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Running a business? Save some money!

July 10, 2009 – 12:11 am

If you deal with business expenses you know that technology is a big piece of your budget. Not just the hardware, but the software as well. Between purchasing the right number of licesnses and buying updates, you’re always spending. This is one of those times when the open-source community can come to your rescue! If [...]

By Nathan Lyle | Also posted in Tips for Businesses | Comments (1)

Newest Version of Firefox Up and Running

July 1, 2009 – 1:39 pm

Mozilla has released a newer version of our favorite browser here at the U.P. Web Maestro. Firefox 3.5 boasts some new features as well as some trends that other browsers have already begun, such as private browsing when you’re using public computers. Other improvements include 200% faster JavaScript speed over Firefox 3, the ability to [...]

By Kenric | Also posted in News | Comments (1)

Opera Unite – Personalizing the Web

June 16, 2009 – 11:47 pm

With the release of Opera 10, the Norwegian browser makers are making an effort to personalize the Web. This has taken shape as Opera Unite. They talk about it being a radical change, though from what I’m able to make of things it’s more a consolidation of existing concepts and technology into a more unified [...]

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Google Wave Promises To Change Online Communication

May 31, 2009 – 3:55 pm

If you use email (or chat rooms, forums, etc.) to keep in touch with people, you should watch for Google Wave.  If it ends up being able to deliver on everything they’ve been working on, it will revolutionize the way we communicate. It combines the best features of email and social networking and pulls it [...]

By Nathan Lyle | Also posted in Neat Ideas, News | Comments Off

Flowchart / Sitemap

May 8, 2009 – 11:55 pm

I spent some time looking online for software to let me create basic flowcharts for website projects. Short of buying Microsoft’s Visio, I was having a hard time finding anything. I eventually ended up looking in my OpenOffice.org folder to see if they had an equivalent, and took a look at their “Draw” application – [...]

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