The I.T. Life

I have used Microsoft Outlook for a few years now because, well, I think for a all in one system for mail, calendar, and everything else, it is pretty good, and the best out there (sadly), also because most offices I worked at have used it. But lately, it is being more of a annoyance. [...]

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So, starting from the top. Last night I bought a few new toys. I bought the Apple Wireless keyboard.

I love it, it is basically the exact same layout and size as the macbook keyboard but I think it feels nicer. Plus the whole wireless aspect is still oh so slick. I must say this is [...]

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So, the first step to creating all this interwoven goodness, is actually connecting to the big name sites I want to use. Here are the links to there API’s, I will go into more detail on exactly what parts I will be using, and how, once I get a better plan laid out.
 C# Del.icio.us API
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So, a long time ago, many people don’t know that there was almost a Yahoo! AOL merger, but they couldn’t agree on a price. Well, Yahoo! has gone back to AOL and sparked talks up again, but if Microsoft can’t afford Yahoo! Can AOL?

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So, in the Microsoft-Yahoo! news, Yahoo! has turned down the 44.6 Billion dollar offer from Microsoft. They have in turn came back and asked for almost $60 billion. They are requesting $40/per share, as opposed to the $31/per share offered. I suspect we will see weeks to months of bartering and a eventual sale. But [...]

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Today is the day we have all been fearing. Today is when Yahoo’s board of directors decides its decision on Microsoft’s 42 billion dollar offer. Most people right now are assuming it is going to happen, reason being a) yahoo needs the money, and b) Google will take everything and rebrand it. Microsoft has already [...]

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Looks like the release date for Vista SP1 and XPSP3 are out. Vista SP1 is expected Feb18, and XP SP3 is Mar 23. I don’t know what to expect for SP3, but SP1 should have some very massive improvements. Possible worth “upgrading” again. Check out the “improvements” for SP1 here, straight from Microsoft them self.

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Microsoft has lowered the price of the HD-DVD drive for the 360 by $50. But with everyone jumping ship on this drive, is it worth the price?

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We all remember the fancy Microsoft “Surface”. I touch screen coffee table that was completly interactive. It was great for pictures and everything, it even read the RFID from whatever you put on it, so it can indentify what it is, and interact with it. It was a amazing invention, and super pricey. Well it [...]

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It looks like the next update to Vista has some serious back end fixs. According to APC this new service pack, will update the kernel so that is is much closer to the “longhorn” kernel that Vista was supposed to ship with. This has many people in fear that this will cause much more flaws [...]

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