Microsoft granted patent on button click timing

Microsoft Corp. has been granted a patent relating to the use of buttons on hardware devices that form part of a user interface. U.S. patent 6,727,830, granted April 27, is described as a "time-based hardware button for application launch." The patent abstract …

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Mind mapping seemed an attractive concept to bring some order into my chaotic thoughts, so i spend an afternoon looking for a program running on OSX to give it a spin.

The first thing I noticed all these programs assumed (with the exception of PersonalBrain which is not available on OS X) that my thoughts are …

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Distributed and peer 2 peer systems  seem to have found it's way into several applications:

• instant messaging (icq, jabber, msn etc.)
• source control (bitkeeper)
• file and content sharing (kazaa and the likes)
• personal content (weblogs)
• connectivity (wifi grids)

It is my belief that this trend is …

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Interesting discussion last night on Xaraya's IRC channel. I installed An amazingly good looking IRC client for OSX This client has a feature called a buddy list which shows you the online status of people on IRC servers they are on regularly, much like the IM clients show an online status for people.

The feature …

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Will the Ebay2RSS Feed help me to get the best prices on the expensive electronics i would like to buy?

I hate shopping for lowest prices. Once i decide what i want to buy, it must be available near me, with good service and i don't want to wait.

Unfortunately my wishes do not correspond to the size of my …

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