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Microsoft has officially set the release date of its much anticipated sequel to Windows XP, Windows Vista for November 30th of this year (for businesses). Unfortunately it won't be available to the consumer until January. Read an article here.
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The recent VandyLAN party was a huge success! We had a ton of participants and gave away some really cool prizes! (Yours truly even won a brand spankin' new iPod nano!!) Check out some photos here!!
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Finally the guys over at Microsoft have come up with an "iPod killer" of their own. It's called the Zune and its slated for release on November 14th. It has some interesting features (like player - player sharing which is sweet...but there are some DRM issues) but I think its unlikely that anything will take a chunk out of Apple's current market share anytime soon. Check out a review and some more photos of the device here.
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Here is one of the most powerful YouTube videos I have ever seen. It's called "The Hubble Deep Field: The Most Important Image Ever Taken" and it shows us just how small we are in the universe. It really puts things into perspective! I am once again reminded of a quote from the movie Contact:
"Do you think there's life out there?"
"I don't know," he responded, "but if there isn't it sure seems like a awful waste of space."
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Another interesting website I found is this one. It has all kinds of interesting technology lectures in video format for you to download. They're a bittttt technical so watch out!
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For those Firefox junkies out there, this is the best list of extensions I have found. It is listed by "I want an extension to..." so its really easy to find things... Have fun!
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For those interested I recently posted some cool photos from my trip to Europe. Check them out here!! (more to come!)
Rants
Does anyone else find it annoying that the same blog posts are on the front page all the time?! I think I'm going to email the admins about this... it seems to me we've all read the "Sometimes Vanderbilt students cross the line..." article! It should be moved off the main page!
