Microsoft Exec: UAC Designed To 'Annoy Users' - Software - IT Channel News by CRN and VARBusiness

Nothing like purposely pissing off your client base... Talk about arrogance! I agree with the spirit of what they are trying to do with UAC but I must admit, it IS annoying :-).

Microsoft Exec: UAC Designed To 'Annoy Users'

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Issues for DSM-V: Internet Addiction -- Block 165 (3): 306 -- Am J Psychiatry

We all joke about being addicted to the net... it seems the American Journal of Psychiatry is looking at including this addiction as a very real disorder. I'll need my daily dose of prozac to get off the PC :-)

Issues for DSM-V: Internet Addiction -- Block 165 (3): 306 -- Am J Psychiatry

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The Fastest Ways to Kill a Virtual Team | Geekpreneur

I've been working in or managing virtual teams for many years. It is a HUGE challenge. I'm a fairly social person and it has always been difficult working with people you rarely or NEVER see. You don't have the benefit of breaking bread with your team and sharing non-work related stories over lunch. It is much harder to bond with your team when you only get 30 min or 1hr increments of time with them a week and that time is primarily focused on the task at hand. Here are some things not to do when working in a geographically disparate team...

The Fastest Ways to Kill a Virtual Team | Geekpreneur

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Add new functions to Canon’s Digital Cameras

OK -- Let me start by saying that I've not tried this... though it seems simple enough to back out of the change. There is an alternate firmware for many Canon digital cameras that allow for extra features like faster shutter speeds, longer exposures and RAW support etc... Might be good for those of you that want to squeeze more juice out of your digital cams :-)!

Add new functions to Canon’s Digital Cameras

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Open Source Decade: 10 years after the Free Software Summit: Page 1

This is a great interview article with many pioneers of the Open Source movement. No, Stallman isn't there - for those of you that like his panache... Interesting views on what's working, what's not and where people think the movement is going.

Open Source Decade: 10 years after the Free Software Summit

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