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Quick Links 29 May 2007

  • Rich HTML signatures for Gmail : One of the benefits of using a dedicated email application like Apple Mail or Mozilla Thunderbird is the ability to send emails which included rich HTML signatures.
  • A Visit to Worlds Fastest University Supercomputer “Big Red” : Jemmille recently visited the “Big Red” supercomputer at Indiana University. It is capable of a theoretical 20.4 trillion operations per second and has 4 terabytes of memory. It is powered by SUSE Linux. If sources are correct, that power has now been doubled. One awesome computer.
  • Best Cursor Ever! : Check it out!
  • Open Source Cola : While Coke and Pepsi guard their formulas, a compendium of beverage makers have released their formula under GNU free for consumer use and modifications.
  • SMS Technology M500, world’s smallest touch screen phone : The M500 features a 1.5-inch TFT screen which offers a 120 x 160 pixel resolution and is also water resistant. Its quad-band capability offers support for both US GSM frequencies (850/1900 Mhz), in addition to both data and voice Bluetooth.


Quick Links 14 May 2007

  • 15 Coolest Firefox Tricks Ever : A bunch of hacks to tweak, maximize and customize your firefox browser.
  • 10 Smart Hacks for Google Reader : A few smart hacks will enable you to look through all of your favorite feeds in just 30 minutes or less using the power of Google Reader.
  • Hackers use Windows Update to download malicious code : Microsoft’s Windows Update has a component called Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS) that downloads updates while you’re busy doing other things with your computer. If you get disconnected, the update will pick up where it left off when you get back on the network.
  • eCigarette makes smoking safe, fun again :It’s an electronic cigarette that provides smokers with the nicotine they crave without all those pesky carcinogens. And unlike nicotine gum or patches, it replicates the action of smoking, even providing a vapor to exhale. It’s just like the real thing, except it won’t rob you of a few decades of life or your voice box.
  • Top TiVo Hacks : A list of the top 5 TiVo hacks: 30 second commercial skip, expanding hard drive storage, sending video from Mac/PC to TiVo, removing TiVoToGo DRM, and streaming any music file to TiVo. Enjoy!
  • The best-selling cell phone in the world, 200 million units : What is this device that, with less years in the market, sold twice the amount of the iPod?
  • 6 Tricks to do by Delving into Mac OS X Packages : Packages are great because they make it very easy to tinker with the way applications work. Here are a few tricks that are done using the Finder’s “Show Package Contents” command. Change the unexpectedly quit message to something more light-hearted, customize the appearance of System Preferences, modify the iCal alarm clock message and more.
  • Bypass Flickr Ban in Iran, UAE and Saudi Arabia : “We apologize the site [Flickr.com] you are attempting to visit has been blocked due to its content being inconsistent with the religious, cultural, political and moral values of the United Arab Emirates.”That’s the message you’re likely to see when trying to access Flickr pictures from certain gulf countries like UAE and Iran because the administration has blocked the photo sharing site from citizens for various cultural and religious reasons.

Quick Links 08 April 2007

  • Free Zune? Not just yet : While Microsoft may one day consider offering a subsidized Zune for those who commit to a monthly music subscription.
  • Microsoft Says No To Large Vista Service Packs : Waiting for the first Vista service pack before you upgrade? If Microsoft sticks to its plan you might end up feeling like a Samuel Beckett character.
  • Nokia N95 Superphone: US Launch Today? : Really? Saturday? Yes today — or at least very soon — the N95 superphone could be launching as early as tonight. The signs: Last week, Nokia started handing out European variants of the N95 Superphone to US journalists.
  • How to Get Creative : The Organize it weblog has a two part series about how to get creative. The first part of the series covers the “tools” to help facilitate the process, and the second part covers “where” to get creative.
  • how to look thinner in photos : About Beauty offers a few strategies for taking off the 10 pounds a camera puts on. Which, in effect, makes you break even.
  • The 10 Largest Social Driven Sites : The 10 Largest Social Driven Sites

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Quick Links 28 March 2007

  • Linux+ Study Guide - Extensive Linux+ study guide that stands at 66 pages. Useful to anyone taking the comptia Linux+ exam or just looking to learn about Linux. Downloadable as well as available for online access.
  • Futuristic Self-Parking/Driving Cars - Self-parking/driving technology hasn’t been widely implemented yet, but it may soon come as a standard feature in cars of the near future .
  • John McCain’s MySpace Page Hacked - Someone on Presidential hopeful John McCain ’s staff is going to be in trouble today. They used a well known template to create his Myspace page. The template was designed by NewsVine Founder and CEO Mike Davidson.Davidson gave the template code away to anyone who wanted to use it, but asked that he be given credit when it was used.

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Quick Links 27 December 2006

  • How Hackers Are Using Google To Pwn Your Site : Its wild how easy Google has made it to find hackable code and websites
  • Microsoft’s first “Windows 95″ commercial : Here ’s a look back at Microsoft’s first “Windows 95″ commercial.
  • 10 Web Operating Systems Reviewed : Why not try some of the WebOS applications that are already available? Believe it or not, there’s already over 15 of them, and here you can find a review of the 10 most promising WebOSes
  • Google Predictions, 2007 : Google had an exciting year in 2006 — stealing headlines with almost everything they did, even if the news wasn’t particularly exciting. Will the excitement carry forward in 2007? Like most of you, I don’t know, but I have a few predictions about what we can expect to happen in the coming year
  • 67 of the Most Amazing Optical Illusions You Will Ever See : Awesome site with 67 illusions along with dozens of variations, each illusion also comes with a description of what exactly is happening.
  • Fake Name Generator goes FREE : Get 20,000 real looking fake identities for free in several formats — CSV, MySQL, Excel, etc. — instead of paying the normal $30 fee. Works great for testing databases or signing up for online sites!

Quicklinks 16 december 2006

  • Photoshop CS3 Beta Cracked! : Looks like someone on demonoid found a crack for the latest beta of Photoshop CS3 - it involves editing the hex value of a file after it has been installed.
  • 10 top RSS feed readers : The Hunt for a New RSS Reader-A long review of ten top RSS feed readers and their handling of video, audio and images.
  • Microsoft launches redesigned homepage : Microsoft designed a new homepage on 14 december.The new page incorporates months of research, testing, customer feedback, and refinements.
  • Who sent the first e-mail? : For those of you who had asked themselves this question at least once until now, and for those of you who are just curious in finding out the answer.
  • 5 Things You Can Do With Old Hard Drives : Projects include: a Hard Drive Speaker, Tesla Turbine, Hard Driver Domonoes, HDD Grinder, and a Hard Drive Computer Case


Microsoft Bloggers Directory List

Thanks to Blake Handler Who have collected a comprehensive list of MSDN, TechNet & MSN Spaces employee blogs finding them can be a bit tricky . . . until now!

  • Academic Search Team
  • Access
  • Anti-Malware
  • ASP.NET
  • Authorization Manager Team
  • BitLocker Drive Encryption Team
  • BizTalk Server 2006 Product Team
  • BizTalk Server / EDI Product Team
  • BPID Customer Response Team
  • Business Scorecard Manager Team
  • ClickOnce Team
  • Clustering and Network Load Balancing Team
  • CodePlex Team
  • Collaboration Platform Team
  • Connected Framework Rules Team
  • Connected Systems Division (CSD) Customer Experience Team
  • Content Management Server (CMS)
  • Customer Relationship Management (CRM) Team
  • DDCPX Team
  • Data Access Team (Protocols, ODBC, OleDb, ADO, ADO.Net, JDBC, MDAC, SNAC, SQL)
  • Continue reading ‘Microsoft Bloggers Directory List’

  • Some Great Websites

     

    A collection of my favorite web sites. Useful, artful, zany, and even a little bit shocking… Can anyone add some more via comments??

    1. stumbleupon.com Today, thousands of Web users are leaving Google to become “Stumblers”. This service uses human votes instead of keywords. Forget doing laborious and tedious searches… StumbleUpon.com matches your interests with its members, and jumps you directly to quality websites. Read how you can become a “Stumbler” and speed up your web experience now…
    2. How Stuff Works How does cough suppressant stop coughs? How does a Mazda RX8 rotary engine work without pistons?How does a lock-pick artist do his craft? How does a computer chip think? Amazingly clear and vivid explanations on nearly everything! Five stars out of five for usefulness.
    3. Epinions: Consumer Reviews If you are shopping for a new or used car, a new digital camera, a new DVD player, a new GPS, or even some new pet food, then epinions.com can help. This massive collection of amateur consumer reviews not only details what people truly think about products, but it also lists comparative price quotes for you. Highly recommended.
    4. International Pictures of the Year Photojournalism at its very best! Some amazing moments in humankind are captured at this web site.
    5. The CIA World Fact Book Wow. This is even better than buying a hard-copy atlas or encyclopedia! Supported by a very well-funded organization, the CIA World Fact Book is an educational resource for anyone interested in the rest of the planet. Continue reading ‘Some Great Websites’

    Quick Links

    Beginners guide to .htaccess file with examples

    .htaccess files provides us with ways to make configuration changes on a per-directory basis. This file works well in Apache Web Server and on Linux/Unix. It will not work properly on a windows based system.Read it here

    Ultimate Guide to E-mail: 99 Security, Productivity and Communication Tips 

    Even though 6 billion emails are sent every day, almost no one agrees about simple things like email etiquette, how to organize a note, or whether emails are considered private or not. The 99 tips in this article make up the best in email practices. Read it here

    DOS games available for download

    This site has many different games from a simpler time. Such as Doom, Heretic, Duke Nukem 1,2,3D, Wolfenstien 3D, GTA, and many others. Visit here

    Great Free CSS Tab Designer

    CSS Tab Designer is a unique and easy to use software to help you design css-based lists and tabs visually and without any programming knowledge required! Get it here


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