As I recently announced in my last post there have been some major updates to social networking. So Facebook drops a bomb on us all with their new release Google, not wanting to be outdone, starts dropping some bombshells of their own. Also I promise to lay off the violent overtones in the rest of this post! :)
Google Friend Connect
What is it?
Basically a way to … (3 comments)
technology news: Hope you Cashed in Your Circuit City Gift Cards Like I said!!
- 11/12/08 09:38 AM
Eau Claire Wisconsin Real Estate I originally posted this in my Eau Claire Wisconsin Real Estate Blog. If you followed my blog at all or in case you saw this in the news Circuit City recently announced it was closing 150 stores. Well apparently that was not enough to stay afloat. Personally I think its too bad because someone needs to take out Best Buy because I am sick of that store and it being an oxymoron. It is not the best at anything least of all the best buy. In fact if you price shop most of the time … (6 comments)
Gmail has added new features such as voice and video chatting. The coolest thing is that it works through your browser and works in a variety of browsers as well. So far the article that I am writing about was unable to try any of the features as Google has not sent the update to their accounts yet. It will probably arrive in waves. This might be for a variety of reasons and I bet in case it is super buggy, to … (0 comments)
I am sure many of you business types, young or old professionals, etc are familiar with LinkedIn. If not I highly suggest you get on board. It is a great opportunity to stay in touch with other professionals. While for the most part LinkedIn has been used as a networking platform as of Wednesday there have been some new features added. I guess it never hurts to expand. Anyways check this out: LinkedIn reels in outside programs … (7 comments)
technology news: Some Highlights of SP2 for Vista
- 10/28/08 05:39 AM
Eau Claire Wisconsin Real Estate Eau Claire Wisconsin Real Estate I originally posted this in my Eau Claire Wisconsin Real Estate Blog. Personally I don't see much here that is all that interesting. Maybe it is to you? Anyways straight from Microsoft here are some upcoming features.
In addition to previously released updates since the launch of Windows Vista SP1, Windows Vista SP2 contains changes focused on supporting new types of hardware and adding support for several emerging standards: Windows Vista SP2 adds Windows Search 4.0 for faster and improved relevancy in searches. Windows Vista SP2 contains the … (0 comments)
technology news: Check Out Some of the New Windows 7 Features!
- 10/28/08 05:29 AM
Eau Claire Wisconsin Real Estate Eau Claire Wisconsin Real Estate I originally posted this in my Eau Claire Wisconsin Real Estate Blog. Sorry this probably isn't as interesting as just going to the link in the story. I cant show you the new features because I don't have access to the photos. You can however check them out for yourself. Regardless the new version of windows has some neat tricks. The biggest rumor I have heard is that there is going to be some new focus in the upcoming release. I have heard they are trying to get away from such … (0 comments)
technology news: Like Firefox? How about on your mobile device? Check out Fennec (alpha) Eau Claire Wisconsin Real Estate Agent & Realtor® Shane O'Gorman
- 10/20/08 07:36 AM
Eau Claire Wisconsin Real Estate Eau Claire Wisconsin Real Estate with Agent and Realtor® Shane O'Gorman I came across this article today and thought it looked pretty interesting. I know many people favor the firefox platform. I myself am a fan but unfortunately many of the programs I need to use for real estate are not compatible with Firefox. As many of you have seen, mobile is the way things are heading and it is only a matter of time before computers become truly hand held. Until then we have to slim down the internet and the browsers we use to … (1 comments)
technology news: Some new ways to keep track of your finances. Free vs Established Eau Claire Wisconsin Real Estate Agent Shane O'Gorman
- 10/15/08 01:01 PM
Eau Claire Wisconsin Real Estate with Agent and Realtor® Shane O'Gorman I originally posted this article in my Eau Claire Wisconsin Real Estate Blog. As the article suggests this is an interesting comparison between the two softwares. One is a new, free, upcoming software option while the other is a well known company. Take a look for yourself. Hands on: Mint.com vs. Quicken Online By David Chartier | Published: October 15, 2008 - 10:40AM CT
Online financial organization has just grown more robust as Mint.com and offline incumbent Quicken both introduced new features to their web-based products. … (2 comments)
technology news: Think some aspects of our copyright system are too restrictive? Talk to Germany! Eau Claire Wisconsin Real Estate Shane O'Gorman
- 10/15/08 09:47 AM
Eau Claire Wisconsin Real Estate with Agent and Realtor® Shane O'Gorman I saw this article the other day and thought it was interesting. I see a lot of talk about copyright and I think this is pretty relevant. German court: Google Image thumbnails infringe on copyright By John Timmer | Published: October 13, 2008 - 07:10PM CT As much as people complain about the challenges of balancing copyrights and fair use in the US, overseas courts have been happy to provide examples that remind us that some aspects of US copyright law are actually fairly liberal. The latest such … (1 comments)
technology news: McCain/Palin and DMCA—What is DMCA? Read on! Read on! Eau Claire Wisconsin real estate agent Shane O'Gorman
- 10/15/08 06:44 AM
Eau Claire Wisconsin Real Estate with Agent and Realtor® Shane O'Gorman First let me preface this and say that this has nothing to do with any of the candidates specifically. In fact the problem goes much deeper and has to do with nearly everyone in office. The DMCA act was a horrible thing for this country. It took our rights and sold them to corporations. That is not just my opinion. There are Billions of people across the globe affected by this act and Billions who agree with me about its impact. You probably haven't heard much about it … (0 comments)
technology news: It never ceases to amaze me how the government has time to screw us over while never fixing a thing! Eau Claire Wisconsin real estate agent Shane O'Gorman
- 10/15/08 06:28 AM
Eau Claire Wisconsin Real Estate with Agent and Realtor® Shane O'Gorman Tell me one reason why the government is not fixing the economy while they have time to work out secret deals with yet more corporations. I am not talking conspiracy here I am talking about in the pocket politicians who will stop at nothing to screw over the average American. Check out this recent article. Big Content gloats as Bush signs PRO-IP Act By Nate Anderson | Published: October 14, 2008 - 01:48PM CT How good was the recently-passed PRO-IP Act, the bill that pumped up intellectual property … (0 comments)
You can read the first and second parts. Atrivo ISP shutdown sends ripples through the spam deluge By Joel Hruska | Published: October 06, 2008 - 09:20PM CT When security researchers and network professionals announced that they had successfully forced the ISP Atrivo (aka Intercage) offline last month, the celebration seemed short-lived. Atrivo's web site was back online under UnitedLayer within only a … (4 comments)
technology news: Spam and Eggs Please? No Thanks! Is there hope? Eau Claire Wisconsin Real Estate Agent Shane O'Gorman
- 10/15/08 03:50 AM
Eau Claire Wisconsin Real Estate with Agent and Realtor® Shane O'Gorman I just posted this article on my Eau Claire Wisconsin real estate website here. Here is an interesting article I saw today. 10 spammers you love to hate Which one truly deserves the title ‘spam king?’ By Dan Tynan Introduction As more and more spammers are arrested, prosecuted and sued under state and federal anti-spam statutes, there's one thing you can count on: Someone, somewhere, will invariably call the targeted spammer a "spam king."
It seems the bulk e-mail industry has more kings than a pinochle deck. … (2 comments)
The main site for open office located at http://www.openoffice.org/ has been down most of the day. Good news is that they have managed to get a splash screen up which shows the following: Apologies - our website is struggling to cope with the unprecedented demand for the new release 3.0 of OpenOffice.org. The technical teams are trying to … (1 comments)
I will not post photos that I am not allowed to post and fearing the wrath of Steve Jobs here is a link to a picture of the latest Mac Book...well supposedly it is.
Normally there is not quite so much hype … (0 comments)
technology news: Must have new tool for web savvy Real Estate Agents and Realtors –Eau Claire Wisconsin Real Estate Agent Shane O'Gorman
- 10/10/08 04:14 AM
Eau Claire Wisconsin Real Estate Eau Claire Wisconsin Real Estate with Agent and Realtor® Shane O'Gorman Real Time Analytics! Oh you don't say... It looks like Google Analytics is about to get a run for its money. I came across this article and thought I had better share it with everyone here. It looks like its going to be really cool. I think Google will come out with their own version or likely enhance their already great tool. I think real time analytics is pretty amazing stuff. Yahoo Web Analytics to finally give Google some competition By David Chartier | Published: … (0 comments)
technology news: Who isn't sick of those privacy disclaimers on every site? Eau Claire Wisconsin Real Estate Agent Realtor® Shane O'Gorman
- 10/09/08 04:26 AM
Eau Claire Wisconsin Real Estate Agent Realtor® Shane O'Gorman Does anyone read these things? Who doesn't just click or check the box? Study: Reading online privacy policies could cost $365 billion a year By Nate Anderson | Published: October 08, 2008 - 08:15PM CT Do people read online privacy policies? Of course not. But if they did read them at least once a year, it would take an average of 10 minutes per policy and cost $365 billion in lost leisure and productivity time. That's the conclusion of some new research into privacy policies by Aleecia McDonald and … (2 comments)
technology news: Skype users beware! Do you know who is listening? So far China makes the list. Eau Claire Wisconsin real estate agent Realtor® Shane O'Gorman
- 10/03/08 04:32 AM
Eau Claire Wisconsin real estate agent realtor Eau Claire Wisconsin Real Estate Agent & Realtor® Shane O'Gorman Skype security flub leads to discovery of Chinese monitoring By Jacqui Cheng If you're an authoritarian government that closely monitors your citizens' online communications, here's a tip from Ars Technica: tell your minions not to store the logs on publicly-accessible servers. This is exactly what China has done with information pulled from the TOM-Skype network, leading a handful of researchers to discover that China is logging text messages and analyze the country's behavior with regards to the online monitoring and censorship of citizens. … (2 comments)
The music industry is a complex business. At its head are the major labels, which control the distribution of the most popular tunes online and off. Their never-ending hunger for a bigger slice of the revenue pie has taken many forms, from representative organization RIAA's ceaseless lawsuits, to the labels' demand of increased royalties.
The … (3 comments)
technology news: Touch screens: you might get what you pay for- Eau Claire Wisconsin real estate agent Realtor® Shane O’Gorman
- 10/02/08 05:51 AM
Eau Claire Wisconsin real estate agent realtor Eau Claire Wisconsin Real Estate Agent & Realtor® Shane O'Gorman Many of you are probably aware of all the new phones that feature a touch screen. They seem to be “all the rave”, especially the I-Phone. I for one have no love for touch screen at this point. I use a Moto Q and for me it is a great smart phone. It has all the function I need, maybe not all the current bells and whistles that newer models have (I use the original Q), but as a phone it’s great. It also … (0 comments)
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