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The Internet Super Bowl - Microsoft Giants vs Google Patriots
When, I first heard about Microsoft's $40+ billion (1/2 cash + 1/2 stock) offer to buy Yahoo, my first reaction what similar to Mini Microsoft's. To put that figure into perspective, that's enough to buy over 2,000 Trulias (at $20 million each) or 500 Zillows (at $80 million each). That number is like visiting the Boeing factory in Everett, after seeing it; you just walk away with a sense of awe.
Put another way, it will drain Microsoft of its cash reserves and put the company into debt for the first time in its history. Fortunately, Microsoft earned about nearly...
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Sufferin' Safari
Do any of my fair readers have any experience or advice on Safari development tools, plug-ins, or debuggers? Most of my day to day surfing & debugging is with Firefox and IE on Windows, and I know where most of the toys for those browsers are hiding.
My knowledge of Safari plug ins & development begins and ends w/ Pimp My Safari, but I have no idea if the plug-ins are Mac only or run on Windows as well? Furthermore, I have no idea if any of them worth downloading? What are the differences between the Windows & Mac versions...
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Return of a Jedi
It was a long, long time ago… It was a time of a great civil war between the Outlook/Office and the Exchange teams… It was a time of great browser wars and much uncertainty... It was an era in which ancient languages such as C++ ruled the galaxy and web browsers weren't considered application development platforms.
It was during this time, I had the opportunity to work on a product that would help redefine web based e-mail and more importantly define what web applications were capable of. I was one of the first developers on the Outlook Web Access...