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Information Week reported today that Microsoft has released a release candidate for what they are calling “XP Mode”. XP Mode allows users to run applications within a virtual Windows XP installation so that it runs without any compatibility problems whatsoever.
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Google Voice is an amazing service. It completely changes the way its users think about phone service. One can dial a Google Voice phone number and without their knowledge, your cell phone and home phone both ring. If they choose not to answer the call, they go to voicemail where the caller’s message is transcribed and sent via a text message to the receivers phone. I have had the service now for 2 weeks and I could not be happier with this free service.
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PaidContent.org is reporting that MySpace is going to be launching an email service July 22 (tomorrow) and rolling out through the end of the year. So all users would receive an email address @myspace.com
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You may already know this, or you may not.  However Microsoft really wants you to develop your websites to run on Windows.  Especially if you are an amateur developer.  So much so that they are willing to give you versions of some of their most expensive software for free.  They must figure that if you use Microsoft software for your spare time projects you will need to use it professionally.
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This is one cool plugin. This plugin for jQuery will allow you to create a before and after image that will allow you to scroll back and forth to view different sides of the image. Take a look at the images to get a better look at how it works.
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It looks like YouTube may be ready to officially drop support for Internet Explorer 6. Those out there that are still on Internet Explorer 6 will start getting a message saying that they should upgrade to a more modern browser. Honestly, I feel that this should be Microsoft’s job to force people to upgrade but it is nice to see websites encouraging its users to upgrade. Really Microsoft should just force it as the same type of upgrade that a high priority security update so that the world wakes up one day to IE 8. It may be a small PR problem for a few days, but the world will be much better off in the long run.
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This is incredibly cool. This plugin will allow you to have an on screen keyboard to enter data into a text box. It is very simple, and could have a number of uses. The best one that comes to mind is that you could provide your users an interface to enter their passwords in from this in lieu of their keyboards to help prevent any security breaches from their computers that could be infected with key logging software. It could help make parts of your website more accessible for those users that have a touchscreen only device. I am sure there are more reasons than these two, but you get the idea.
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Now I will be the first to admin that this is probably not the most necessary feature one could add to their web application, however sometimes these little features can show that your application has the polish of a mature application.
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This morning I decided to finally give Android a try. I have not really ever been able to give Android a real shot. I have heard that this one little operating system will someday be on set-top boxes, netbooks, and our cell phones (it’s original intended location). From what I briefly played with before it felt like a good cell phone OS.
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