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What’s the next big thing? AJAX? Ruby on Rails? PC Virtualization? Open-Source Software? Data Security? Open Office File Formats? Windows Vista? Windows Live? Apple’s iWhatever? Yeah, all those things will get lots of hype, but the next big thing is something we’ve had access to all along: Simplicity Are my thoughts revolutionary? Nah, I’ve been …
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I just spotted the new free VMware Player. This is totally cool. I can envision companies using VMWare Player to demo complete environments, like an ASP.NET & SQL Server Express application; just configure the virtual machine to have everything needed! This basically eliminates most potential configuration problems that could cause a vendor to loose a …
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I’ve been using FolderShare for a few months now and love it. But I just heard that Microsoft bought it and that it is now free. Cool! If you normally work on a desktop but need a laptop for travel, FolderShare is a "must have.’ If you need to share files with people who are …
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News.com has a clip about a system which BMW is developing (see photo): BMW is working on a communication system that will let one car convey information about road conditions to those behind it. In this photo, the LCD screen on the dashboard flashes up a warning to a moving car that the road is slippery …
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Microsoft Still Doesn’t Get It. I just read the article on C/Net News.com entitled Microsoft pitches Web tools to hosting companies. I saw this and got excited: An update to its Web hosting program is designed to make the combination of Microsoft server products more attractive to hosting companies, which often use Linux and other open-source …
Check this out: a new "In the Lab Only" operating system called Singularity. From their website: Singularity is a research project focused on the construction of dependable systems through innovation in the areas of systems, languages, and tools. We are building a research operating system prototype (called Singularity), extending programming languages, and developing new techniques …
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Paul Kimmel recently wrote an article for informit.com entitled "Anonymous Methods in C# 2.0" where he made the following statement: Linguistically, I love methods, but as a practical matter anonymous methods may just be an example of some inventive person at Microsoft being a bit too clever. Unfortunately that was the pull-quote used to promote the …
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I just found a blog post by Shirley E. Kaiser at her blog entitled Brainstorms & Raves containing an awesome collection of links and related discussion about Apache’s .htaccess. While admittedly I write mostly for an audience of developers that use Microsoft-technologies, many of the items discussed apply to Microsoft’s IIS if you use a 3rd party …
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I recently came across a free service I’ve been using for about a week, and I’m finding I really like it. This free service is called RssFwd, as in "RSS Forward", and it’s totally simply to use. Just type an RSS URL into the text box on the RssFwd home page and click sumbit, then key in your …
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I just read an editorial that peaked my interest because the concept has been in back of my mind for a while. The editorial was entitled "Microsoft Should Make Servers Compelling" and is rare for a Dave Coursey editorial in that it was not just a soap-box rant. David basically stated that Microsoft’s cash cow Office …