Andrew McAfee: "I think too many 'roll their own' E2.0 tools. In doing so, they underestimate how HARD it is to build good social software"

VivoWare expands social software offerings with acquisition of Venexus.

We released several updates to our modules the last 2 days. Here is a breakdown of the updates:

Recently, I upgraded my Alienware M17x laptop to Windows 7 Ultimate (64 bit). I have been running it for about 2 weeks now and I can tell a huge difference in speed and reliability. Previously I had Vista Ultimate64 bit and liked it, but ran into the occasional BSOD or freezing. The differences in boot time alone from Vista to 7 is staggering.

Need to rename a tables in the database but don't want the hassle of changing foreign key constraints? sp_rename comes to the rescue. Here is an example: sp_rename 'old_table_name', new_table_name'

The Washington Times interview of Google CEO Eric Schmidt and his detail explanation on Google Privacy issues.

I recently rebuilt my laptop which included the installation of Visual Studio 2005. By default, line numbers are not enabled in VS 2005. I can never remeber where to enable this feature, therefore I decided to post it here for the next time I forget where to enable them.

Norwegian authorities are investigating strange lights seen in the arctic sky. The spiraling white light was seen for several minutes on Wednesday morning. Locals say the light appeared to be bigger than the moon. Thousands of Norwegians bombarded the Meteorological Institute to ask what the light could possibly be. Some feared it could have been a...

A UFO has circled the Kremlin well, that's if you believe a short clip which has soared to the top of YouTube Russias most viewed videos. The film, apparently shot from a passing car, has become a sensation. Another YouTube clip shot in daytime shows a grey object in the sky near Red Square. However, skeptics say that if the images were fo...

Beck performing Cell Phone's Dead for From The Basement. Providing back-up vocals is Jamie Lidell.