Google’s Chromium OS is an operating system that is designed based on Google’s Chrome browser. The idea behind Chromium OS is to have a user experience that takes place entirely in the browser and every application is a web app, this also means that all of your data will be online which I imagine causes some unease with some users.
Presumably Chrome OS will be tied to your Google account where all of your data , settings etc will be stored, this does present the ability to truly have your data available everywhere without additional software , vpn’s other and other remote access tools. Read the rest of this entry »
A centralized calendar is a great feature to have for portals or collaboration workspaces, however, there is no default way to achieve this in WSS without a third party solution.
Gunnar Peipman has an excellent article on creating a SharePoint global calendar using site data query and calendar view control. I have slightly modified the code to allow the Global Calendar web part to query all SharePoint event list and I have added a custom field in SharePoint which will determine if the list item will display on our global calendar web part.
You can visit Gunnar Peipman’s blog to view the entire code I will list sections of the original code and modifications I have made. Read the rest of this entry »
AT&T has introduced A-List allowing unlimited calls between your mobile and 5 domestic phone numbers ( mobile or land line). AT&T is finally following suit of other carriers such as T-mobile with MyFaves and Verizon with Friends & Family.
Rate plans priced at $59.99 and higher can select 5 A-List numbers and family plans of $89.99 and higher can select 10 A-List numbers, A-List will include rollover minutes.
Patterns and practices has released a new version of guidance for building collaborative applications that extend your LOB systems. The guidance helps customers accelerate constructing advanced applications through examples and documentation. The guidance delivers a guide, a reusable library, and a reference implementation for a partner portal extranet.
The SharePoint ECB ( Edit Control Block ) is the contect menu that is displayed for items in a SharePoint list , Jan Tielen has an excellent 3 part post on his blog on customizing the ECB and adding aditional menu items. One idea Jan has applied is a url shorting menu item for sending links to list items documents etc…
Im interested to see what other Ideas people will come up with, what ideas do you have?
