Category: Tech
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Marketing Pilgrim > Is Google Sick of Flash Web Sites? New Feature Encourages Users to “Skip Introâ€
This post from Andy Beal caught my attention today, commenting on google’s latest feature. As part of its search results, Google is letting us skip a site’s flash intro. So you know what we are discussing, here is an example search. Check out the [Skip Intro] link to the right of the result. The new…
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IBM External Sametime working in the Notes 8 embedded client
I noticed this yesterday, the embedded Sametime client in Notes 8 is now able to connect to extst.ibm.com. If this is actually new to anyone, IBM has an externally facing Sametime server, to which anyone with an IBM registration can login, and chat with IBMers internally. The server to connect to is extst.ibm.com using your…
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Want Lotus Notes on the iPhone?
Then promote the idea and sign the petition. Dear Mr. Jobs, We love the iPhone. But we are frustrated that you have focused your attention for Enterprise customers on Microsoft shops, while effectively snubbing IBM Lotus technologies, who remains a strong player with over 40% of the global messaging market. Maybe of us already support…
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Update Manager hangs in Ubuntu 8.04 (and how to fix it)
Since I upgraded to Ubuntu 8.04, I had noticed that Update Manager was hanging, but not bothered to look into fixing it. Tonight I did, and a quick search on google lead me to this post on Joe Wein’s blog with a clear explanation on how to solve the issue: Last month I upgraded my…
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RIM, RBC and Thomson Reuters to Anchor a $150 Million BlackBerry Partners Fund Focused on Investing in Mobile Applications and Services
I have been dabbling in the Balckberry applications area for quite some time now, and for those of us interested in this stuff, thie following looks like a big announcement. I will be following this with some interest, particularly with regard to how it keeps the pressure on Apple with their iPhone. Toronto, ON (May…
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kacpi_notify you bad boy!
My Ubuntu PC at home occasionally has suffered with a rather annoying issue, whether the CPU runs at pretty much 100%, and the temperature to rise causing the BIOS to make an awful and incessant beeping sound! Well tonight it just got too much for me, and I decided it was time to look into…