Windows Live Space Powered by WordPress Now

Rather than continuing to push its currently limited blogging platform, Spaces, Microsoft has partnered with Automattic to provide WordPress.com blogs...

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PROFIT-MAKING LIBRARIES?

Is it possible for a public library to make money?  When I was a child, my mother helped out at a private library that definitely was aimed at making...

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CRISIS: One Central Bank Governor & the Global Financial Collapse

"I told those assembled that we thought the crisis had caused the biggest destruction of global wealth -- albeit some unrealised -- in human...

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Microsoft Security Essential Available for Small Business in October

Microsoft said on Wednesday that it will make Security Essentials, its free anti-virus software, available to small businesses in October.The announcement...

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IE 9 Doesn't Require 7 SP1

Update: Microsoft reached out to us via email saying that IE9 will run on either Windows 7 RTM or Service Pack 1. It seems like IE9 could come out earlier...

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Microsoft Huge Hotmail Updates On The Way

The Hotmail team was hard a work over the summer, releasing a major update to Windows Live Hotmail that included a new design, faster inbox and many other...

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Chrome 7 Vs. Internet Explorer 9

Unless you�ve been living under a rock then you may have heard that Microsoft recently released a public beta version of Internet Explorer 9. Microsoft...

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HANIF KUREISHI WINS PINTER LITERARY PRIZE

The BBC reports that a novelist -- Hanif Kureishi -- has been awarded the prize that was set up in honor of a playwright -- Harold Pinter. ...

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PARADOX and INCEPTION

Yesterday, we went to a movie -- INCEPTION -- amazing!  Highly recommended.  The effects are mind-bending, as is the plot.  You will come...

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TRUE CRIME

I recently received an interesting email from a fan of True Crime stories.  This was Todd Jensen, who wrote:Hi Joan,I recently discovered your blog....

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Samsung Galaxy Tab P1000 Review

After the Success of Samsung Wave S8500 Samsung yet again come back with their brand new Smartphone the Samsung Galaxy Tab. This smartphone will...

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Samsung Wave S8500 Smartphone Review

Calling Samsung Wave S8500, The most powerful Smart phone by Samsung wouldn�t be wrong. The best thing about the beautiful phone which makes it different...

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Hardback vs. Paperback vs. E-Book

Interested reader Martin Evans sent me this link to a fascinating discussion of the various book formats by Lisa Jardine.  A highly recommended ten...

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WHITE WINGS

For 85 years White Wings: Fifty Years of Sail in the New Zealand Trade has been required reading for anyone researching New Zealand history and the story...

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Download Internet Explorer 9 Beta, Launched With Gorillaz

Microsoft introduced Internet Explorer 9 beta in London this evening with a special endorsement from the Gorillaz.Microsoft previously unveiled that the...

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Bing's HTML 5 Browsing and Animation

Amongst all of the excitement with the launch of Internet Explorer 9 today, the Bing team made another presentation with the introduction of Bing in HTML5.The...

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GRIM DETAILS OF LIFE ABOARD PRISON HULKS RELEASED

Nineteenth century prison ship records reveal ghastly disease-ridden conditions on board for about 200,000 unfortunates, including young children,...

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KINDLE VS HARDBACK

For some time now, I have been watching the sales the kindle e-book edition of Island of the Lost on amazon.com with intrigued attention.  It is...

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THE UNAVAILABLE BESTSELLER

Every author's dream -- the book that is hitting the bestseller lists,-- and is not even available yet.  The Pentagon may be regretting the...

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YouTube Testing Live Video Streaming

YouTube is making its long expected foray into live streaming by launching an experimental trial with four new media partners.The new live streaming platform...

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Facebook Chat Coming to Windows Live Web Messenger

Microsoft released a beta refresh for Windows Live Essentials which saw a new feature in Messenger allowing people to chat with their Facebook friends...

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Bing's Reply on Google Instant Search

When Google introduced their instant live search earlier this week, some curious web enthusiasts looked towards Bing to answer back at Google, including...

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Google Approves Anti-Google Ads

Google initially rejected the ad shown here for keywords like "google eric schmidt" saying it violated its policies on using trademarks in ads, although...

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Google Vs. Facebook

Internet users are spending a bit more time these days socializing on Facebook than searching on Google, according to new data from market researcher...

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GIPSY MOTH IV PUT ON THE BLOCK

The boat that circled the world, created a sensation, and became the "heroine" of a bestselling book (1967) is up for sale -- for the bargain...

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Facebook Remote Log Out Feature

Facebook update its security setting on almost daily basis to prevent its users from any kind of hacking and tracking. So now Facebook has launched a...

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Average Age of Facebook Users!

Facebook has now become worlds most used Social Networking website by almost every age and type of people around the world. So do you know that the average...

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ALICE IN WONDERLAND

On a lovely summer afternoon, July 4, 1862, a 30-year-old mathematician, Rev. Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, with his friend, Rev. Duckworth,...

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TOP 100 KIWI BOOK-PICKS LIST NOW OUT

New Zealanders have voted, and Whitcoulls have launched its new list of Top 100 books.Surprise, surprise (joking) the Millenium Trilogy heads the...

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Internet Explorer 9 Leaked Video

Hot on the heels of Microsoft starting to advertise Internet Explorer 9 there is now a leaked video (first picked up by Softpedia) of the browser demoing...

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Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 Advertising Campaign

Long Zheng has just spotted that Microsoft is already starting to advertise Internet Explorer 9 Beta ahead of its official launch next Wednesday. The...

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The aftermath of disaster

Sadly, the Christchurch Writers' Festival -- the largest literary event in the South Island of New Zealand -- has been cancelled, because of the...

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Google to Sell Music Online

iTunes is pretty much the place to buy music these days. Cd�s is seems to be getting old now. Google is betting on the future of cloud based storage...

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Texas to Investigate Google Search Rankings

A spokesman for Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott confirmed the investigation, but declined further comment.The review appears to be focused on whether...

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