Building the Perfect IT Person

August 14, 2006

While that model is still being sorted out, Novak, along with other CIOs interviewed by eWEEK, is on the lookout for the holy grail - a designer IT person who can adapt and thrive in changing environments and still remain valuable. To be sure, the ultimate IT worker doesn’t exist; he or she is a figment of CIOs’ collective imagination.

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Webtools I would be lost without

August 14, 2006

A web based Favorites/bookmarks that are saved to a website and you can access them anywhere.
del.icio.us

Flickr- a web/photo sharing tool

box.net - 1 GB of free storage space

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AJAX Developer Resource Center

August 14, 2006

Great source of AJAX info from Sun. Your first stop for AJAX related material. Obligatory quote: “Get ahead of the curve and start developing AJAX applications today. This is your source for Java tools, technologies and expert advice.”

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Dreamweaver Killer: Cross Platform Open Source (Javascript, HTML, CSS) IDE

August 14, 2006

Aptana is a robust, JavaScript-focused IDE for building dynamic web applications. Highlights include the following features: Code Assist on JavaScript, HTML, and CSS languages, including your own JavaScript functions Outliner that gives a snapshot view of your JavaScript, HTML, and CSS code structure Error and warning notification.

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ShowMeWhere: Google maps for everyone!

August 14, 2006

Easily Create and Share Google Maps. Show Me Where is a point-and-click interface to creating customized Google Maps. Want to place a marker on a map? Just click there. No more geocoding is necessary in order to add points to your maps. Instead, just navigate there using the Google Maps interface you are accustomed to.

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Apple steps up open source commitment releasing open OS X Intel kernel

August 14, 2006

As of today, we are posting buildable kernel sources for Intel-based Macs alongside the usual PowerPC (and other Intel) sources, starting with Mac OS X 10.4.7. We regret the delay in readying the new kernel for release, and thank you for your patience,” the message read in part

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Google: the Godfather of Open Source?

August 14, 2006

It’s well known that Google runs its vast array of servers using a custom version of GNU/Linux. But this is only one aspect of its support for free software. Others include its Summer of Code, now well established as an incubator of both coding talent and projects, and more recently its open source code repository.

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HOW-TO: Replace your car stereo with a Computer

August 14, 2006

This is a really cool guide, it’s basically telling you how to replace your car stereo with a PC designed specifically for the car. It’s got sleep mode, hibernate mode, a touch-screen LCD, Internet access, FM radio, 100GB of MP3 storage (upgradeable), and best of all there’s no proprietary components so you could build it all yourself. Nice.

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New Website for Programmers and Designers to Find Each Other

August 14, 2006

A new website has launched for programmers, designers, web entrepreneurs and content writers to find each other and work together to create websites and web applications.

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Lenovo Group Posts 89% Drop in Profit

August 14, 2006

The Lenovo Group, the world
�s No. 3 personal computer maker, said first-quarter profit fell 89% on rising competition from Dell & HP, and costs from cutting jobs at the PC unit it bought from I.B.M.
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