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I see you've stumbled on to my humble home on the net, Drive:Activated. My name's Sam, I'm an ambitious and driven uni student, residing in Melbourne, Australia, wanting to make my mark on our world. This is my site, which is mainly just my blog and some other bits. There's no definite theme to my blog, just anything that interests me, and currently that's web trends, startups, ideas and cool stuff. Check it out, leave me a comment, click on 'Who is this?' to find out more about me, or drop me a line by clicking on 'Let's Talk'. Hope you enjoy it!
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This has been bugging me for a while, its all over the tech side of the web, and everyone seems to have an opinion about it, so here's mine. It's nerdy stuff, so stay away if you're not that way inclined For those who don't know the what the whole ODF/OOXML fiasco is, here's a short...
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The Microsoft Imagine Cup 2007 Australian Software Design Finals wrapped up last week, with a team called APA (Audio Programming Assistant) from the University of Canberra winning with an entry that allowed blind people to program and navigate the internet. There was also an 'Intelligent Gorillas' team...
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In the last week or two, Google's been complaining to US courts claiming Microsoft is breaching the conditions imposed on it due to it being convicted of monopolistic behaviour. It's complaint was that the new in-built search in Vista is not replaceable and cannot be turned off. But even though all you...
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I was using Excel 2007 doing an assignment a few days ago, and I tried to concatenate numbers and text together (had to write out what the confidence interval was so I needed the ' < u < ' bit in between two numbers if you're really interested), so I tried to use the CONCAT function which I vaguely...
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After spending the weekend hacking a mate's laptop to re-install Windows XP, I thought maybe Microsoft has lost the plot. He was legally licensed but as he lost his recovery CDs he couldn't reinstall and activate XP (if you've tried it you'll know the product key on the bottom of your computer doesn...
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Some of you may know that I hate fanboys, whether they're Mac, Linux, Sony or whatever. I don't mind if your passionate about a particular company, in fact that's a great thing and if I startup, or work for a company, I'd be honoured to have such people. What shits me are those who are so blinded (or...
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Oracle Linux adopters labelled 'idiots' . "Melbourne company Opes Prime Stockbroking told ZDNet Australia that in the weeks following its announcement to adopt Oracle Linux , upset Linux enthusiasts phoned, e-mailed and wrote about the company online to complain at the decision. "People called us out...
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While playing around with Paint.NET today (great free basic photo editing tool, essentially paint on steroids), and was pleasantly surprised when I got this as I went to close it: Isn't that more helpful than something like this: Of course, if you have Windows Vista, you would've seen the former type...
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I've got a Microsoft Wireless Laser Mouse 6000 (oooh, big number so it must be impressive right?) because it's the only mouse I've found so far that works on my desk, which isn't anything special - just you typical laminated woodgrain top like most desks at Officeworks. It looks like this: Anyway, recently...
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Microsoft has started a new site specifically aimed at reaching out to startups at microsoftstartupzone.com (10 bucks to those who can guess what the site's called). It links up all the various Microsoft resources spread across its many web presences together on one site, making it a one-stop-shop for...