Digital Collaboration / Social Computing guide, a SharePoint Architect's view

SharePoint 2010 is coming straight ahead and we only need to wait a little over two months before the next version of SharePoint officially comes out.

As posted on Microsoft site:

Watch Stephen Elop, President of the Microsoft Business Division, announce the launch of Office 2010 and SharePoint 2010 on May 12, 2010 at 11 a.m. EST.

The live keynote focuses on the next wave of productivity that delivers:

End user productivity across the PC, phone and browser
IT choice and flexibility
A platform for developers to build innovative solutions

Join the virtual launch event with Microsoft executives, product developers, partners and customers to:

The problem with netbooks is the lack of CD/DVD-rom and if you are installing an operating system like Windows 7, things could get challenging.

What I did on my Lenovo S10 was to borrow an external DVD drive and loaded the DVD disc where I burned the Windows 7 installer as an ISO file.

Other options I considered was booting up from an external drive. You can use the Live USB Helper and Daemon to mount your disk. I didn’t want to go this route as borrowing an external DVD drive was the simple path.

Although, I am considering buying an external drive given that the cost should be justified as you’ll always find yourself needing that drive for your netbook.

When I installed Windows 7 pre-RC on my Lenovo S10 everything went fine. I was thinking of installing the RC and see how it goes.

Nonetheless, Michael has installed Windows 7 RC on his Samsung NC10 netbook. From his comment, it seems that everything went fine.

The steps he used are as follows:

1. Install Windows 7 RC
2. Run Windows Update, this will update the graphics and network drivers

Now just download and install some additional software so that hotkeys, microphone, camera and touchpad work correctly.

3. Easy Display Manager 2.1.10.1
4. Easy Battery Manager 3 3.2.1.8
5. Synaptics touchpad Vista x86 driver this is version 12.2.11.0 (the first download on the page).
6. Realtek HD Sound Drivers for Vista
7. Numaga camera drivers 343.2001.4001.7 for XP
8. Play Camera 2.0.0.15 for XP
9. Two finger scrolling tool – After installing you can right-click on the tray icon and use the Settings dialog to configure the application to start with windows.

For the links of the drivers and application go over to Mobility Today.

Windows 7 Release Candidate 1 has prompted NVIDIA to release a beta version of their GPU driver set 185.81.

The 32-bit version is found here, and the 64-bit version is here.

The release notes are as follows:

Have you ever played simple games titled “Stars over Half Moon Bay” & “The Marriage”? Did you know that these console looking games were created by the head of blockbuster computer game Electronic Arts Sims 3?

Rod Humble is a hands-on guy who has a part from the looks of the characters, control feel and game packaging. This 42-year old Brit is a big guy among the land of computer game giants.

The kind of pressure Rod is feeling in his day job is being released by creating games at night for his own happiness. As he has previously confirmed with Wired, “I’ve got a job where I have to bring in a large amount of revenue. So at home, I’m doing all this weird stuff that I now won’t make any money, to get it out of my system.”

Rod’s humble and simple games are enjoyed by hundreds of thousands of players like “The Marriage” which was developed in one evening and debugged for months that got 500k downloads. Other games of Rod include “Stars Over Half Moon Bay” with 100,000 downloads and the upcoming “Perfect Distance” which was supposed to be released last March 2009.

Download the games here.

Do you want an iPhone case that protects your gadget on any accidental flight down the stairway without sacrificing aesthetics.

Below are the iPhone cases that gives you both protection and beautiful form:

1. ZAGG’s invisibleSHIELD ($24.95) – this is a thin polyurethane film which was originally created for the military helicopter blades protection. A military-grade, patented film that doesn’t scratch. Its Nano-Memory technology™ makes ZAGG’s exclusive invisibleSHIELD™ so strong, flexible and scratch-proof.
2. Griffin Clarifi ($35) – The clarifi is a solid iPhone case that adds muscle to your camera. There is so much to desire on the iPhone camera but the built-in macro lens on the Griffin Clarifi gives you additional lens power.
3. Scosche kickBACK (#30) – this case allows you to recline or stand your iPhone via its dual backplates. The case is made of polycarbonate.

This is a video on making a quick launch bar in Windows 7.

Video description

The one thing I hate about windows 7 is the lack of the quick launch bar. I tried other bars like rocketbar and such but it just wasn’t the same. Then at work one day I came up with this great idea. check it out.

Asus has announced their latest version of their revolutionary netbooks, the Asus Eee PC 1000HE. The current introductory prices is at $399 USD.

As of their press release:

Asus Eee PC 1000HE are devices to support Lenovo S10.

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