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End of IE6 – Why?

There are several reasons that many giant websites are ending support for IE6:

IE6 is less secure. Multiple security vulnerabilities in IE6 have been exploited over the years.  The most recent attacks against Google, Yahoo, and other companies specifically targeted vulnerabilities easily accessible in IE6 but much more difficult to exploit in IE7 and IE8—leading the [...]

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11 February 2010 at 08:40 - Comments

Slate Comparision : iPad vs. HP Slate vs. JooJoo vs. Android Tablet vs. …

Everybody’s talking about tablets, especially those single-pane capacitive touchscreen ones more specifically known as “slates.” The iPad is the biggest newsmaker, but there are lots headed our way (most with built-in webcams). Here’s how they measure up, spec-wise:

The iPad has the most storage, cheap 3G, the time-tested iPhone OS and its mountain of apps, and [...]

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4 February 2010 at 21:28 - Comments

How do I escape ampersands in batch files?

Q: How do I escape ampersands in a batch file (or from the Windows command line) in order to use the start command to open web pages with ampersands in the URL? Double quotes will not work with start; this starts a new command line window instead.

‘&’ is used to separate commands therefore you can use [...]

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6 November 2009 at 05:24 - Comments

Microsoft Office 2010, The Movie

Yes, Microsoft has a promo video for Microsoft Office 2010, and RWW posted it. I suggest you a take a look-see. After watching it, the only thing we’re wondering is exactly who managed to sneak a link to the trailer in to the Office 2010 Wikipedia article.

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13 July 2009 at 01:32 - Comments

SlideShare Presents Your Newest Social App: PowerPoint

SlideShare is the most popular social site for presentations on the Web. Microsoft PowerPoint – despite its detractors – remains the most popular presentation software around. What if those two had the power to work together? What if sharing new PowerPoint presentations was as easy as clicking a button? Now, it can be. Today, SlideShare is [...]

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16 December 2008 at 21:02 - Comments

Embedding IE in tabs of Mozilla/Firefox

IE Tab – an extension from Taiwan, features: Embedding Internet Explorer in tabs of Mozilla/Firefox… This is a great tool for web developers, since you can easily see how your web page displayed in IE with just one click and then switch back to Firefox. Install the add-on @ Mozilla.org If you need some instructions. Please visit our official [...]

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21 September 2007 at 13:35 - Comments

If Restaurants Functioned Like Microsoft

Patron: Waiter! Waiter: Hi, my name is Bill, and I’ll be your Support. What seems to be the problem? Patron: There’s a fly in my soup! Waiter: Try again; maybe the fly won’t be there this time. Patron: No, it’s still there. Waiter: Maybe it’s the way you’re using the soup. Try eating it with a spoon instead. Patron: Even when [...]

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6 September 2007 at 09:28 - Comments

Bill Gates’ 11 rules

Bill Gates recently gave a speech at a High School about 11 things they did not and will not learn in school. He talks about how feel-good, politically correct teachings created a generation of kids with no concept of reality and how this concept set them up for failure in the real world. Rule [...]

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30 August 2007 at 09:28 - Comments

Bill Gate’s Rules

Bill Gates gave a speech at a high school about 11 things they did not and will not learn in school. Rule 1: Life is not fair – get used to it! Rule 2: The world won’t care about your self-esteem. The world will expect you to accomplish something BEFORE you feel good about yourself. Rule 3: You [...]

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9 July 2007 at 19:00 - Comments

Microsoft unveils table computer – Microsoft Surface

Microsoft has unveiled a new touch-sensitive coffee table-shaped computer called “Surface”.

Experience it…….. http://www.microsoft.com/surface/

Designed to do away with the need for a traditional mouse and keyboard, users can instead use their fingers to operate the computer. Also designed to interact with mobile phones placed on the surface, Microsoft says it will initially sell the unit to [...]

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31 May 2007 at 13:35 - Comments
Watch Complete understanding of Surface ...How it works by Popular Mechanics http://blogs.msdn.com/gduthie/archive/2007/05/30/popular-mechanics-on-microsoft-surface.aspx
20 June 07 at 15:58