mobile app, for Android. One of the new features in v1.2 is flexible date search, which enables you to browse 35 days of potential departure dates on a calendar combined with an interactive “temperature” graph. You [...]

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Best Buy To Cut The HTC Flyer Tablet To $299 On October 1st

September 30, 2011

Watch out for falling tablet prices! No, seriously, don’t get burned by price cuts. The HTC Flyer is the latest tablet to see a major price reduction. Starting tomorrow, October 1st, Best Buy will lower the price of the 7-inch Android 2.3 tablet from $ 499 to $ 299. This follows the PlayBook, Xoom, and [...]

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Query Across the Mersey

September 30, 2011

SQL Bits 9, Adelphi Hotel Liverpool 29th September to 1 October 2011, what else do you need to know? Well possibly a few things if you are now reading the second line of this post or you haven’t been to them before.. It’s the biggest and best SQL event in Europe, I know this because [...]

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Pinworthy: 5 apps to try with Windows Phone 7.5

September 30, 2011

Hi everyone. I’m Andy, a new guy on the Windows Phone team. One of my jobs here is to track and try out new apps. In the weeks ahead, I’ll bring you new discoveries and personal favorites as a new contributing writer to the weekly Pinworthy column. Today’s post is all about new apps fine-tuned [...]

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Pinworthy: 5 apps to try with Windows Phone 7.5

September 30, 2011

Hi everyone. I’m Andy, a new guy on the Windows Phone team. One of my jobs here is to track and try out new apps. In the weeks ahead, I’ll bring you new discoveries and personal favorites as a new contributing writer to the weekly Pinworthy column. Today’s post is all about new apps fine-tuned [...]

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Linux has Only 10 Great Desktop Apps

September 30, 2011

Linux is struggling on the desktop because it only has a small number of “great” apps, according to the Gnome co-creator. Miguel de Icaza, co-creator of the Gnome desktop, told tech journalist Tim Anderson at the recent Windows 8 Build conference “When you count how many great desktop apps there are on Linux, you can [...]

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Windows Server Solutions BPA Updated September 2011

September 30, 2011

[Today's post comes to us courtesy of David Copeland from Commercial Technical Support] The September update for the WSSG BPA has now been released, adding 59 new rules.  Currently the total number of checks per SKU breaks down as (total of 107 total rules) Small Business Server 2011 Standard Edition         102 Small Business Server 2011 [...]

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Zune expands to Canada, drops Zune Pass price in US

September 29, 2011

Rock on, Canada! Starting Monday, the Zune Music Marketplace and Zune Music Pass is expanding north, giving Windows Phone owners in Canada access to more than 14 million tracks from all the major labels, as well as tens of thousands of indie tunes. A Zune Pass will cost C$ 9.99 per month (or C$ 99.90 [...]

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Now in Marketplace: Burn the Rope

September 29, 2011

The hit pyro puzzler Burn the Rope just landed in the Windows Phone Marketplace. I love this game, which challenges you to torch as much rope as possible, while twisting and turning your phone to keep the flame alive. The Xbox LIVE title is $ 2.99 to buy, and free to try. Fire extinguisher not [...]

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Trying on the new Dynamic Views from Blogger

September 28, 2011

As you may have noticed, the Gmail blog looks a lot different today. That’s because we—along with a few other Google blogs—are trying out a new set of Blogger templates called Dynamic Views. Launched today, Dynamic Views is a unique browsing experience that makes it easier and faster for readers to explore blogs in interactive [...]

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