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Google, Microsoft Online Apps Raise Security Questions – News by InformationWeek
Interesting read. Basically, web apps just aren’t as secure yet. Sounds like just a road bump to me. It’s interesting to me that nobody is talking about the fact that products like Google’s online office stuff have all your confidential information up there … Continue reading
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EA Video Games to Carry Ads That Change
I’ve known that it was only a matter of time. Here it is: the ads in games will be real (and paid for, I assume).
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Too much money!
Good problem to have, right? Well Google has too much money (not me).
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Google CEO Schmidt Joins Apple board
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB115688416474348721.html?mod=technology_main_whats_news Interesting – looks like Apple and Google might be doing more things together in the near future. Google’s stock is up 1% today – not sure if it’s related at all. Wonder if there would ever be the potential … Continue reading
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Windows Live Video Search Beta
Looks like we’ve come out with an early video search. It looks pretty rudimentary at the moment, but I like that it searches videos outside a special repository. I thought it was kind of funny that google only searches the … Continue reading
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Wake Surfing at Idylwood Barbeque
I tried a new watersport this weekend – Wake Surfing. I don’t get out on the water too often because of this boat deficiency that I’ve got going on, but I really enjoy it when I get the chance. Wake … Continue reading
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The Armor of God
Colette did a presentation on the Armor of God and put together some armor for the kids in Primary to put on. It looks like they were having fun with it – good thing she has the Helmet of Salvation … Continue reading
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Bug Bash on developers
So there’s a comic strip about working at Microsoft. It’s a lot of fun. Here’s a good one about developers. (PS – I’m a developer). Oddly enough, our meeting room is always well stocked with snacks…
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Consumer Reports tests anti-spyware (poorly?)
I’m a huge fan of consumer reports. It’s a company that I trust and, I’ll be honest, sometimes I let them do all my research for me. When we bought a barbecue, I only looked at their rating and the … Continue reading
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Command-Line tool – wmic
WMI is a really cool service that gives access to just about anything that you might want to know about a machine. Being a bit of a scripter (I’m lazy – or efficient, however you want to say it), I … Continue reading
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