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NEWS:
DIGG sells for $500K. Once valued at $160M, the mighty have fallen. What killed them? Recommendations from people you know not “the crowd” (among other things)
Microsoft says to disable Sidebar and Widgets. Apparently a security concern…
Kill Shot? You may or may not remember Steve ranting Consipracy Theory style about the “kill shot” from the sun… but hey, we have a big storm heading our way! It’s the biggest one of the summer, and bigger than the one last week, but not the kill shot.
Would you recommend buying a PC? PC Sales Are Flat-Lining
Unlock-PDF Ever find the need to pull a quote (or quotes) from a PDF but it isn’t OCR’d? And when you go to OCR it, you find it is protected? This website helps with that. http://www.unlock-pdf.com/
Hello Fax:
- Free, (sort of) PER MONTH. Here’s the “small print” 5 Fax pages free (total)Then 99 cents / fax, No fax number, Unlimited Signed emails, 5 Signature requests free (total)
- For $4.99 a month you get a fax number (to receive faxes) and can send 50 faxes a month–and a 30 day free trial!
PICKS:
Steve: PhotoIRMote Control your DSLR camera remotely, using IR signals. (The IR Transmitter has to be built yourself, but it’s crazy-simple.)
Tony: CSR Racing – Fun. But, can get expensive! (Free, but in-app purchases “required”)
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Steve’s info: [blog] http://theprofessornotes.com [twitter] @scmprofessor
Tony’s info: [blog] http://getthenext.com [twitter] @tonypittman
