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Click here to watch Seriously though, anyone that’s got the balls to stand up in front of a panel of judges in these competitions I take my hat off to.
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So today it’s official. EDS is now an HP company. Of course the coming months are going to be a time of great change as the integration and inevitable consolidation between the two companies take place. For me personally until the actual details of how the acquisition affect me personally are worked...
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With the vast amount of data I have (probably like most of you) on my hard disk tucked away in documents, numerous PSTs, etc. I’ve been looking for an effective way of searching everything. I used to use Lookout which was pretty cool but that gave up the ghost a long time ago (I could never successfully...
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In case you’ve missed it the Beijing Olympics have officially started. The opening ceremony from what I’ve seen of it is unbelievable I’ve never seen anything like it and it just seems to get better and better – London you’ve got a lot to live up to in 2012. Whatever happens let’s just hope over the...
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After seeing several posts from folks unfortunate to find themselves out of work I just wanted to remind people about two areas of the FAQShop Forums I set up some time ago to help in these very cases. First there is the " Job Shop " forums for people to publicise available positions they've...
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I’ve just stumbled across the Evalu’08 website as it was featured in one of the many newsletters I get from Microsoft. Basically this is a single website giving you the opportunity to either download trial versions or take Virtual Labs in the following products: Windows Server 2008 SQL Server...
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The Environmentally Friendly bunch have been lobbying retailers here in the UK (and probably elsewhere), to either do away with free plastic carrier bags or start charging for them. The trend is starting to catch on. Some shops that used to give you a free bag have now started charging for them. The...
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I’ve decided to create the new “[Rant]” tag to file things under I’m going to blog about that really get on my goat – first post coming soon…
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Well I’ve been using (and been very happy with SmartFTP) for a number of years now. However, it now seems they’ve decided to no longer offer the software for free. Thanks SmartFTP I’ve enjoyed the experience but time to hit Google for another free FTP program (unless any of you can recommend one).
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As Rod mentions , today is the day that Windows XP SP3 will be available through Windows Update. Get your bandwidth ready…
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I subscribe to numerous discussion lists, which the majority of time offer some GREAT information. But there are times when a question or topic gets started that I’m not really interested in. Now wouldn’t it be cool if when you received such a message you could just hit reply and type “NO” in the message...
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So Microsoft has released the “ System Center Content Search ” gadget which as it states: “ … makes it easier to find help for Microsoft System Center products because it uses Live Search macros to search specific sites instead of the entire web. ” Just one slight problem though, being a gadget you need...
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I’ve been away from home for a bit and it’s only when you are without something that you realise how much you miss it and how much easier it makes your life. I remember dual monitor support when it first came out many moons ago and my initial reaction was “ Who on earth would use it and why? ” Then I...
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Just seen on the Network Monitor blog that the beta of NetMon 3.2 is now available. It’s available on Connect under the “Network Monitor 3” program (not the easiest to find), but here’s a direct link: https://connect.microsoft.com/site/sitehome.aspx?SiteID=216 Network Monitor 3.2 Beta June 11, 2008 What...
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That wonderfully British institution the British Broadcasting Corporation ( BBC ) offers a TV catch up service powered by it's own free downloadable media player called iPlayer . Once you've downloaded and installed it you simply choose the BBC program you want to watch that you missed or maybe...