Monthly Archives: November 2006

Nearly half (46%) of Apple’s base is age 55 and older.

By admin | November 30, 2006

Among other findings in the Home PC Brand Profile Report are age and gender of home PC users. Nearly half (46%) of Apple’s base is age 55 and older, almost double the share of average home PC users (25.2%). “Apple can claim long-time loyalists, but its future among the young technoliterati is an interesting dynamic,” [...]

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AS3 JIT Compiler and Code performance

By admin | November 24, 2006

Don’t get me wrong this is a great AS3 demo. It demonstrates the great improvements made in performance between the old VM and the new VM. However, am I the only one disapointed that we’re still constrained to 480px X 240px ? Yes, I know it’s only a software renderer, but still ! Let’s remember [...]

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Read more!

By admin | November 23, 2006

I thought it might be useful to maintain a collection of professional literature, books I am either reading or referring to. I doubt I’ll have time to provide full reviews, but sometimes just having everything in one place can be useful.
Yes, they are affiliate links, but if you have a problem with that all of [...]

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Toolkit to Disable Automatic Delivery of Internet Explorer 7

By admin | November 12, 2006

The Internet Explorer 7 Blocker Toolkit enables IT Administrators to disable automatic delivery of Internet Explorer 7 as a high-priority update via Automatic Updates and the Windows Update and Microsoft Update sites.
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Welcome to Aggreg8!

By admin | November 12, 2006

“Aggreg8 is a social networking and collaboration space for the IT community. Inside you can keep track of your trusted network, find others through your network with similar interests or situations. Then you can collaborate with anyone in the community inside our working groups. We even allow you to create your own [...]

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Flash Lite 2.1 Free Download

By admin | November 10, 2006

At last !
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Don’t forget to try out the now FREE version of my XBOX 360 Flash App here

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Flash lite App. to display your XBOX 360 gamer stats

By admin | November 9, 2006

I created this App. when flash lite 2.0 was first released, now, having recently been added to the MXNA aggregator I thought it was worth throwing ‘it’ out there again!
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Apple Releases Core 2 Duo MacBooks

By admin | November 8, 2006

Starting at just $1099, MacBook delivers the power of the Intel Core 2 Duo — the latest generation of Intel processors — and a slew of innovative features, including: a built-in iSight camera for video chatting on the go; iLife ’06; Front Row; a glossy 13-inch widescreen display; even dual-display support.
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.NET FX 3.0 (a.k.a WPF) Ships

By admin | November 8, 2006

Get Details and downloads here.

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Microsoft Rallies Developers to Build Next-Generation Applications

By admin | November 8, 2006

LAS VEGAS — Nov. 6, 2006 — Microsoft Corp. today unveiled new technologies that enable developers to build next-generation interactive applications for Windows Vista™, the 2007 Microsoft® Office system and the Web. The new technologies are designed to help developers build Web services and connected, service-oriented applications that deliver the levels of security, reliability and [...]

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