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Skype, oh how you bug me

Skype, oh how you bug me

I have used Skype (application used to make voice/video calls over the Internet) for the last several years and generally been very fond of the application.  Recently, Skype seems to be trying to move into a social media space with the introduction of their new “Skype Home” functionality.  This little and annoying pop-up occurs every time the application is started. Therefore, every day I have to close this little annoying pop-up window that often comes with an advertisement to purchase something…

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Recognizing the role of computers

Recognizing the role of computers

A few weeks ago, my primary computer crashed.  Sad I know, but being an IT professional, it was distressing to say the least.  The problem was severely compounded by occurring during the worst possible time.  The last several weeks have been extremely busy at work I did not have any time or desire to address the problem.  Once I could catch my breath and figure out what had failed, it still took a couple of weeks to order parts and find the…

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Bound by the chains of legacy

Bound by the chains of legacy

Legacy systems are the bane of most IT organizations. They handcuff us to the past and burden of our staff and budgets. The only problem is that we cannot ever seem to let them go. Do IT organizations suffer from some strange variant of the empty nest syndrome? Let us face it, Windows 2000 is very old in the computer world. I know many of you still have an old Windows NT box still hanging around. It is not easy…

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Live Writer: A blog editing application that may have value

Live Writer: A blog editing application that may have value

I have yet to be impressed with any blog editing software that I used. Most blog editing or authoring applications do not see to offer much in the way of new or additional features that is not contained in the  default WordPress. However, my opinion may be changing now that I have been playing with Microsoft Live Writer. Microsoft Live Writer is not perfect, but in several ways Live Writer is better than the default WordPress post editor. Live Writer connected fine…

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