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Post this in the "ooh, I want one" category. Of interest as I run off to a meeting (thanks, Bill, for the ping). Fujitsu's F-A50 all-in-one escapes a terrible, terrible heritage from Engadget's Paul Miller ... Hey, it's still not the most svelte of all-in-one
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One of the reasons I still like DV tape-based video cameras is that the DV codec is well supported in video editing programmes. And as much as I considered to move to a hard drive based video camera, battery life as well as the AVCHD format kept me away:
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As we get ready for a week off for spring break, I thought it would be good to lead off the with the reading section with this article. Randy Pausch has a piece in today's weekly Parade, The Lessons I'm Leaving Behind . It's adapted from his book The
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Sad news. Canuck guitarist Jeff Healey passed away. For more on this incredible artist, see his official web site and the wiki entry for more details on Jeff and his music. "Guitarist and bandleader Jeff Healey dies in Toronto hospital "Following a lengthy
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Quick break between meetings... a link to this article in Wired this month, " The Truth About Autism: Scientists Reconsider What They Think They Know " By David Wolman 02.25.08 (excerpt below). "The YouTube clip opens with a woman facing away from the
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Forbes offers the The Yahoo! Deal coverage on Microsoft's bid for Yahoo!. "Analysis in text and video by forbes editors and writers and industry experts: www.forbes.com/yahoodeal ."
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With all the talk this weekend of HD-DVD (as Reuters noted this weekend ) and that main supported Toshiba "will cease manufacturing HD-DVD equipment" (as reported on Japan's NHK public broadcasting network), interesting to see the increased interest in
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Admit it: you don't have a gift for that special someone tomorrow. (Hello... it's Valentine's Day. My gift for my wife was rescuing her from an awkward spot late today, with apologies to attendees at TechReady.) My old friend, Ben Calica, is working with
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A lot can happen in seven years . Nice to receive a cake, as it were... I received several notes and a couple of IMs today congratulating me on my anniversary, as today is my 7-year anniversary at Microsoft, a little less than a third of my career. So
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You may be used to seeing the Windows Vista user experience in a shade of blue. (Well, it looks blue.) Now it comes in red. Nick on the Windows Vista blog has a post on an announcement with Dell and (RED), to be made this at Davos. You can see for yourself
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This weekend will mark another interesting milestone in Time and Date, oone that actually doesn't occur for thirty more years, in 2038. Also known as the 'Friday the 13th' bug, the 2038 issue is due to the way 32-bit systems note time in seconds rather
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Remember, there are still .6 shopping days 'til Christmas. Need some conversation starters for your holiday get-togethers? Here are a couple of my favourite strange and funny news stories to help get you started, along with a reading list of things I've
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Interesting article in eweek this week by Darryl Taft on how Microsoft has joined up with other technology companies to "collaborate on creating IT products for the disabled." More on the new Accessibility Interoperability Alliance can also be found here
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It's a busy time if year for shopping, traveling, spoofing and hacking. Do you know where your credit card number is right now? And I trust that your ATM card is safely tucked away (PIN secure) and hasn't been duplicated by an unsavory individual intent
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New Seattle snow + no sitter = no evening out. ;( We had to cancel our busy evening plans due to several factors, much of which was due to snow. Up to a couple of inches in our area, much of which has stuck for the night. (It's not that common.) Oh, well.
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