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I have a Toshiba Tecra M4 with 2Gb of RAM. I've had the machine for a while now and every so often, when I went to hibernate I would see a message saying "Insufficient System Resources Exist to Complete the API" (and the machine would only go into standby). On a couple of occasions I've [...]
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I’ve recently setup Vista 5270 as a VPC on my Toshiba Tecra M4 Tablet. I was going to install it on a separate partition, but discovered that the Vista LDDM drivers for the M4 are still under development (which at this time makes switching to an external monitor difficult – and therefore difficult for using [...]
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A couple of weeks ago I switched from my current VOIP provider, SunRocket, to Vonage. The reason to do so was fuelled by: My SunRocket annual contract expires soon Vonage offers an international virtual number – which means for $4.99 a month I can get a number with an area code of my hometown in [...]
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A few guys at Conchango (for whom I used to work have created a Scrum plug-in for VSTS. Good reading if you are interested in agile development. http://blogs.conchango.com/howardvanrooijen/default.aspx
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If you haven't heard, Graham Glass, a fellow brit and good friend of mine, has resigned as CTO of webMethods. Graham and I did a lot of work together in his former days at The Mind Electric. From his blog, Graham says he'll be focusing on a new company concentrating on eduction. If it's anything like his previous ventures I know [...]
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After a successful couple of months I've now switched our main home phone number to VOIP. Goodbye landline! Overall, it's been a very good experience. I take my hat off to the guys at SunRocket for excellent service so far. For those thinking about a similar move, here's a run down of the pro's and con's [...]
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* Update – minor correction to @find shortcut posted * I'm a great believer in "re-use but not repetition" and an avid fan of shortcuts that help me in my day-to-day work in front of the screen. Recently I've been looking at how WSH scripts combined with MSN Desktop Search can be used to save [...]
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