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Up and running with Windows Vista

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10 April 2007

Installing a new operating system on your PC isn’t a task you undertake lightly, especially when the operating system you want to install is substantially advanced and, well, different to the one you’ve been used to for some years. This is unquestionably the case with Windows Vista which I installed on my primary desktop PC over the weekend. The edition I installed is Windows Vista Ultimate. Don’t get me wrong. Installing Vista from scratch as I did – what the…
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The Hobson & Holtz Report – Podcast #230: April 9, 2007

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9 April 2007

Content summary: Scholarly research examines the role of black bloggers; ‘no comment’ doesn’t cut it anymore: blogosphere PR tips from BusinessWeek; Twitter vs Jaiku; demographics of visitors to UK blogs; Sallie Goetsch reports from the Podcast Asylum; listeners’ comments discussion; news about Thursday’s show; the music; and more. [Message from our sponsor: Save time with the CustomScoop online clipping service: sign up for your free two-week trial, at www.customscoop.com/fir.] Show notes for April 9, 2007 Welcome to For Immediate Release:…
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Social Media, Software, Technology, Web, Workplace

Content tagging and sharing now really delicious

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6 April 2007

I’m probably a typical web user. Whenever I see a website page or a blog post that has something interesting, I’ll bookmark it in Firefox (or add it to favorites in Internet Explorer). That’s the traditional way of keeping track of content out there you want to refer to again. What if you want to share your bookmarks? Not easy with a standard Firefox or IE installation without add-ins or plug-ins. And adding links in two separate browsers is a…
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Software, Weblog Tools, Weblogs

Painless WordPress upgrading

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6 April 2007

New versions of WordPress keep popping out of the woodwork, it seems. Two new bugfix/security updates were announced a few days ago – version 2.1.3 and version 2.0.10. If you’re running version 2.1.x, upgrade to 2.1.3. If you’re running 2.0.x, then 2.0.10 is for you. Pretty straightforward. I’m still running the 2.0.x branch of WordPress on this blog so it’s now 2.0.10. (Why the 2.0.x versions still? Here’s why.) While the WordPress announcement recommends upgrading your entire installation, you don’t…
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The Hobson & Holtz Report – Podcast #229: April 5, 2007

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5 April 2007

Content summary: Add your comments via Twitter; the pros and cons of live blogging; more listener comment on the value of podcasting, and Dan York’s report adds even more; one sponsor campaign ends; employee benefits communication and the ‘Google effect’; Jeff Jarvis meets Dell: relationship-building and the real power of blogging; white paper says PR must stand up to the search industry; Technorati’s latest state of the Live Web; David Phillips reports on the physical and digital landscape around Stonehenge;…
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