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 goes on to …

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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 more general …

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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 wallet, so …

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