ThinkPad X300 VS. MacBook Air

Just saw this really funny video from YouTube…thought I might share it with everyone else

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Steve Ballmer using a MacBook Pro?!?!

Just saw a very interesting post today from cnBeta: [图]鲍尔默选择MacBook Pro做演讲 (translation: Steve Ballmer chooses MacBook Pro for his presentation)
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Geekzone interview with Team Sustainable Systems - one of the NZ finalist teams for the Microsoft Imagine Cup 2008

Hi Michael, Nice to meet your Team. Can you introduce Team Sustainable Systems?
We are Team Sustainable Systems, a team of youth innovators from Auckland University of Technology (AUT), with the vision to establish a platform for smart technologies that enable a sustainable environment, while empowering users to efficiently manage our eco-resources.
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Geekzone interview with Team WebStuffdone - one of the NZ finalist teams for the Microsoft Imagine Cup 2008

Hi Lorenzo, Nice to meet your Team. Can you introduce Team WebStuffDone?
The WebStuffDone team consists of Brady “The Toolman” Thomas who is the Solutions Visionary and Chief Enthusiast; Myself, Lorenzo “Gifted” Green, I have taken on the role of Business/Marketing Director and Designer. Matt “Lover not” Hayter is the Communications Guru and Cheif Executive; Matt [...]

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Photos of the trip to Chrischurch

10 of us went to Chrischurch for the weekend…we had a really good time there Here are the photos of the trip: (more…

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Geekzone interview with Team Waikato - one of the NZ finalist teams for the Microsoft Imagine Cup 2008

Hi Jed, nice to meet your Team. Can you introduce Team Waikato Rev A?
I’m Jed, team captain and web service / mobile developer, and a second year student. Next up is Paul our hardware engineer (third year), Sam the main application developer (second year), and Beverley the graphic designer (fourth year). We’re all BCMS students [...]

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Geekzone interview with Team Phoenix - one of the NZ finalist teams for the Microsoft Imagine Cup 2008

Hi Louis, Nice to meet your Team. Can you introduce Team Phoenix?
Hi, thanks for having us. The team consists of four University of Canterbury computer science students – myself, Janina (pronounced ‘Yanina’), Yugan, and Stephen.
We started off with some roles, and I guess I was titled ‘Project Manager’, but it really is a community process. [...]

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Controlling your Mac’s fan speed with SMC Fan Control (with step by step guide)

Before I got my MacBook, I’ve heard people complaining that their MacBook / MacBook Pros are getting a little too warm at times. After I got my MacBook…I’ve noticed that the default fan speed is a little too low…thus the CPU could get quite warm when you open up quite a few apps. [...]

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9 reasons to archive - from the Official Gmail Blog

I’ve been using Gmail for more than a year now…and I’ve “transformed” from someone who doesn’t read emails to someone who sends out emails on a daily basis.
Its hard to list all the reasons why I like to use Gmail instead of any other email service, but the archive function is on the top of [...]

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众说不一,“八零”后程序员到底怎么了？

今天看了一篇很不错的评论文章, 觉得非常有意思，推荐给大家看看
“我觉得中国的初级程序员，都是刚毕业的学生，论能力，实在不值 500（元），应该不给钱，给个实习机会就行。可是现在这群人的道德水准，破坏了企业的信心，企业知道实习生最后不会留下来，只是当一个跳板，所以，不愿 意再给学生实习机会。现在的大学简直不堪入目，老师上课，学生不听课，来不了几个人，学生的任务就是花父母的血汗钱，谈恋爱，玩，实在不成样子……
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补：cnBeta的评论也是亮点之一

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Imagine Cup 2008 - Vote for your favorite team!

I still remember the times we had in Auckland last year when we competed for the Microsoft Imagine Cup NZ Final…although its nearly one year on…but to me, it feel like everything just happened yesterday (more…

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