MPs lost for Word over creaking Microsoft packagesOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 2 days ago (http://go.theregister.com)
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Kelly Fiveash discusses the British Government's difficulties with Microsoft Word since many of their members are still using Office 2003 but receiving Office 2007 documents and also the interest in read more »
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With Twitter, a Desperate Need for ContextOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 2 days ago (http://gigaom.com)
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Om Malik writes an inciteful article on Twitter and the advent of massive/instant social driven news creation entities and the need to organize and give context to this massive mess of thought. read more »
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The Legacy DilemmaOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by MargaretM 4 days ago (http://go.theregister.com)
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Jon Collins of The Register asks the question, from an IT standpoint, "Is it possible to characterise legacy and if so, how?" read more »
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Yes! It's the USB Toaster!Open in New Window
Avatar Posted by MargaretM 3 days ago (http://go.theregister.com)
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James Sherwood reviews the USB toaster which will apparently connect to your PC using a spare USB 2.0 port. read more »
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Amazon To Shut Down Alexa Web Search; Practically No One AffectedOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by marthajoan 3 days ago (http://www.techcrunch.com)
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Due to a lack of consumer usage-"Amazon is using the Thanksgiving break to quietly release some bad news - they’re shutting down one of its web services - Alexa Web Search. The service, which we fir read more »
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What’s driving collaboration?Open in New Window
Avatar Posted by marthajoan 3 days ago (http://go.theregister.com)
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This survey examines the drives behind the steadily increasing collaboration. read more »
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Microsoft ranks 5th on inglorious spam-friendly ISP listOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by marthajoan 3 days ago (http://go.theregister.com)
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Microsoft has risen to fifth place in the list of worst spam service according to Spamhaus.org. According to Spamhaus chief information officer Richard Cox, Microsoft has been repeatedly notified of read more »
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Koornk Blatantly Rips Off TwitterOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by marthajoan 3 days ago (http://www.techcrunch.com)
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Many companies have created Twitter "clones," but generally these have some small modification added to direct it toward a particular group of individuals. (ex. Blip.fm for music lovers) Koornk on read more »
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