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by S.M. Schrama on June 28, 2007
In every profession, every business there are jobs nobody wants. In IT, I would really hate working at a helpdesk, and I never have.
Apparently, working at Microsoft's Security Center is one of t...
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Technology
by S.M. Schrama on June 28, 2007
Sending and receiving email is one of the things we spend most of our time at work on. Therefore email has become one of the most important pieces in corporate infrastructure - we can't do without...
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Technology
by S.M. Schrama on June 26, 2007
In the E-Commerce Times, Andre Burger explains on how wireless networks and techniques integrate into common business environments rapidly. This makes me think about something the integration of *pers...
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by S.M. Schrama on June 26, 2007
Internet has been a blessing for music lovers and people wanting to broadcast but who have always been denied by the arrogance of the *professional radio makers*. The latter have probably thought a lo...
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Solutions
by S.M. Schrama on June 24, 2007
Google Docs&spreadsheet is a pretty cool app. It allows you to do almost anything you can do with a regular spreadsheet program, but you've got all the advantages of a non-installed program : ...
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by S.M. Schrama on June 21, 2007
Every day, thousands and thousands of applications re being developed worldwide. Out of that pool, only a handful survives per month. As with all inventions, some of them have the potential but they d...
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by S.M. Schrama on June 20, 2007
I just got mine. I have never owned a blackberry before. Being in Europe, I always though they would be way to expensive for me, but after I found out recently the price is not that bad at all, I got ...
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by S.M. Schrama on June 19, 2007
The web is more and more an open place where writers put up their thoughts, companies gain money thru advertising and webdesigners charge crazy rates to create fabulous eyecandy. And, oh yeah, that...
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by S.M. Schrama on June 19, 2007
Terry Semel, CEO @ Yahoo has resigned. Although his work in getting Yahoo from a search engine to what it is today, his unability to match google's ad revenue levels made him step down. He is to m...
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by S.M. Schrama on June 18, 2007
I have been reluctant to buy a new car for quite some time now - the fact that microsoft powers in-car computers scares the hell out of me. But fortunately, there's good news : I can now go out an...
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by S.M. Schrama on June 14, 2007
Although Linspire and Microsoft met eachother in court only a few years ago over Linspire's former name, "Lindows", today the two companies are friends after a deal over patents. Novell ...
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by S.M. Schrama on June 12, 2007
I have always been a heavy user of open source software - before I bought my macs I worked on linux only, running open source software or commercial (yes, I have always bought licenses too). I have al...
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by S.M. Schrama on June 12, 2007
As the WWDC is going on, lots of apple news is hitting the presses. Most remarkable is (imho) the opssibility to run safari on windows, as most mac users will agree that safari is not the best browser...
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by S.M. Schrama on June 11, 2007
, Apple now has enough experience selling music and video content to start experimenting with rental video.The new service may be coming this Fall, and will cost $2.99 for a 30-day rental.
This is als...
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by S.M. Schrama on June 8, 2007
Ever since Apple switched to intel processors last year (yeah, yeah) the mac world has been shaking. I think apple has never been more popular ever before, thanks to the iPod (yes it is superior) and ...
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by S.M. Schrama on June 5, 2007
According to Techcrunch, Google and Salesforce.com are to partner."Most likely it will be tighter integration between the companies. One rumor says that Salesforce customers may get a discount on...
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Tools
by S.M. Schrama on June 4, 2007
Google (image) search has always been one of the strong players in the search engine market - but this time they've really created some advanced searching : they do face recognition. And that is s...
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by S.M. Schrama on June 1, 2007
Apple refuses to classify the iPod as an mp3 player. They are right in doing so, but this has some consequences online : searches for mp3 player in google don't point to apple.For several years Ap...
