http://www.i-magery.com/ Michael, Wendy and young Danny write about their various interests and the world around them; certain to include events in South Florida, Technology, Genealogy, Whippets, Food, Wine and other Bloggy Goodness. en-us 2008-07-31T15:57:59-05:00 http://www.i-magery.com/archives/2008/07/blogging_over_a.html Wendy and I will be blogging somewhat regularly over at the WDDX Tech Blog. If you're interested in Internet and Business technology, feel free to subscribe to the feed! I'll try to add more things here as well. There's just... Blogosphere Michael 2008-07-31T15:57:59-05:00 http://www.i-magery.com/archives/2008/03/sharepoint_bein.html I wish I knew more about this stuff. I really ought to cobble together a server and try some of these things out. Which search product is right for you? Compare Microsoft's enterprise search products using the table below. Click... Computers Michael 2008-03-12T14:28:18-05:00 http://www.i-magery.com/archives/2008/03/microsoft_puts.html Looking at Microsoft Expression Studio and Silverlight, it seems to ME at least that Microsoft is taking careful aim at the entire line of Adobe products as they relate to web development specifically. ...up until now, Adobe has had a... Computers Michael 2008-03-12T13:18:27-05:00 http://www.i-magery.com/archives/2008/03/tivo_to_put_bri.html This is interesting, yes? makes me wish I had a TiVo instead of my Dish DVR, actually. There's some funny stuff on YouTube. TiVo to put bring YouTube videos to TV screens NEW YORK (Reuters) - TiVo Inc said on... Internet Michael 2008-03-12T13:09:57-05:00 http://www.i-magery.com/archives/2008/01/microsoft_to_ad.html From ZDNet: Microsoft is planning to add a new, opt-in "super standards" mode to Internet Explorer (IE) 8 - a move of which some developers are critical. IE Platform Architect Chris Wilson shared the details of how Microsoft plans to... Internet Michael 2008-01-22T11:56:17-05:00 http://www.i-magery.com/archives/2008/01/macromedia_flas.html OK. I can see the writing on the wall. Can you? From ZDNET Reminder: Microsoft to push Silverlight to business users this week "...but this week - specifically on January 22 - Microsoft will make its Adobe-Flash-alternative Silverlight available via... Internet Michael 2008-01-21T16:58:55-05:00 http://www.i-magery.com/archives/2008/01/the_white_space.html The "White Space" between your digital TV Channels seems to be Prime Real Estate for the uber-tech-companies. This exploration of the white spaces is part of the general-spectrum "land rush" that is taking place as American TV evolves. As TV... Technology Michael 2008-01-21T15:11:33-05:00 http://www.i-magery.com/archives/2008/01/study_shows_red.html I didn't expect to read this today: Secunia has found that the number of security bugs in the open source Red Hat Linux operating system and Firefox browsers far outstripped comparable products from Microsoft last year.... Computers Michael 2008-01-21T14:07:33-05:00 http://www.i-magery.com/archives/2008/01/ie7_will_be_for.html From VNUNET: Microsoft is reminding IT managers that the scheduled 12 February rollout of Windows Server Update Service will include an automatic upgrade to Internet Explorer 7. Companies wishing to remain with IE6 have been offered guidelines explaining how to... Computers Michael 2008-01-19T12:47:00-05:00 http://www.i-magery.com/archives/2008/01/robots_evolve_l.html This is just plain eerie. (from Discover Magazine, via Gizmodo) "We set up a situation common in nature - foraging with uncertainty," Floreano says. "You have to find food, but you don't know what food is; if you eat poison,... Technology Michael 2008-01-19T12:34:17-05:00 http://www.i-magery.com/archives/2008/01/windows_7.html From the Tech Blog over at the Houston Chronicle: Remember how fast ME was swept under the rug? Think it might happen again with Vista? Microsoft's executives insist the company listens to its customers. Many of those customers have indicated... Computers Michael 2008-01-18T11:58:41-05:00 http://www.i-magery.com/archives/2008/01/the_end_of_an_e.html Via Wizbang REYKJAVIK, Iceland - Bobby Fischer, the reclusive chess genius who became a Cold War icon by dethroning the Soviet world champion in 1972 and later renounced his American citizenship, has died. He was 64. Fisher died in a... Misc News / Commentary Michael 2008-01-18T09:55:17-05:00 http://www.i-magery.com/archives/2008/01/silicon_nanowir.html From NEWSFACTOR.COM, by way of the InstaPundit Publishing in the journal Nature Nanotechnology, the Stanford researchers have shown that by using silicon nanowires as the battery anode instead of today's graphite, the amount of lithium the anode can hold is... Computers Michael 2008-01-18T09:06:33-05:00 http://www.i-magery.com/archives/2007/06/the_only_consta.html This article was an interesting read. Climate stability has never been a feature of planet Earth. The only constant about climate is change; it changes continually and, at times, quite rapidly. My interest in the current climate-change debate was triggered... Global Climate Change Michael 2007-06-20T20:38:05-05:00 http://www.i-magery.com/archives/2007/06/getting_to_know.html Giuliani impressed me by standing up for being Pro-Choice in a wide sea of Pro-Life conservatives. Fred Thompson impresses me similarly; he shares his opinions in a clear and concise manner without a lot of political obfuscation. Like Giuliani, he... Politics Michael 2007-06-15T01:19:54-05:00