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Ian Morrish @ May 09, 2008 11:18 PM
I've been out of town every week except 2 so far this year so the blogging has taken a back seat while my spare time is taken up with migrating the site onto a new Server 2008 Hyper-v environment. Apart from building the new DC, SQL Server, MOSS App server and WFE, I can also run up a few other virt ... (More)
Ian Morrish @ May 09, 2008 11:18 PM
I've been out of town every week except 2 so far this year so the blogging has taken a back seat while my spare time is taken up with migrating the site onto a new Server 2008 Hyper-v environment. Apart from building the new DC, SQL Server, MOSS App server and WFE, I can also run up a few other virt ... (More)
Richard MacManus @ May 09, 2008 10:03 PM
Yesterday, we brought you news of MySpace's surprising Data Portability partnerships with Yahoo!, Twitter, and Ebay, which will allow MySpace users to port their public profiles, photos, videos and some friend data from one site to another. Facebook, not looking to be outdone, has announced plans to launch their new Facebook Connect platform, which has similar functionality to MySpace's Data Availability.
Facebook says they're "committed to enabling people to communicate and stay connected wherever they go" and looks to execute on this statement with Facebook Connect. The Facebook Connect platform will essentially be a new version of their API that was released back in May 2007. The new API will give developers the opportunity to develop tools that will allow users to port their connections, privacy settings, and networks from their Facebook account to other third party websites. Essentially, third party websites will have access to features that have only been available to third party applications on Facebook itself.
Digg looks like it will be the first launch partner for the platform.
Trusted Authentication
A new implementation of a trusted authentication method for users when connecting their account to third parties. Activities that require any additional social context will need authentication from the user. The user will have total control of the permissions granted.
Real Identity
Using a proprietary authentication method, users will be able to port information pertaining to their real identity to third party websites including: basic profile information, profile picture, name, friends, photos, events, groups, and more.
Friends Access
Users will be able to take their networks of friends with them to third party sites. Developers will be able to add rich social context to their websites and dynamically notify users of their Facebook friends that already have accounts on their sites.
Dynamic Privacy
Facebook users privacy settings will settings will follow them to third party sites to ensure that users' information and privacy rules are always up-to-date. All updates to privacy settings on Facebook will automatically update on third party sites.
Facebook is making a huge leap by following MySpace's footsteps and opening what we commonly refer to as its "walled garden." However, questions remain about the Facebook Connect platform. For example, there have been no announcements of whether or not Facebook will be using Data Portability standards, though it seems that won't be the case.
As Marshall Kirkpatrick noted about MySpace's Data Availability platform announcement yesterday,
We hope that all of the content at issue will be marked up with standards-based microformats, be made accessible with standards-based authentication and be freely available to any party that wishes to innovate on top of it.
Agreeing to and adhering to Data Portability standards will make the end goal of portable social networking identities and information across these sites a lot easier to achieve. We hope that someone takes the lead and begins to use accepted standards as part of these efforts.
geekpulp @ May 09, 2008 09:52 PM
I for one am pretty excited about this little news tid-bit.
In a move that will see F1 return to not only just the PS3, but almost every other gaming platform, racing guru’s Codemasters have secured the rights to the Formula 1 franchise.
Press release follows.
Codemasters Studios to drive new generation of FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP games across multiple formats.
Codemasters®, developer and publisher of award-winning racing video games, has secured the exclusive video game rights to FORMULA 1 it was announced today. In a worldwide licensing agreement with Formula One Administration Limited, Codemasters will develop a new generation of the multi-million selling FORMULA 1 game franchise across multiple platforms.
Codemasters Studios, creators of genre-leading racing titles Colin McRae: DiRT™ and Race Driver: GRID™, will lead the design and development of official FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP games for home console, handheld and PC gaming formats.
“FORMULA 1 is ambitious in expanding its reach with more circuits planned beyond recent additions in the Middle East and China. It is also ambitious in expanding its reach via technology. The digital communities that computer and video gaming creates will play a key role in further growing the FORMULA 1 audience and connecting them globally,” said Rod Cousens, chief executive officer, Codemasters.
“As a world-leading creator of driving games, this alliance with FORMULA 1 is the jewel in Codemasters’ racing crown and creates an undisputed segment champion. FORMULA 1 has gone with the best, the segment leader. It has gone to the home of the EGO Engine for quality; it has gone to the company that can host FORMULA 1 Online, to the company that is streaking away from the pack.”
“Codemasters’ success and recent innovations in the racing game space makes the company more than appropriately tuned for the challenge,” said Chris Deering, chairman, Codemasters.”The combination of FORMULA 1’s new momentum of expansion and Codemasters’ contemporary technology and past experience is the breaking of a new dawn for the sport, on the track and on the HD game screen.”
The worldwide deal provides Codemasters with rights to feature all Grand Prix circuits, FORMULA 1 teams, cars, and driver likenesses.
The FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP games will be developed using the evolution of the award-winning EGO™ Game Technology Engine, Codemasters’ highly versatile cross-platform middleware technology. Its advanced graphics and physics technology brings an unmatched cinematic quality and realism to interactive entertainment.
The EGO Engine is currently being deployed in the creation of Race Driver: GRID™, the latest in Codemasters Studio’s international circuit-based racing series. Set to be a landmark release when it launches on May 30th, Race Driver: GRID was recently hailed as”The driving game of the summer” by BBC Top Gear magazine.
Codemasters expects the first game based on the FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP to launch in 2009.
Lets hope it doesn’t feature a drift series.
David Moore @ May 09, 2008 08:58 PM
Took my cat Oliver to the vet. This really requires a car. I considered taking the bus, but the bus rules say:
Guide dogs and guide dogs in training are allowed to be carried on buses, if under the supervision of their care-giver. Other pets are not allowed.
Simon suggested “Just say he’s a guide dog.” and “When they say no, he’s a cat say yes, but the blind people can’t see that.”. Also by cat years Oliver should get a senior discount.
Oliver has arthritis for which he is getting monthly Vetaortyl injections, and his kidneys are failing so we’ve changed his diet to Hills Feline K/D, and have just started him on Fortekor tablets.
I’m not sure how old Oliver is, but he’s getting on. He was a full grown cat when he turned up and moved in over 12 years ago.
Olivia @ Liv Large @ May 09, 2008 08:56 PM
While browsing a local shopping mall I came across this awesome World Vision display. Each small room explained a bit about life in a third world country. Each participant was given an iPod and each room had an accompanying audio clip. They had World Vision reps outside who were available to answer questions and more importantly gather [...]
Richard MacManus @ May 09, 2008 08:54 PM
Everyone is talking about Twitter (to the consternation of many of our readers, I'm sure), but what are people talking about on Twitter? It is really just a flood of inane status updates and fragmented chat, or are people actually talking about things that matter to them via the service? We've talked about Twitter as a platform for serious discussion, but is anyone really using it that way? We teamed up with Summize to take a closer look about what people are talking about in the Twitosphere.
Summize looked at about 4 million Twitter status update messages (tweets) collected from the public time line over a seven day period running from April 27 - May 3. We saw approximately 200,000 active users (users that sent at least one message) during that period, of which 60% tweeted in English. Japanese was the second most popular language on Twitter with about 9% of the tweets that we gathered.
Most strikingly, we found that a whopping 5% of all Twitter (in terms of tweets) is powered by the top 100 active accounts. Those 100 users post updates 200-3000 times a day, which might even impress uber-Twitter users like Robert Scoble or Jason Calacanis.
What we saw was that the top Twitter users are not always people, but rather, they're sources using Twitter as a feed publishing platform. For example, the most active user we saw was an account called "lejddfr," which does "push journalism" (sending out frequent links to new stories) for French news service Le Journal du Dimanche. lejddfr has just 315 followers, is following no one, and has made over 101,000 tweets. Another example we saw is "GSSP," which tweets links to stories on the news web site NewzOf.com. Our favorite high volume Twitter user, though is "chandraxray," a space station that tweets its location up to 350 times per day.
To get a feel for the distribution of tweeting activity across the Twitter universe, we sorted users by the number of tweets per day and graphed that vs. the total traffic. 66% of the users only tweet once per day.
But that still doesn't answer the question of what people are talking about. So we started analyzing tweets and came up with a list of the top five words people send. Apparently, the first thing anyone sends out on Twitter is a "test" message.
Unfortunately, while we can guess from that list that Twitter users tend to be sleepy workaholics who are generally happy, we still can't tell much about what they're really talking about on the service. So we next applied some fancy topic extraction and started calculating trends over our week's worth of data.
What we found is that there are three main types of conversations going on. First, there are status updates of every day occurrences such as, "getting coffee," "check out this post on X," "going to sleep," or other mundane life things. Second, there are short term memes where many people talk about some event before, during, or after it. These conversations are usually short lived -- ranging from a few minutes to a few hours. For example a TV show like "Lost" will have some buzz, before, during, and for a short time after the show airs, but will drop out of the stream very quickly. We saw that happen with "LSD" when the drug's creator Albert Hoffman died last week. The final type of discussion we see on Twitter, are long term memes. These are topics of interest that people talk about for days, weeks, or even months. Politics or new video games are great examples of these longer term discussions happening on the platform.
Below we selected a subset of the automatic trends found for the week to illustrate this phenomenon. Each column from left to right shows the days of the week. Topics on the top of each stack represent shorter lived memes, while topics lower on the chart represent items of longer term interest.
You can click on the links below to explore the memes on those days:
Sunday, April 27:
Obama,
GTA IV,
Mario Kart Wii,
Coachella,
Facebook,
NFL,
BBQ,
Ubuntu,
Spurs
Monday, April 28:
Obama,
GTA IV,
Mario Kart Wii,
Coachella,
Rev Wright,
iMacs,
Facebook,
Social Brew
Tuesday, April 29:
Obama,
GTA IV,
Iron Man,
Rev Wright,
Ben Jerry,
Celtics,
Lakers,
Deal or No Deal
Wednesday, April 30:
Obama,
GTA IV,
Iron Man,
American Idol,
LSD,
iGoogle,
Violet Hill,
Neil Diamond,
Spurs
Thursday, May 1:
Obama,
GTA IV,
Iron Man,
RSS Awareness Day,
Diggnation,
Baskin Robbins
Friday, May 2:
Obama,
GTA IV,
Iron Man,
DC Madam,
Hawks,
BSG,
Lost
Saturday, May 3:
Obama,
GTA IV,
Iron Man,
Kentucky Derby,
Free Comic Book Day,
Maker Faire,
YouTube,
Boris
While technology, politics, and geekery (sci-fi movies and video games) tend to dominate the long term memes, people are discussing all sorts of things on Twitter -- from sports to pop culture to cooking. Could that indicate that the site it starting to have some mainstream appeal? Or maybe just that even us tech geeks occasionally find time to talk about things other than technology? Either way, the way memes flow on Twitter is an interesting topic and one that we had fun looking at.
Special thanks to Dr. Abdur Chowdhury, co-founder of Summize, a conversational search engine. Dr. Chowdhury did all of the data mining and analysis for the this post, as well collaborated on the text and created the charts.
Miraz Jordan @ May 09, 2008 08:47 PM
I love this participatory stuff — the Phoenix Mars Lander is now on Twitter: twitter.com/marsphoenix. [Via : @adamengst .]
And it has the best bio on the web: I dig Mars
.
Like last week’s Te Papa squidcam, allowing us to follow the defrosting and examination of the colossal squid, this lets us join in on the science, the exploration, the excitement. Very cool.
Chris Esther @ May 09, 2008 08:44 PM
To be convicted of a crime, generally two coincided elements must be proved:
There are different types of mens rea and these can be found in statute (e.g. Crimes Act 1961) with words such as ‘intended and ‘knew’.
Where knowledge is the mental element it can be argued, in specific circumstances, that although a defendant once knew something at the time of the actus reus they were not aware of the particular fact, therefore no mens rea can be proved.
It may be appropriate that the two cases discussed on forgotten knowledge concern the possession of cannabis. One in the UK where the Court of Appeal didn’t wear the argument. The other in New Zealand where in 1974 Mr Rowles had his conviction for unlawful possession quashed on appeal.
“If in fact the appellant had forgotten the presence of the cannabis in the cabinet, then I think he was not knowingly in possession of the cannabis. The extinction of conscious knowledge, whether caused by mistaken belief or fault of memory, would be in my view fatal to the required concept of factual possession accompanied by guilty knowledge.”
Mahon J, Police v Rowles - [1974] 2 NZLR 756
On that day in court the Police were represented by our current Governor-General Anand Satyanand.
Richard MacManus @ May 09, 2008 06:29 PM
oEmbed is a newly released spec from Cal Henderson (of Flickr), Mike Malone and Leah Culver (of Pownce), and Richard Crowley (of OpenDNS) that allows web sites to quickly and easily embed media when a user posts a link directly to that resource. oEmbed is an open format which standardizes the process of embedding photos, videos, links, or other media and circumvents the media provider's API (or the need for screen scraping if they don't offer one). It works by turning a link to, say, a photo or video into XML or JSON that tells the user how to embed that media.
"oEmbed is a format for allowing an embedded representation of a URL on third party sites. The simple API allows a website to display embedded content (such as photos or videos) when a user posts a link to that resource, without having to parse the resource directly," says the authors on the oEmbed web page.
As an example http://flickr.com/services/oembed?url=http://flickr.com/photos/bees/2362225867/ returns:
<oembed> <version>1.0</version> <type>photo</type> <title>Bacon Lollys</title> <author_name>bees</author_name> <author_url>http://www.flickr.com/photos/bees/</author_url> <cache_age>3600</cache_age> <provider_name>Flickr</provider_name> <provider_url>http://www.flickr.com/</provider_url> <width>500</width> <height>375</height> <url> http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3040/2362225867_4a87ab8baf.jpg </url> </oembed>
Early adopters of the oEmbed spec are Flickr, Viddler, Pownce, Qik, and Revision3. Viddler has created a form to test the web service, so you can see it in action.
Essentially, oEmbed makes it easier to access photos and videos with a simple URL. Standardizing how things are embedded means that, for example, a social network could allow users to simply embed media from oEmbed enabled sites just by entering a URL to a photo or video -- and the "customer" site wouldn't need to deal with multiple APIs from each provider.
Richard MacManus @ May 09, 2008 05:50 PM
Roofarena is basically the Million Dollar Homepage concept built as a graphical layer on top of Google Maps. The idea is that any roof in Manhattan is for sale and users can "virtually" purchase a roof and add their own design. In a post about copycat ideas last year, we advised that if you "do feel the need to borrow an idea, you should definitely make changes and try to innovate and push the concept in new directions." Roofarena definitely does that, but we also advised that you do something to "ensure a greater chance of success" -- we're not sure that the site does that.
One problem with Roofarena is that it requires too much user interaction to view ads. Google maps isn't built to see all of Manhattan at close range at once, so users have to scroll to see the ads, which seems like an unlikely expectation.
The bigger problem, though, is that this idea has been done to death. While each iteration, to our amazement, seems to have some moderate success -- especially given the extremely low barrier for entry -- they'll never equal the success that Alex Tew enjoyed for Million Dollar Homepage in 2005. The basic idea behind these sites is that advertising is sold on the premise that the method of advertising is so unique or wacky that it will garner mainstream press attention just for being sold -- and thus make the ads themselves worthwhile.
We wondered in February just how many times this can work, and the answer is probably not very often anymore. Roofarena is a fun concept, and perhaps it is an interesting social commentary on the skyrocketing cost of New York real estate (though, probably it isn't), but the idea just doesn't have the pull anymore to really work.
Brenda Wallace @ May 09, 2008 05:02 PM
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Richard MacManus @ May 09, 2008 03:38 PM
You've probably heard people talking about the new "it" book: "Groundswell: Winning in a World Transformed by Social Technologies." The book discusses the current trend of people using online social technologies like blogs, social networks, and podcasts, among other things, and how enterprise must learn to embrace these tools. Along with describing how the public's use of these technologies impacts businesses, the book also provides tools from Forrester to teach companies how to embrace social media as part of their business strategy.
For anyone interested in social media's impact on business, Groundswell is a great read. If you want to learn more on this subject, then you may be interested in Forrester's free webinar on the topic today. The authors, Charlene Li and Josh Bernoff will be discussing the core ideas laid out in the book as well as "going through the frameworks and strategies needed to approach and thrive in the groundswell."
On the agenda:
Going through the sign-up form, it's obvious that this seminar is aimed at business and not just the casual user, as the questions do pertain to your industry, job role, etc., but it definitely sounded too interesting to pass up. The webinar is today at 11 ET/8 PT and you can sign up here.
Update: Watching now...interesting stuff here!
Richard MacManus @ May 09, 2008 02:00 PM
The perennial debate surrounding Twitter's revenue model continues to live on. The micro-blogging service has succeeded in building a strong, loyal following, but failed to capitalize on it. Such a scenario, which lacks a revenue model, isn't sustainable over the long-term, especially when investors begin to question the company's intentions. If an acquisition isn't shaping up, monetization will be necessary to keep Twitter afloat. Having said that, leveraging context may prove to be a great way to drive revenues while maintaining the integrity of the platform.
This is a guest post by Aidan Henry, a social media expert and blogger. He can be found on the web at MappingTheWeb.
Essentially, this would entail Twitter parsing over the Tweets of a given user, as well as the Tweets of the users he/she is following. Common keywords, themes, and phrases are then pulled from this data and associated with that user. As a result, highly-targeted ads can be displayed based on the user's network of content ("web design", for example). These simple text ads would look very similar to regular Tweets, but would be clearly marked as "Sponsored Content". Facebook employs a comparable strategy through their News Feed, although ads are based on demographic information as opposed to context. These Twitter ads would appear every 20 or so Tweets depending on the frequency chosen by the company.
Integrating ads into the content stream is a delicate process. Caution must be exercised and full notification must be provided. One wrong step may prove costly. Nonetheless, if ad integration can be accomplished in a seamless, unobtrusive manner, it can be extremely effective.
The ads would be generated via a proprietary auction system developed by Twitter. Advertisers would bid on desired keywords and phrases, somewhat akin to Google AdWords. These specified terms, or bundles of terms, would ultimately be assigned to the highest bidder each month (as an example). The ads would run until the advertiser budget runs dry or the month ends. If the former is the case, excess inventory would be allocated to the second highest bidder. If no bidders are left, superfluous ad space can either be filled with Google ads, ads from partner networks, or house ads.
Obviously, most of the ads would be tech-centric -- after all, Twitter has yet to break into the mainstream. Its user base is filled with bleeding-edge tech enthusiasts. Armed with this knowledge, advertisers can directly target tech innovators, influencers, and early adopters while Twitter is able to command premium ad dollars.
This strategy paves the way for a two-tiered "freemium" model. Any users that choose not to view the ads could be charged a small, yearly fee that would create an additional revenue stream. Ad-free account could be combined with premium features and added functionality beyond the basic offering to give users more value.
The combination of highly-targeted, contextual ads and a premium subscription should suit the needs of most users. Those who don't want to pay for the service don't have to. Those who don't want to view the ads don't have to either. At the end of the day, creating a flexible revenue model that doesn't cause a user backlash is the ultimate goal. If personalized, contextual ads appeal to the user, I have no doubt that users will not only accept this new model, but embrace it.
Brenda Wallace @ May 09, 2008 12:52 PM
This is a Flickr Photo imported via the flickr api
Brenda Wallace @ May 09, 2008 12:52 PM
This is a Flickr Photo imported via the flickr api
Brenda Wallace @ May 09, 2008 12:52 PM
This is a Flickr Photo imported via the flickr api
Andrew Lark @ May 09, 2008 12:36 PM
Mike Riversdale @ May 09, 2008 12:21 PM
Ha ha ha ha - from the ALWAYS funny "Geek and Poke"
I dedicate this to Hadyn ... hope you're laughing loud mate!
Dave Moskovitz @ May 09, 2008 12:16 PM
Todd Vernon at Lijit wrote an interesting piece on Angel Financing in his False Precision blog. He talks about types of Angel Investors, typical sizes of investments, valuation, investment mechanisms, and liquidity. Some choice quotes:
“My experience is you need to raise between $500K and a $1M to do almost anything.”
“If you aren’t ready to sell equity in your idea [at a valuation that will be interesting to an Angel], finance it yourself.”
“Almost without exception, I don’t want to own your dream, I want to make money and have a little fun along the way. If you never sell the company, I never realize a gain.”
It’s well worth a read.
Richard MacManus @ May 09, 2008 12:00 PM
Yesterday Google announced a new product aimed specifically at Google Apps' enterprise customers. The service, powered by Google acquisition Postini with technology from ScanSafe, is called Google Web Security for Enterprise and it offers real-time malware protection and URL filtering with policy enforcement and reporting. Essentially, it's a big Google firewall in the cloud.
Google Web Security for Enterprise provides three main areas of protection: 1) web virus and spyware protection, 2) web filtering and content control, and 3) protection for roaming and remote users. Services such as these aren't anything new to I.T. administrators, but they often come in the form of expensive software suites, hardware appliances, or, more often, a combination of both. With the Google Web Security product, the goal is to provide enterprises with the same type of security and protection that they are used to, but all under the Google brand.
Controlling Web Access for End Users
The advantage of using a service such as this over a hardware firewall solution for example, is that with the firewall the protections offered to remote workers would only be activated when an employee is connected to the company network via VPN. With the Google Web Security for Enterprise service, which can't be disabled by the end user, workers would always be protected.
However, when comparing the Google offering to some other enterprise level software products, like Symantec's Endpoint Protection suite for example, the Google product comes up short in a few areas. Although this particular Symantec product doesn't offer web content filtering, it does provide certain fine-grained application and device controls. These are tools which let I.T. admins lock down endpoints to prevent data leakage by controlling access to specific processes, files, and folders by users and other applications as well as by controlling what peripherals can be connected to a machine.
The Google product does not address these concerns which are still very much a factor in larger organizations or those that deal with sensitive data, so I.T. administrators would still have to utilize other software suites in addition to the Web Security for Enterprise product to provide complete endpoint protection.
That being said, this new service is definitely moving Google closer to being a true competitor in the realm of enterprise security, as they already offer email security and compliance tools. Plus, the convenience of having all the services available in the cloud makes this a compelling offering if the price, yet to be announced, is right.
paradoxsm @ May 09, 2008 10:25 AM
I know where I won't be buying my next phone. I needed a replacement prepay simcard tonight as yet another one just "failed", Walked into the nearest vodafone, dealer Digital Mobile and was told they'd gone up, Purchased the simcard and walked down the road, Had to call vodafone to unbar it and asked her if the price had gone up, no, still $20 as confirmed by voda retail and first mobile later down the road. Apparently they are allowed to charge what they like but charging $10 more is rather cheeky. At $20 they are already expensive. Centaurian gsm is their company name, google it and read the court listings, I certainly won't be dealing with them again.
Michael Sampson @ May 09, 2008 09:55 AM
The People Part of Enterprise Collaboration and Virtual Teams
The Technology Trends of Enterprise Collaboration and Virtual Teams
Insights on Being Productive and Effective as an Individual
Other Noteworthy Insights
Brenda Wallace @ May 09, 2008 09:50 AM
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Mike Riversdale @ May 09, 2008 10:41 AM
I think I may have blogged this before but I can't be pooped to look for it.
Liz and the kids flew down to Christchurch a week or so ago and, because of the slightly inclement weather here in Wellington, we wanted to know if the flight was on time so we could warn the receiving party.
Old fashioned way
Mike Riversdale @ May 09, 2008 10:16 AM
5 survival tips to the information avalanche
Subtitle: So much Mike, so little time - how to get the best for you
Information overload is everywhere ... and you're not helping.
Ok, I'm not helping - as my wife said yesterday, "If you're not part of the solution you're part of the problem".
Using my own manner of tracking information I give you this is a guide to get the most relevant parts of MiramarMike.co.nz/Mike Riversdale whilst avoiding the avalanche of information. Apply it to all your subscribing/following/friending activities.
...
Michael Sampson @ May 09, 2008 09:06 AM
The May 8 edition of Collaboration Newswire crossed the wire a few hours ago:
"IBM's Lotus Quickr is a team collaboration product that continues and enhances the Lotus Quickplace offering, as well as embraces design ideas from the Web 2.0 world. It is also multiplatform, running on Microsoft Windows, Mac and Linux operating systems. Last week IBM announced the availability of a migration and coexistence tool for Quickr, so that organizations can shift content from team sites in SharePoint, Public Folders in Microsoft Exchange Server, document libraries in IBM Lotus Document Manager (previously Domino.Doc) and teamroom applications from IBM Domino Server into Quickr places. Note that the technology underpinning Content Integrator is from CASAHL Technology."
It should be up on the back issues page in a couple of days.
Mike Riversdale @ May 09, 2008 10:00 AM
As you're probably aware I am a large heavy an extensive Google user (Gmail, Google Apps and the like) and therefore tend to be sitting in one of their products whenever I am online. This means that Google Chat knows I'm here to be chatted with.
And so I've added "Chat with Mike" to the right-hand menu.
It'll have a green indicator to say when I'm actually here and just click to start chatting.
You can do the same - Create a Google Talk chatback badge
Michael (Ultrasonic2) @ May 09, 2008 08:36 AM
FuZion Rates the difference between the v2 over the v1 by only 0.003 of a C/W or if you like thats only 0.3c for every 100watts !! .. That doesn't sound like much. it'll be interesting to see some independent tests.
LibraryTechNZ @ May 09, 2008 08:31 AM
geekpulp @ May 09, 2008 08:23 AM
A plane ticket to San Andreas for one Niko Bellic? 
Perhaps Niko was inspired by the trailer for 50 Cents new game and wants to get gangster in San Andreas. The ticket is found on the GTA Social Club site by a GTA Forum member. Just there for shits and giggles for a hint at the future of the GTA DLC?
Jim Cheetham (I) @ May 09, 2008 06:17 AM
I've downloaded my Ubuntu ISO files … and now I'm sitting on a Windows XP machine I'd like to try the wubi installer to be found on the Desktop CD.
But it's not exactly easy mounting an ISO file under Windows …
Luckily I ran across a blog post from Michael Bowman that discusses a few options :- http://proxy.11a.nu/2005⁄05/08/mounting-iso-image-files-under-windows
There's an ugly-as-but-functioning put of code available from Microsoft, the Virtual CD-ROM Control Panel for Windows XP that needs some manual installation. I think I'd rather install crap code from Microsoft than some random third-party all-singing-all-dancing thing to use only one small feature once …
Mike Riversdale (Enterprise 2.0) @ May 09, 2008 05:22 AM
I am an extensive Google user (Gmail, Google Apps and the like) and therefore tend to be sitting in one of their products whenever I am online. This means that Google Chat knows I'm here to be chatted with.
And so I've added "Chat with Mike" to the right-hand menu.
It'll have a green indicator to say when I'm actually here and just click to start chatting.
You can do the same - Create a Google Talk chatback badge
Michael Sampson @ May 09, 2008 05:00 AM
The People Part of Enterprise Collaboration and Virtual Teams