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	<title>Simple Thoughts - Java and Web Blog &#187; Microsoft</title>
	<link>http://blog.taragana.com</link>
	<description>News and views from a Software Architect and Entrepreneur on Java and Web 2.0</description>
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		<title>How To Install Windows msi Files in Linux</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In Linux wine (or crossover office if you like to pay) is used to execute Windows applications. wine normally open exe files only. However you can also use it to open msi files as follows:
msiexec /i installer-file.msi
Replace installer-file.msi with your actual file name.
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		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/how-to-install-windows-msi-files-in-linux/</link>
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		<title>Yahoo Enters Merger Talks With Time-Warner</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Yahoo! spent the July 4 weekend in discussions with its lead adviser, Goldman Sachs, and potential bid partners including Time Warner in a desperate bid to defend itself from shareholders meeting on August 1 to vote on whether to re-elect their board.
The possible merger with Times-Warner's AOL division could be worth as much as $10 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/yahoo-enters-merger-talks-with-time-warner/</link>
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		<title>How To Fix - Couldn&#8217;t find per display information Error in Java Applications</title>
		<description><![CDATA[While running some Java applications (like Thinreader) you may see this strange looking error - Couldn't find per display information. You may find this error when running such applications in JDK 6 or later. Let's find out more about it and how you can easily fix it.
First of all the error doesn't originate in core [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/how-to-fix-couldnt-find-per-display-information-error-in-java-applications/</link>
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		<title>Thunderbird 2 First Impressions</title>
		<description><![CDATA[First impressions on Thunderbird 2. Is it a must upgrade?
Thunderbird 2 is much more responsive than Thunderbird 1.5. I like the new icons, they are pleasing to the eyes. 
Thunderbird 2 still has the limit of forwarding a maximum of 8 messages inline. The worse part is that it doesn't warn you about it.
Thunderbird 1.5 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/thunderbird-2-first-impressions/</link>
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		<title>(Why) Mac Laptops Are Most Popular With Software Developers &#038; Press at JavaOne 2008</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In JavaOne 2008 I noticed something I least expected - an abundance of Mac laptops (Macbook, Macbook Pro &#038; Macbook Air) in not just developers hands but also press / analysts and presenters. I didn't conduct a formal survey but anyone there can attest to the fact that around 60-70% of the laptops were Mac [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/why-mac-laptops-are-most-popular-with-software-developers-press-at-javaone-2008/</link>
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		<title>Microsoft Teaching Java Using Eclipse at JavaOne 2008</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I was amazed to find Microsoft design engineer Mugunthan Mugundan teaching Java (how to create REST output using Java) using Eclipse IDE. I found it rich in irony at many levels. What do you think?
Obviously some Microsoft employees didn't find it amusing, Muguntan was more sporting.
Throughput the presentation Microsoft's name wasn't even mentioned once.
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		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/microsoft-teaches-java/</link>
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		<title>Microsoft Yahoo Merger Finally a Reality?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Months after Microsoft announced its intention to buy Yahoo, it appears they are finally coming together. Microsoft appears to be willing to raise the price to 32-33$ per share while Yahoo board would be satisfied with $35. Do the math.
At this point, unless I missing something really big, the merger appears to be a foregone [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/microsoft-yahoo-merger-finally-a-reality/</link>
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		<title>DOS Tricks: Creating File From DOS / CMD Command Line&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There is an old trick from Dos days (still valid in all windows under cmd prompt or even command.com) when we wanted to create a quick file without loading up edit (edit.com) was to use copy con. The exact syntax is:
copy con filename
Subsequent lines you type are copied to the file. You could end the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/dos-tricks-creating-file-from-dos-cmd-command-line/</link>
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		<title>Steve Ballmer Admits Vista is a &#8220;Work In Progress&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[More than a year after Windows Vista's release, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer and millions of sales later Microsoft CEO, Steve Ballmer admits Windows Vista to be a "work in progress". 
Windows Vista: A work in progress. [Laughter, applause.] A very important piece of work, and I think we did a lot of things right, and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/steve-ballmer-admits-vista-is-a-work-in-progress/</link>
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		<title>MicroHoo To GooHoo?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The pressure of one unholy alliance (Microsoft + Yahoo) may lead to another (Google + Yahoo). According to WSJ:
Yahoo is closer to outsourcing its core ad search business to Google, after favorable testing of Google's advertisements on its search pages, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal.
The WSJ cited people familiar with the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/microhoo-to-goohoo/</link>
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