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Facebook REALLY likes FriendFeed

As reported by TechCrunch and confirmed by Facebook’s press release, FriendFeed has been acquired by Facebook. So what will happen now? FriendFeed is such a small player compared to Facebook that this acquisition is not about users. It is all about the team behind FriendFeed. So within a short time FriendFeed will die. There is […]

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Fairness in Tech

What are you doing on October 22nd 2009? Why not camp out in front of an Interdiscount, Media Markt or any other tech store. Why? Well, because a new revolution will be released on that day. Yes! Microsoft’s newest operating System, Windows 7, will be released. What? You think camping in front of a store […]

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Mac OS X Samba Printing

This is a short howto for setting up printers at the University of Applied Sciences Rapperswil (Hochschule für Technik Rapperswil, HSR) for Mac OS X 10.5/Leopard users. Go to your System Preferences Select “Print & Fax” Click the “Add” button In the new Window select “Advanced” and enter the data according to the screen shot […]

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Nikon D5000 Device Fail

I am sad. Really, really sad. My new Nikon D5000 DSRL camera I bought a little while ago already is failing to start up. No matter what (changing batteries, re-charging, “cold” start) the device won’t start. After a quick Internet search I have found that this seems to be a problem with quiet a few […]

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StudiVZ wird zum Twitter Client

StudiVZ erlaubt ausgewählten Mitgliedern ab heute ihren Twitter Account in das StudiVZ eigene Buschfunk System zu integrieren. Hier eine Anleitung wie das funktioniert. Twitter aktivieren in den Einstellungen. Bedingungen zustimmen Fehlermeldung 🙂 Scheint noch nicht ganz zu klappen. So halb klappts jetzt jedoch wird der OAuth von StudiVZ Seite noch nicht akzeptiert oder validiert. Messages, […]

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