Monthly Archives: October 2007

ARIA Awards 2007

The 2007 Australian Record Industry Association awards were held last night, which are always great. I’m always impressed with the diversity of music produced by Australian artists and the 2007 ARIA awards night really highlighted that fact with acts like: … Continue reading

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Simple Man

Mark Pilgrim once said that the number of keys on his keyring was a measure of the complexity of his life and that longed for the day that he no longer had a requirement to have any keys. This week … Continue reading

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Microsoft Invests USD$240 Million In Facebook

After a lot of rumours flying around the internet about Facebook looking for investors or buyers and the rumour being continually shot down; today sees an announcement that Microsoft have invested USD$240 million dollars in Facebook. The $240 million dollars … Continue reading

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Windows CardSpace, Solving The Identity Crisis

Last week saw another meeting of the Gold Coast .NET User Group and was presented on Windows CardSpace by Daniel Bartholomew. Windows CardSpace is the Microsoft implementation of the Identity Metasystem, a standards compliant platform agnostic system which hopes to … Continue reading

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Automattic Acquires Gravatar

The ever popular blogging service Gravatar started by Tom Werner has been acquired by Automattic. For those that aren’t aware what a gravatar is, it’s a globally recognised avatar. I can hear the question already, what is an avatar and … Continue reading

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