Importing and Exporting feeds in Windows Live Mail

While Windows Live Mail is a fully functional Mail Client as well as a calendar, it can also be used as a feed reader. However, when you want to move your feeds from a machine to another, there is no direct option for you to click on it to import or export feeds. So, here is a workaround for it.

• Open Internet Explorer. Click on the favorites button.
• First click on the “Add to favorites” option and then click on “Import and Export” option.
• To export feeds click “Export to a file”.Click on the feeds checkbox. Specify the location of the exported file (stored in opml format) and the click export.
• Similarly, to import feeds click “Import from a file”.Click on the feeds checkbox. Specify the location of the file to be imported and the click import.

 

Wolfram Alpha

Wolfram's new software takes in a sea of unstructured data from the web, structures it, runs algorithms against it, and produces "facts" and "answers" in response to queries that users enter via a Google-like search box.It only deals with questions where the answers are "not debatable." If this is actually true, and of course it isn't, then you can substitute for "not debatable" equivalent descriptions like "not interesting" and "easily accessible by other means, like Google." Early access available to a few select individuals by signing up for it.

Read more here

• Wolfram Alpha homepage
• Wolfram Blog
• Arstechnica

QuakeCon 2009

If you're having fun with QUAKE LIVE, then have we got an event you need to check out - QuakeCon 2009. You've probably seen the ads on the site and some of you have probably even been before, but QuakeCon is a really fun event that id produces and helps organize every year - and registration for the 2009 BYOC opens tonight. Registration is not required to attend, but is required to reserve a spot in the BYOC.
If you're not familiar with QuakeCon, it is scheduled for Aug. 13-16 at the Hilton Anatole Hotel in Dallas, TX and includes North America's largest Bring-Your-Own-Computer LAN party (about 3,000 computers all hooked together for 0 ping gaming), big-money tournaments, parties, contests, a large exhibit floor where companies show off the latest games/hardware/gadgets, and a ton of other fun stuff to see and do.
What could be better, you ask? How about this - participating in QuakeCon will cost you exactly as much as you paid for QUAKE LIVE - that's right $0. It's totally free - no fees to play in the BYOC, check out exhibitors, play in the tournaments, win contests, etc. (and if you show up early the first morning, we'll even have a queue for you - just like QUAKE LIVE).
QUAKE LIVE will be the featured game this year in the BYOC, tournaments, and contests. If you're having fun playing QUAKE LIVE with your friends, QuakeCon is the perfect place to meet each other in person, make new friends and enjoy 72 straight hours of pure entertainment.

To know more about about QuakeCon 2009 and to register visit www.quakecon.org.

Hack Google's Native Client and get $8,192

Google is challenging hackers to rip apart their ActiveX alternative called Google Native Client. Native Client allows users to run native x86 code on the web — something that has been deemed as extremely dangerous, especially from untrusted sources.

Google says this challenge is to make Native Client more secure, but I think this may also be a great way to gain some trust points for technologies like this. Winners of the challenge are awarded cash prizes — the grand prize is $8,192USD.

There are five cash prizes: The first prize is $8,192, the second prize $4,096, the third prize is $2,048, the fourth prize is $1,024 and the fifth prize is $1,024. All amounts are in USD.

If they can get through this challenge without any serious problems being reported, that’s a huge win for Google, and some pretty impressive marketing material. That type of marketing ammo can be used to possibly help future pushes to get this type of technology pre-installed in browsers.

From the Googling Google Blog

Microsoft Office Labs vision 2019

At the Wharton Business Technology Conference, Microsoft’s Business Division president Stephen Elop unveiled the latest production from Microsoft Office Labs called “2019″, starring stock photo men, women and children playing with the next-generation of communication, collaboration and production technologies.A few familiar concepts in this video already shown in earlier videos of the “envisioning” series, for example the future of personal health.

From Long Zheng’s Blog

New Status Dashboard for Google Apps

Google has announced today the availability of the Google Apps Status Dashboard. Customers can use this Status Dashboard to check on the current service status of individual services such as Gmail, Google Calendar, Google Talk, Google Docs, Google Sites and Google Video for business. Administrators of Google Apps for their businesses, schools and organizations can also view the performance of the administrative control panel.

Apple Safari Beta 4

Apple® today announced the public beta of Safari® 4, the world’s fastest and most innovative web browser for Mac® and Windows PCs. The Nitro engine in Safari 4 runs JavaScript 4.2 times faster than Safari 3. Innovative new features that make browsing more intuitive and enjoyable include Top Sites, for a stunning visual preview of frequently visited pages; Full History Search, to search through titles, web addresses and the complete text of recently viewed pages; Cover Flow®, to easily flip through web history or bookmarks; and Tabs on Top, to make tabbed browsing easier and more intuitive.

Safari 4 is built on the world’s most advanced browser technologies including the new Nitro JavaScript engine that executes JavaScript up to 30 times faster than IE 7 and more than three times faster than Firefox 3. Safari quickly loads HTML web pages three times faster than IE 7 and almost three times faster than Firefox 3. It also scores 100/100 in the Acid 3 test.

To Download Safari Beta 4 Click here.