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    • Are Microsoft to blame for "hidden" malware costs and will Windows 7 make any difference? November 7, 2009
      Shared by Douglas this is simple. It's both. A couple of stories have hit the headlines this year concerning the huge cost that some UK Local Governments incurred when dealing with malware attack on their Windows machines. If you missed them, Manchester City Council had a single USB infected with the infamous Conficker worm and it cost them — brace your […]
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    • Libre.fm bug November 7, 2009
      Shared by Douglas dear Flickr feed in Google Reader. thanks for reminding me to report this bug. Unfortunately, I don't have time right now. Can you remind later? Oh, you don't work that way? ef. dawhitfield posted a photo: Remind me to report this bug tomorrow...
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    • US Government Surpasses Google for Geothermal Funding November 5, 2009
      More than $300 million in funding for research and development of geothermal energy has been announced by U.S. Department of Energy Secretary Steven Chu. This now pushes Google.org into second place behind the government in domestic geothermal R & D funding. The projects funded by this program address a number of issues which are needed in order to furth […]
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    • Best Hand Painting Art Ever November 6, 2009
      Shared by Douglas tattoo ideas...ha! Body painting is a type of art in which paint is applied to a part of skin. It is considered one of the ancient types of art. Unlike tattoos, body painting is temporary. Lasting for just few hours or ion some cases a few weeks. Hand painting art is the application of make-up or paint on to the hands to look like any objec […]
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    • 15 Free Guides That Really Teach You USEFUL Stuff November 6, 2009
      Shared by Douglas they have a Linux one. Sweet. Over the past months, we’ve written quite a few PDF manuals for you, on all kinds of diverging subjects, including BitTorrent, iTunes, iPhone, Twitter, Mac, Linux, Photoshop and several other topics. Initially available only for subscribers, there are now multiple manuals released every month, for everyone to e […]
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    • Alan Pope: A Question of Perspective November 4, 2009
      I’ve seen a few posts complaining about the recent Ubuntu 9.10 release. Some cite specific issues, others are vague hand-wavy “it’s crap” posts with scant detail, making it difficult to find fixes. Today we had a long time Ubuntu user turn up for support telling us that Ubuntu 9.10 had “so many problems” and “once again it was total fail”. This led them to s […]
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    • 10 Neat Facts About Google November 4, 2009
      Shared by Douglas If only the button said, "I'm feeling lucky, punk" Google in 1998 (notice the exclamation mark) Sure, everybody knows that Google was created by Stanford Ph.D. students Larry Page and Sergey Brin who became gazillionaires. But did you know that Google's first storage device was cobbled together with LEGO? Or that Google […]
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    • MARILYN MANSON :: This Is Halloween November 2, 2009
      I favorited a YouTube video: Tim Burton's 'The Nighmare Before Christmas' re-cut with Marilyn Manson's version of 'This Is Halloween' for the re-release of the film in Disney Digital 3-D and 2-Disc Special Edition Soundtrack.
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    • We Are Douchebags. November 1, 2009
      I favorited a YouTube video: From Wikipedia: A reclaimed word is a word in a language that was at one time a pejorative but has been brought back into acceptable usage—usually starting within the communities that experienced oppression under that word, but often also among the general populace as well. Written & Directed by Mike Litzenberg & Bridge S […]
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    • Google sued for super-skinny Chrome polishing • The Register October 31, 2009
      Shared by Douglas should I gouge out my eyes or cut off my hands? I'm really not sure any more. tandem with its Israeli parent company - Red Bend Ltd. - the Massachusetts-based Red Bend Software filed its suit in federal court on Monday, accusing Google of infringing its patent on "a method for generating a compact difference result between an old […]
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    • Franken passes law denying fed contracts to companies that support rape of employees October 31, 2009
      Shared by Douglas I hope that dick from my home state doesn't get a single female vote. That is sickening. Go Senator Al! Al Franken successfully introduced legislation that denies federal contracts to companies that have policies -- anywhere in the world -- that punish employees for complaining about rape or discrimination on the job. This is in respon […]
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    • US DoD snuffs open-source 'misconceptions' • The Register October 31, 2009
      Shared by Douglas It's not often you'll hear me say something positive about DoD. I'm sure there are plenty of things of which I'm ignorant, but it's still hard for me to believe people don't use libre software because they are scared of privacy. Thanks DoD for clearing this up for people. But he noted: "There are positive […]
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    • BlueBox Video Player - weather.com October 31, 2009
      Shared by Douglas I hope this turns out to be the right video. God's wrath! (it's in a playlist) Watch the latest weather news and forecasts videos for free from The Weather Channel on weather.com
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    • Adobe pushes Flash and PDF for open government, misses irony October 30, 2009
      Shared by Douglas since when was Flash open? I hate Adobe. The Obama administration has made transparency and public access to government information a high priority. Adobe is attempting to capitalize on initiatives to make government information more accessible while promoting its technologies, such as Flash and PDF, as cornerstones for implementing open ac […]
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    • Can Google Take on Wall St — and Win? October 30, 2009
      Shared by Douglas I'm not sure how I feel about this, but it is interesting. Dear Google, Eric Schmidt recently said, "CIOs are trapped in a 1980's architecture." Actually, the world is trapped in a 1970's architecture: a financial architecture that was designed for a bygone era, without the prosperity of future generations and the n […]
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    • Introducing the new version of orkut: fun new features, faster browsing, the same great friends October 30, 2009
      Shared by Douglas friend me! Today is a very special day for the orkut team (and hopefully for you as well). After months of hard work, we are thrilled to announce the launch of a brand spanking new version of orkut. We've been listening carefully to all of the feedback that you've so diligently left us and have rebuilt the site from the bottom up […]
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    • Apple to Buy The Pirate Bay? October 30, 2009
      Shared by Douglas oh, I get it. it's filed under "humor". whew. reality restored. The Pirate Bay is up for sale again after the deal with the Swedish gaming company GGF busted. There’s no official new buyer yet, but rumors suggest that Apple might be interested in acquiring the world’s largest BitTorrent tracker. The iTunes store is currently […]
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    • Apple to Buy The Pirate Bay? October 30, 2009
      Shared by Douglas the fabric of the known world is being torn apart. Do I exist? Do you exist? I really don't know anymore...maybe that's terrible, maybe that's great. I don't even know. The Pirate Bay is up for sale again after the deal with the Swedish gaming company GGF busted. There’s no official new buyer yet, but rumors suggest that […]
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    • Download Pirates Give Shakira A Perfect 10 October 30, 2009
      Shared by Douglas So, I mean, if you didn't want to bone Shakira, you do now... Ever since Lily Allen threw her 2 cents into the file-sharing debate, the press has been asking other female singers what they think of Lily’s views. Shakira is proving the most attractive to pirates so far. Shakira, Norah Jones and Nelly Furtado have added their opinions to […]
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    • Larsson bids emotional farewell October 29, 2009
      Former Celtic striker Henrik Larsson retires from football after a career spanning two decades.
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Archive for April, 2007

Less about Vista than 2007

Posted by douglasawh on April 27, 2007

As it turns out Outlook 2003 and Outlook 2007 don’t play nice together, at least when 2007 is installed first.  No such problems with  the rest of Office…yet.

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AbiWord, Visio and such

Posted by douglasawh on April 18, 2007

This post is not so much about Vista as much as it is the programs that will run on Vista.

I started this a long time ago, but will publish now.

AbiWord and Visio work fine.  I’ve got Visio 2003 and 2007 working side by side.  At least Microsoft products work in it…

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Vista and Google Spam

Posted by douglasawh on April 18, 2007

I tried Yahoo! and Google just now and neither http://www.unc.edu/~whitdoug/500.html, not http://www.unc.edu/~jdickie/Flash/game.html show up. This is Grant and I’s final project for INLS 500.

Also, yesterday I read some articles about Microsoft slowing down filesharing. Mark at work suggested that I was actually still beta testing Windows. Gary is going to try to get me the Microsoft hotfix on the issue. I had heard about this issue previously from Cristobal Palmer, but hadn’t done any of my own research on the topic.

I heard OS X 10.5 was pushed back until October, so feel free to post comments about that.

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nothing to do with Vista

Posted by douglasawh on April 3, 2007

My name is Douglas A. Whitfield. Otherwise known as Doug Whitfield and Douglas Whitfield for those of you searching.

I used to have a link to my now ex-girlfriend’s website here.  I was going to delete the post, but I can’t see how to do that.  Plus, my name being on the site probably only helps Google/Yahoo! find me.

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