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1. How to Launch Software Friday, 22 August 2008, 3:00 pm
   Aaron Swartz: I’ll call this technique the Gmail Launch, since it’s based on what Gmail did. Gmail is probably one of the biggest Web 2.0 success stories, so there’s an argument in its favor rig. […]
2. Work With MS Office Documents Efficiently With Office Live Workspace Friday, 22 August 2008, 1:47 am
   Microsoft has actually come up with some impressive stuff with their Live services.  One of the newer features still in Beta but open to anyone is Office Live Workspace.  The purpose of Office Live. […]
3. Introducing the Atlassian Integration Guide Thursday, 21 August 2008, 2:11 am
   Introducing the Atlassian Integration Guide. Do you have JIRA and Confluence, and you want to make them play together? Did you know that JIRA, Confluence, FishEye and Crucible can get intimate with ea. […]
4. Smart Type Completion Becomes Even Smarter Tuesday, 19 August 2008, 11:39 pm
   Most of you are aware of IntelliJ IDEA smart type completion feature that is invoked with Ctrl+Shift+Space shortcut. If you are not familiar with this feature, I totally recommend you to read the post. […]
5. Microsoft finally gets into the keyboard app launcher biz with Speed Launch Tuesday, 19 August 2008, 12:00 pm
   Filed under: Utilities, Windows, Microsoft, Freeware If you've ever used a keyboard app launcher like Launchy, Executor, Quicksilver, or Gnome Do you've probably asked yourself, why doesn't Microsoft. […]
6. Schadenfreude Tuesday, 19 August 2008, 11:15 am
   Michael Arrington at TechCrunch slaps Apple around today: “It’s time for Apple to stop screwing around and start paying attention to product quality.” It’s rare to see such naked criticism fro. […]
7. Using Conditional Cell Formatting in Excel 2007 Tuesday, 19 August 2008, 1:22 am
   If you are working on a spreadsheet and want to be able to quickly see differences in numbers at a glance, you should use the new Conditional Cell Formatting in Excel 2007. With this you can change th. […]
8. Introducing LinkedIn's Company Directory Monday, 18 August 2008, 3:31 pm
   LinkedIn now has over 26 million professionals representing millions of companies. Back in March we mined this rich data to create Company Profiles for hundreds of thousands of companies and along th. […]
9. Rotate Desktop Backgrounds in Ubuntu [How To] Sunday, 17 August 2008, 8:00 pm
   I get bored with my desktop wallpaper pretty easily, especially in Ubuntu Linux, where it's nearly the only thing on my desktop. Until recently, that meant scouring theming sites for great artwork, o. […]
10. This Week's Top Downloads [Download Roundup] Saturday, 16 August 2008, 7:00 pm
    Flump Exports Flickr Photos to Your Desktop (Adobe AIR)"Free Adobe AIR application Flump downloads all the photos from a user-specified Flickr account to your hard drive."Speed Launch Opens Applicatio. […]
11. IntelliJ 8 milestone 1 rocks! Saturday, 16 August 2008, 5:48 am
    IntelliJ 8 milestone 1, a.k.a. Diana rocks! For the non-IntelliJ users of this world, 8m1 was released in the last week. IntelliJ 7 annoyed me. It was slow and bloated. Some stuff was added in without. […]
12. BusinessWeek on Getting Things Done [GTD] Friday, 15 August 2008, 2:00 pm
    BusinessWeek profiles Getting Things Done author David Allen and offers a crash course in the GTD personal productivity system. Has GTD changed your life or jumped the shark? Let us know what you thin. […]
13. Edison Helps You Green Your PC Wednesday, 13 August 2008, 5:00 am
    Filed under: Utilities, Windows, FreewareRising energy costs and environmental concerns have caused just about all of use to take a good hard look at our usage habits. Verdiem's Edison helps your cons. […]
14. GWT 1.5 RC2 Now Available Tuesday, 12 August 2008, 6:38 pm
    The second release candidate of GWT 1.5 is available for download now. Thanks to everyone who started using GWT 1.5 RC1 and shared feedback. With your help, we're very near the end of the big GWT 1.5. […]
15. Add Java extensions to your wiki Monday, 11 August 2008, 7:00 pm
    Whether you're an old hand with MediaWiki or just looking to get started, this article presents a fun way to dive into building and deploying Java-based wiki extensions.
16. New Confluence Shizzle - 2.9, Office and SharePoint Connectors Monday, 11 August 2008, 6:38 pm
    Today's an auspicious day for Confluence fans - Confluence 2.9 is out in the wild, with a gaggle of new features, 140 resolved issues and two wickedly cool plug-ins: the Office Connector, which lets u. […]
17. Matt Asay: Microsoft R&D hits all-time high–meaning what? Tuesday, 5 August 2008, 9:07 am
    Microsoft's research-and-development spending hit a record high in 2008, according to its most recent annual report. At the same time, the company's R&D spending relative to employee head count has go. […]
18. PenCasting Thursday, 31 July 2008, 11:14 pm
    Well it seems that the new LiveScribe Smartpen is inducing a new use of Flash, Pencasting. The pen records audio and pen motion in parallel so you can take notes and record the room audio all in one.. […]
19. MySQL Wins at LinkedIn! Tuesday, 29 July 2008, 3:05 pm
    I was with a customer last week, who leads technology and operations for one of the world's largest companies. We were talking through his priorities for the upcoming year, and on a page filled with v. […]
20. RichFLV - Finally, an FLV Editor Friday, 25 July 2008, 4:19 pm
    I had a situation where I needed to edit an FLV today. And went searching for an application to edit this common file format. It seems that the only FLV editor on the planet is written in Flex using A. […]