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Microsoft UI:Win32/MFC - WinForms - WPF - Sliverlight - WinRT ? Which technology does MS Office use ? Which one will MS Office 2015 use ? If you want to create a word or excel docu…

From Wikipedia: "The term patent usually refers to an exclusive right granted to anyone who invents any new, useful, and non-obvious process, machine, article of manufacture, or co…

I've been using Opera as my main browser for years, but also uses Chrome and Firefox. Chrome; very fast, but crashes too often, and uses a LOT of memory (and messes up my Task Mana…

Step 1: Get all Mac/iPhone/iPad users to use the iCloud Step 2: Integrate API (with access to your data) and a MacCloud Store Now, it doesn't matter if you purchase software using …

How about two options: - Agree/Disagree buttons/links - High/Low quality buttons/links This way it is easier to separate if you upvote because you agree or because you think it is …

Very true; I realized this myself a couple of months ago, and reorganized my blog as follows: - main page shows categories and a chronological list of posts (I don't post that ofte…

Back in my Cobol/CICS days, every line that was edited was marked with a 3-character identifier for the person responsible. In a limited "ide" this made it possible to find the per…

I don't think any language is vastly superior to any other in every case. You can say that C++ is vastly more powerful (and flexible) than C, but for low-level/embedded/kernel etc …

(shameless plug) A short comparison of Evernote, OneNote and iKnow (my company's product) - http://www.ppcsoft.com/blog/iknow-onenote-evernote.asp More information - http://www.ppc…

Even the most trivial computer programs have lots of bugs (with VERY few exceptions [1]), and we're worrying about creating a super-brain that is actually smarter than we are ourse…

Two golden oldies by Joel Spolsky: Where do These People Get Their (Unoriginal) Ideas? - http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/fog0000000068.html Human Task Switches Considered Ha…

Anyone have any tips/links to convert my CD's into great quality MP3's (for listening only) ? I've been using VBR, 196, Lame etc, but this was recommended to me years ago... Which …

If you never go swimming, or to the sea (or above), you have a 0% chance of being killed by a shark. If you don't work with pigs (a pigfarm ?) or visit any farms, you probably have…

Very cool implementation :-) So what they have is - an OCR function that reads a few words from an (easy) image - a (simple) translator that translates the words into a different l…

So I guess they don't make enough money on it, then ? I wish the general attitude would change to "I'm willing to pay for services that I find useful" instead of "Everything should…

Get a kinesis keyboard and learn to touch-type; it's probably the best investment you'll ever make... You'll save time when programming, but also when you create the design/require…

Idea x Execution x Marketing x Persistence x Luck = Success Based on Sivers Multiplier idea: - http://sivers.org/multiply

Some notes about Note-taking: Write it down - 1. "copying" the information - 2. using your own words 1. is great for storing information, 2. is better for learning (and recall) ! S…

Joel Spolsky (2001): "Good Software Takes Ten Years. Get Used To it." - http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/fog0000000017.html

I use simple Outlook rules to automatically highlight emails from important people and friends... However, this sounds like a "reverse bayesian spam filter" that instead of filteri…

How sad :-( "But the ultimate purpose of music is a physiological/emotional response, something utterly subjective and that does not enrich our objective understanding of the world…

"What makes programming so unique?" E.W.Dijkstra, "The humble programmer", ACM Turing Lecture 1972 "Let me conclude. Automatic computers have now been with us for a quarter of a ce…

For more about Incredibuild: - http://gamesfromwithin.com/how-incredible-is-incredibuild My summary of the article (I haven't tried it myself): - can improve a full build compile t…