TechCrunch has the details on Sun buying MySQL. The official Sun announcement is here.
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January 16, 2008
Sun buys MySQL for $1B
16January
January 16, 2008
RFID tags in prisoners
I wasn't going to resume posting to this link blog until next week, but this news item caught my eye and couldn't wait… Those cur-a-zee guys in the UK government are talking about putting RFID tags in prisoners. That way they can track where the prisoners are, study patterns etc. Human rights groups are a little concerned of course and no doubt the discussion will get sidetracked...
January 16, 2008
TIP: Using IE7 Quick Tabs
IE7 has a nice thumb view list of all your currently open tabs. That’s it there, right next to the first tab. Click on it or type Ctrl + Q to give you this – a thumbnail of each of the sites you have open. Simply click on the thumbnail you wish to switch to. To obvious you say? Yep, but after using IE7 for ages, I only just noticed it a little while back. So, as usual it sits under...
January 15, 2008
ELCOM: Windows Server 2008, SQL Server 2008, Visual Studio 2008
15January
Elcom is all 2008. The Elcom web site is now running on a Windows 2008 Server, with SQL Server 2008 as the back-end and Community Manager.NET completely recompiled under Visual Studio 2008 (targeting the 3.5 Framework) delivering the content. Community Manager.NET is Elcom’s content management system (CMS), which we have now re-compiled, tested and released on the .NET 3.5 Framework. Now...
January 15, 2008
TIP: Saving Tab Groups in IE7
A feature I like in IE7 and use all the time is the Save as Tab Group function. If you have a bunch of sites open and want to save them for later review, simply Add the whole set of Tabs as a Group in your favourites. Later when you want to open the sites again, simply go to Favourites, choose the Tab group, right click and Open as a Tab Group I usually save a whole bunch of open links to a...
January 14, 2008
TIP: CTRL + TAB in VS2008
14January
Another simple one you may already know. When working in Visual Studio 2008 you can use CTRL + TAB to switch through your open windows (similar to how you use ALT + TAB to switch between applications). It brings up a window as shown below. Simply keep Ctrl + Tabbing through them until you get the one you want (complete with thumbnail). Thanks to Angus for alerting me to this one. Technorati Tags:...
January 13, 2008
COMMUNITY: User groups are starting up again
13January
Is it half way through January already? That must mean it’s time for user groups to start up again! And what a great bunch of sessions they’ve got coming up this month. Here’s a few to get you excited: Tue 15 – Readify RDN: Agile programming, SQL Server Reporting Services Tue 15 – SharePoint UG: Site Collections and their owners Wed 16 – .NET UG: Best Practices...
January 12, 2008
VSTO: How Do I videos by Steve Hansen
12January
I’ve linked to these a bit over on my link blog last year, but I think they warrant a dedicated post here. I’ve been spending a fair bit of time with VSTO lately, and I’ve found Steve Hansen’s How To videos to be one of the best resources in getting me started. What I particularly like is that he takes interesting ideas as his sample examples. For instance: how to put a...
January 11, 2008
TIP: Resetting Visual Studio environment
11January
If you’ve installed Visual Studio with a specific environment (eg Visual C#, Web development) and want to change it something else, you can simply reset it from the Tools > Import and Export Settings menu option Just choose the third option You can save your current settings before the reset is enabled. As usual, this tip is covered under my ‘well duh’ Disclaimer. Technorati...
January 10, 2008
CLARITY: Thin, Thick and Smart clients
10January
The term Smart Client is probably the most often misused of the three, and there always seems to be a little bit of confusion as to where Thick stops and Smart begins. But, yet again, The Architecture Journal (Issue 14, p10) guides us with a simple and helpful summary. Some will no doubt disagree (since the issue is focused on connectivity and mobile devices). I've summarised them here: Thin...