Two Guys Tech Podcast Show 052: What About That Weather?

Computer History

April 15 1977 - First West Coast Computer Faire Begins
April 16 1959 - "LISP" Language Unveiled
April 18 1986 - IBM First to Use Megabit Chip
April 19 1957 - First FORTRAN Program Runs
April 20 1951 - MIT "Whirlwind" Computer Seen on Television

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New and Interesting
- FeedFlix - How much is your subscription costing you per movie
- Windows Dominates the Netbook Market - We all thought Linux could get to the consumer this way, 96% of Netbooks ship with Windows.

Those who do get a Linux-based netbook are four times more likely to return it to the store than those who get a device running Windows.

        Consider the source. It's a Windows blog. ASUS CEO Jerry Shen evidently doesn't read it.

I think the return rate for the Eee PCs are low but I believe the Linux and Windows have similar return rates.

- 44% of Windows 7 Beta Testers are "Very Satisfied" with it (computerworld via @4sysops ) - Vista's rating was only at 10% during the same time frame of beta testing.
- Lots of free courses over at Microsoft's learning Site. Here's the list of freebies.
- China denies that they are behind  U.S. Powergrid Hacking - Bruce Schneier's take on it.
- Monster patch Tuesday yesterday?
- Microsoft and Yahoo revive talks. Guardian
- Two worms hit Twitter in two days. Mashable
- Captain Richard Phillips rescued from Somali pirates. Fox

Podcast or Podcast Novel Promo
- "Taken Liberty " by Steven H. Wilson.
- "Kronos" by Jeremy Robinson

The Segmentish Type Thing
Various good tips.

- How to disable Browser Helper Objects and Toolbars in Internet Explorer 7 and 8
Tools - Manage Add Ons

- Compatibility view in Internet Explorer

- Open Multiple instances of Excel (so you can have multiple windows) by holding down ctrl when you click on the second instance. One caveat is that copy / paste might act funny. The main thing I saw with copy paste is that if I copied a cell with a formula in it, it would paste the value of the cell rather than the formula. You can get around this particular issue by selecting the formula in the formula bar, and copy that rather than the cell itself. I saw the tip in the comments on this post, thanks to Knox for leaving it!

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