Archive for the 'Software' Category

All about Firefox 3.5, Weave, Ubiquity, and Taskfox

So I’ve made the upgrade to Firefox 3.5 on all my computers and it’s nice to see it incorporate many of the features already present in IE8 and Chrome.  For the full details of the new version, check out this link.  I would say one of the features I like the most is the ability [...]

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Monitoring Students

As a technology coordinator, I often get phone calls regarding checking out software and hardware for consideration for purchasing.  I make recommendations to teachers for a variety of products. I recently received a phone call regarding software for monitoring student workstations from a single computer.  It is a major business, and when the sales rep [...]

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Multiple Inboxes in GMail

If you haven’t been paying attention to the new features in Gmail, one of the newest is multiple inboxes.  I don’t think this is an satisfactory description.  It’s more like multiple views.   I have implemented it and after a week of using the new feature, I confess I think it’s useful for being productive and [...]

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Windows 7

If you haven’t heard the next version of Windows is called Windows 7.  I’m sure you’ve heard of the fiasco of Vista.  It was the version of Windows that emerged after Windows XP (which you are undoubtably still running if you haven’t bought a PC in some years). Windows 7,  no doubt about,  is Windows [...]

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Adding on to the Firefox Experience

Fashion Your Firefox Definitely the best feature of Firefox is the vast collection of add-ons available to improve the browsing experience.  Not IE or Chrome has made as serious an effort to offer more functionality to the browser.  I’d imagine that many people who use Firefox do not realize the value of the add-on. I [...]

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