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The Vista alternative, Ubuntu

I’m sure you’ve heard it before how people made the switch to Vista and end up hating it.  Well I’m one of those people.  I was never a real big fan of Windows, but it was there and it worked… until Vista came along that is.

Some of the problems that I had with Vista included but not limited to the computer lags, network connection problems and just being a big resource hog.  Keep in mind that my computer is isn’t too shabby: 3.4 GHZ Pentium D with 3 GB of memory.

Rather than run the risk of downgrading by to XP and not be supported by Microsoft in the future, I went out looking for alternatives.  I have noticed that Dell had been offering Ubuntu with some of their systems.  So I decided to give it a try with Ubuntu 8.10 Desktop. Read the rest of this entry »

Old Media slow to change

Rarely is change easy for anybody, especially for the age old newspaper industry.  Yet even while  bankrupcies of local printings scatter accross the country they are quick to put the blame on the likes of Google for their failures.

The new age of information has been making their way to the center stage for some time now.  The next phase of this migration will come in the form of news being delivered straight to millions of hand-held mobile devices.

Now it would seem kind of silly to to blame your woes on a service that lists your articles to millions of potential viewers.  The complaint of the publishers is that the snippets and headlines give away too much of the story and should be illegal to reproduce without some sort of monetization. Read the rest of this entry »

salesforce.com

Salesforce.com is what many people believe to be the leader in on-demand customer relationship management (CRM).  Salesforce offers a comprehensive and easy way to customize, allowing people and processes to be managed more effectively.  Read the rest of this entry »

sliderocket

SlideRocket is a revolutionary new way to create and share slide presentations online.  It’s extremely easy to use and the graphics are amazing.  Once the presentations are complete, share or view the slides in full screen mode through any web browser. Read the rest of this entry »

Thunderbird

Thunderbird is an open source email client from Mozilla, the creators of the highly popular internet browser Firefox.  Comparable to Microsoft Outlook, only it does not come standard with a calendar. Read the rest of this entry »

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