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Goodbye Windows?

This evening, in the time it took to eat a bowl of soup, I installed Ubuntu Linux 10.04 “Lucid” on my laptop alongside Windows 7. Easy. Quick. Efficient. I’ve since used it to update my accounts, send some emails, etc. without issue. I feel totally at home already and find myself wondering why I haven’t [...]

The Numero Uno Reason to Buy an iPhone

How would you like a military-style drone (unarmed, I’m afraid) that you can control with an iPhone? Watch the video below for more… Does anyone else think they just have to get one of these? I’d love to see a few of these zipping around the BETT Show next week. Can you imagine trying to risk access that?! [...]

The Age of the Petabyte

Credit to The Mozy Blog and Steve Clayton for originally sharing.

SharePoint Designer 2007 – Now Free

Microsoft SharePoint Designer 2007 is now available as a free download. Please visit the official site for more information. Thanks to Microsoft’s John Westworth for the tip-off.

Windows 7 Release Candidate in April 2009

Microsoft have revealed that they will be releasing a public Release Candidate (RC) of Windows 7, possibly in April 2009. My colleague in the Schools’ ICT Unit has installed the 64-bit version of Windows 7 as his main OS and, apart from one or two bugs (to be expected with a beta), has seen good [...]

Passion is a Fantastic, Transferable Skill…

Dan Woodman, the Microsoft employee who famously had a tattoo of the company’s unofficial Blue Monster logo, has been laid off as part of the 1400 redundancies announced in January 2009. The Blue Monster was created by cartoonist and professional blogger Hugh MacLeod. In July 2008, Dan posted about his love for Microsoft on his [...]

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