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Lottery Cracker (zip): Lottery Cracker World analyses lottery draw numbers for patterns and displays the results in graphs and charts. It has a wide range of methods for generating and filtering lottery entries, including dozens of wheels, hot and cold numbers, key numbers, lucky picks and many more. Create multiple syndicates and track...; Tags: Range, Freelance Writer, Operational Accounting, Finance; Software downloads 2008-05-09

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2011, A News Odyssey: Digg-ing Meets Up With Digging: The crossover is close. The Internet is poised to overtake the newspaper industry in total size as an advertising medium. And the question is whether it can also overtake it as a news medium. Says here, the year will be 2011. That is likely to be when...; Tags: Revenue, Advertisement, Internet Advertising, News, Governor, Internet, Operational Accounting, Finance, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld; Blog posts 2008-09-05
Seinfeld becomes McCain: Seinfeld becomes McCainMyth?So, is John McCain's patriotism a myth? Perhaps his leadership abilities? Or maybe it is a myth that John McCain is actually qualified for the job of Commander in Chief?The only myth here relates to you feeling somehow qualified to offer political commentary.dude you really need...; Tags: Taxes, RSS, John McCain, Obama; Discussion threads 2008-09-05
Chrome's JavaScript poses challenge to Silverlight: Experts speaking at Microsoft's TechEd conference in Australia warn that JavaScript will continue to get speedier, making it the biggest rival of Silverlight technology. The biggest rival for Microsoft's next-generation Silverlight web technology will be JavaScript, not Adobe's ubiquitous Flash, according to experts speaking at Microsoft's TechEd conference in...; Tags: Microsoft Silverlight, JavaScript, Chrome, Scripting Languages, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Suzanne Tindal ZDNet Australia, Silverlight, Microsoft, Adobe, Flash, Google; News items 2008-09-05
Dell repair adventure, day 5: Dell repair adventure, day 5No Backup!I find it hard to believe that a IT consultant, one that finds it necessary to attend conferences does not have a backup options in place. A) Is the writer a independent contractor? I guess that I need more information about the writers...; Tags: Notebooks, Dell Computer Corp., laptop computer; Discussion threads 2008-09-04

Microsoft downplays BitLocker password leakage: Microsoft downplays BitLocker password leakageSemantics..."while probable, [it’s] very unlikely"??? I think somebody needs to learn the definition of probable. Let's look, shall we? Per dictionary.com, Probable: "likely to occur or prove true: He foresaw a probable business loss. He is the probable writer of the article."...; Tags: SECURITY, Spyware, adware & malware, BitLocker password, BitLocker, attack, Microsoft Corp.; Discussion threads 2008-09-03
ROFLthing 2008: Have you ever been to an internet culture conference? Earlier this year, Harvard senior Tim Hwang threw one in Cambridge, Mass., and it was a massive success. This time, Hwang wanted to have a smaller get together in San Francisco to chat about memes. Welcome to ROFLthing...; Tags: Humor, Rickroll, Chuck Norris, Internet, Strategy, Management, Andrew Mager; Blog posts 2008-08-29
Google brings election mobile as reporters become irrelevant: Worried you'll miss it the second John McCain announces his veep choice? After all, the GOP isn't offering a text-message alert the way Obama did. (Not that that worked so well.) Well, maybe young mothers won't be checking it at 2:38 a.m., but...; Tags: NBC, Google Inc., Mobile, Reporter, Shafer, Farhi, Smart Phones, Advertising & Promotion, RSS, Cellular Phones, Handhelds, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Marketing, Internet, Hardware, Richard Koman; Blog posts 2008-08-25
Highest-paid US public company executives: Highest-paid US public company executivesHas what to do with the price of peas in China?This is not tech news. Any of us that want to know this can read Forbes or look this up ourselves on sec dot gov. Get going on some actual tech journalism, please!RE: Highest-paid...; Tags: Benefits, payroll solutions, Highest-paid, capitalism, salary; Discussion threads 2008-08-22
Actors paid to line up for iPhone launch in Poland: Actors paid to line up for iPhone launch in PolandNice spin on the headlineimplying that Apple is the one paying people to stand in line.RE: Actors paid to line up for iPhone launch in PolandThat is just pathetic that they have to pay people to pretend to want an iPhone....; Tags: Apple iPhone, IPhone Launch, Apple Inc.; Discussion threads 2008-08-22
Zoho Share(point?): If there's one thing I really like it is what I term 'self evident' applications. These are apps that have a clear purpose and which are blindingly simple to use. Zoho Share falls squarely in that category. The company prefers to think of...; Tags: People Area, Bookmarks, RSS, Collaboration, Groupware, Enterprise Software, Internet, Software, Dennis Howlett; Blog posts 2008-08-21
IT Hiring Kit: Technical Writer: The IT Hiring Kit for Technical Writers will help you interview, evaluate, and select suitable candidates for a technical writer for your company. This kit comes with a detailed job description, interview questions, a candidate assessment spreadsheet, classified ad text, and offer and rejection letters. Each document is customizable so...; Tags: Kit, Information Technology, Candidate, Productivity, Strategy, Management; Download resources 2008-08-21
Adobe Flash ads launching clipboard hijack attack: Adobe Flash ads launching clipboard hijack attack.....Well, good think I have Ad Block, Flash Killer and Flash Block along with No Script installed! ]:)woahDamn that sucks, Adobe needs to jump on this.So much for "Linux == security"or "FireFox == security" for that matter.RE: Adobe Flash ads launching clipboard hijack attackWhoa,...; Tags: Web browsers, SECURITY, Adobe Flash, advertisement, Adobe Systems Inc., attack, NoScript; Discussion threads 2008-08-18
Russia, Georgia and NASA: Russia, Georgia and NASASelf reliance is a good thingLet's be really glad we're not dependent on Russia for more important things... and yes, I do think that foreign countries should be wary of over-dependence on the US works both ways.I think Bill Nelson has done a good job over the...; Tags: Self-Reliance, COTS, SpaceX, Orbital, NASA; Discussion threads 2008-08-18
Is your Nalgene bottle safe?: Is your Nalgene bottle safe?And if you PURCHASE his bookhe will tell you all about it after that.Not that I am concluding he is incorrect on the matter, I am mearly pointing out that he too has a vested interest in his side of the argument.Yes you areYou're calling him...; Tags: Vertical industries, government, Nalgene; Discussion threads 2008-08-18
Bloggers vs. PR - the broken record continues to skip: Bloggers vs. PR - the broken record continues to skipYes and NoYou make a great point based on your confirmations. Though I think what makes more sense, and dollars, isn't just information. Mediabrokerr seems more fitting to play each side, as actions speak more loudly than just words...; Tags: public relations; Discussion threads 2008-08-14
Get kids to touch type!: Get kids to touch type!Two finger typing works.After years of it, one can attain a good speed. So long as the lights are not turned out. We are now in the interim before speech software is ready to replace the keyboard for many purposes. Though transcribing the...; Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, rtf, computer; Discussion threads 2008-08-13
Google tells Congress about DoubleClick cookie: Google tells Congress about DoubleClick cookieWho wants ads at all?Quite frankly I don't want any ads at all. Further more I actively use multiple tools to remove any trace of ads from my web experience.I don't think advertisers fully appreciate the *NEGATIVE* connotations that their advertisements give.That is, if they...; Tags: Taxachusetts, advertisement, DoubleClick Inc., DoubleClick cookie, cookie, Google Inc., U.S. Congress; Discussion threads 2008-08-12
When equivalence is the wrong question: When equivalence is the wrong questionSo, replace one tool with many?Since Microsoft Word can be used for a varity of tasks, and Writer can not, therefore one must use writer and a varity of other tools to do the work of one program.And here you claim that open source is...; Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Databases, Microsoft Access, tool, Murph, Microsoft Office, database; Discussion threads 2008-08-12
MIT students fight for right to expose security gaps in Boston subway: MIT students fight for right to expose security gaps in Boston subwayPrior restraintThe judge's order is clearly prior restraint on speech. I'd be shocked if it wasn't overturned on appeal. Unfortunately, the MTA will probably escape the financial spanking they deserve for violating the students' civil rights.Illusion is...; Tags: Constitution, students skill, security, security gap, subway, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, illusion; Discussion threads 2008-08-11