Jun
20
2010
Link: Italy humbled by All Whites

New Zealand caused South Africa 2010’s biggest upset thus far by holding world champions Italy to a 1-1 draw at Nelspruit’s Mbombela Stadium. In the end, only a Vincenzo Iaquinta penalty prevented Marcello Lippi’s Azzurri dropping all three points as the All Whites, who took an early lead through Shane Smeltz, produced a courageous and intelligent performance to earn their second FIFA World Cup™ point.
Jun
18
2010
Link: Introducing the Google Command Line Tool
GoogleCL is a command-line utility that provides access to various Google services. It streamlines tasks such as posting to a Blogger blog, adding events to Calendar, or editing documents on Google Docs.
Jun
17
2010
Link: Flash Player 10.1 Now Available for Windows, Mac, and Linux
Key feature for Mac users is the h.264 hardware acceleration.
Jun
17
2010
Link: How Does the New Hotmail Stack Up to Gmail?
This may come as a surprise, but the new Microsoft Hotmail is actually pretty good. But how does it stack up to Google’s email champion, Gmail? Here’s a look at the good and bad of both services.
Jun
17
2010
Link: Doing the Right Thing – Cringely on technology
Accidents happen to the best of companies. It is how those companies respond to big industrial accidents — how they learn and change as a result of those lessons — that shows the quality of an organization.
Jun
17
2010
Link: Behind the scenes: Windows Phone 7 | Beyond Binary – CNET News
I actually think that Windows Phone 7 will be rather nice, despite the terrible name and the fact that it will launch with several key features missing.