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		<title>Standouts in Customer Service &#8211; BusinessWeek</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It may have been a tough year for nearly every industry, but in our fourth annual customer service awards a few—particularly retail, hospitality and electronics — really shined.


via Standouts in Customer Service &#8211; BusinessWeek.
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		<link>http://blog.adrian-ross.com/2010/02/23/standouts-in-customer-service-businessweek/</link>
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		<title>Facebook &#124; Facebook Chat. Everywhere.</title>
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People are wondering why i&#8217;m always online on FB, here&#8217;s the secret, no need to open up Facebook&#8217;s website to reach out to your friends&#8230;


Go to the iChat menu and select &#8220;Preferences.&#8221;
Click &#8220;Accounts,&#8221; then click the &#8220;+&#8221; at the bottom.
Select &#8220;Jabber&#8221; from the pull-down menu, then enter the following info:
Screen Name: yourusername@chat.facebook.com
Password: &#60;your Facebook password&#62;
Click [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.adrian-ross.com/2010/02/16/facebook-facebook-chat-everywhere/</link>
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		<title>iPhone Explorer &#8211; A USB iPhone browser for Mac and PC</title>
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Want to put your iPhone or iPod Touch in disk mode? Use an iPhone as a flash drive? iPhone Explorer is an iPhone browser for Mac that lets you browse the files and folders on your iPhone as if it were a normal USB flash drive or pen drive. You can use the very easy [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.adrian-ross.com/2010/02/14/iphone-explorer-a-usb-iphone-browser-for-mac-and-pc/</link>
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		<title>Microsoft halts Windows Update distribution of security fix after blue-screen reports</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Microsoft has removed one group of patches it released as part of this week’s Patch Tuesday — MS10-015 KB977165 – from its Windows Update service until it can investigate reports by some users that it is causing havoc with their PCs.Microsoft provided an update on the Microsoft Security Response Center MSRC blog on February 11 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.adrian-ross.com/2010/02/13/microsoft-halts-windows-update-distribution-of-security-fix-after-blue-screen-reports/</link>
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		<title>Software Feature: ReduxEncoder for Mac</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
Been trying to find a video converter for Mac and saw ReduxEncoder. The software is top notch as well as it&#8217;s free.
ReduxEncoder, video convertor based upon techspansions transcoder redux open source code. Converts most formats into iPod, AppleTV, iPhone, avi, wmv, dvd iso compatible files. Stitching of AVI, MP4, M4V and chapter markers.
via ReduxEncoder for [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.adrian-ross.com/2010/02/04/software-feature-reduxencoder-for-mac/</link>
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		<title>Internal Wireless Upgrade for MacBooks, MacBook Pros and Mac Mini</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
February 1, 2010, Wichita, Kansas &#8212; Imagine using your MacBook, MacBook Pro or Mac Mini with any wireless network, and siting further away from the wireless access points. Regardless of whether you work in an office or travel with a laptop, this new nCard from QuickerTek means you have wireless freedom to work almost anywhere. This [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.adrian-ross.com/2010/02/02/internal-wireless-upgrade-for-macbooks-macbook-pros-and-mac-mini/</link>
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		<title>Egypt identified as one of top Trojan creating countries &#8211; Security &#8211; News &amp; Features &#8211; ITP.net</title>
		<description><![CDATA[MOSCOW, Russia: Anti-virus vendor Kaspersky Labs has identified Egypt as one of the main countries responsible for creating Trojans designed to steal passwords.
In conference held in Moscow that discussed the present and future state of cybercrime around the world, Egypt was mentioned in the top ten countries for creating PSW Trojans in 2009. PSW Trojans refers [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.adrian-ross.com/2010/01/31/egypt-identified-as-one-of-top-trojan-creating-countries-security-news-features-itp-net/</link>
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		<title>gulfnews : International calls over internet in UAE soon</title>
		<description><![CDATA[

Dubai: The two telephone operators in the UAE will soon offer the service that allows customers to make international calls over the internet.
Officials at etisalat and du said that the network of each respective company is ready to make the service available before July of this year, reported the local Arabic daily Emarat Al Youm.
via gulfnews [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.adrian-ross.com/2010/01/31/gulfnews-international-calls-over-internet-in-uae-soon/</link>
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		<title>Software Feature: Herald</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
Herald is a notification plugin for Mail.app, Apple&#8217;s Mac OS X email client. Inspired by the excellent Mail.appetizer plugin, Herald shows you popup notifications whenever you receive new Mail. It also allows you to perform common actions directly from within the notification window, including deleting messages, initiating replies, viewing messages in Mail, or marking messages [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.adrian-ross.com/2010/01/27/software-feature-herald/</link>
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		<title>Applications &#8211; Address Book Exporter</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Address Book Exporter is a little utility that does one thing, and one thing only: it will let you export your Mac OS X Address Book as a tab-delimited plain text file. Apple didn&#8217;t include this feature in its application, though you may want to have it to create mailing lists, upload address books to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.adrian-ross.com/2010/01/26/applications-address-book-exporter/</link>
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		<title>Mac OS 10.6.3 to bring many fixes</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Reports indicate that nearly 60 crash-happy bugs have been squashed across more than 90 components with this update, like printing issues with iCal, Mail and PhotoBooth fortunately I havent experienced those. Additionally, 10.6.3 includes native support for the Magic Mouse.
via Mac OS 10.6.3 to bring many fixes.
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		<link>http://blog.adrian-ross.com/2010/01/10/mac-os-10-6-3-to-bring-many-fixes/</link>
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		<title>Exif Untrasher &#8211; Carsten Blüm: Mac Development</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Found this very useful tool for recovering accidentally or erroneously deleted camera memory. On top of that it&#8217;s a freeware. Donations accepted.
via Exif Untrasher &#8211; Carsten Blüm: Mac Development.
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		<link>http://blog.adrian-ross.com/2009/12/14/exif-untrasher-carsten-blum-mac-development/</link>
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		<title>MotionX-GPS</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Discovered this so cool iPhone app which syncs with an equivalent Facebook app. Check it out&#8230;


I&#8217;m so excited to upload my first track&#8230; What&#8217;s it gonna be? Hmmm&#8230;.
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		<link>http://blog.adrian-ross.com/2009/11/17/motionx-gps/</link>
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		<title>Meet the New iMac</title>
		<description><![CDATA[

via Apple.com
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		<link>http://blog.adrian-ross.com/2009/11/16/meet-the-new-imac/</link>
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		<title>Google AdSense Case Study : Hometips.com</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In 2003, Vandervort heard about the Google AdSense program and thought it might be helpful for creating incremental revenue that could work for HomeTips. As he notes, &#8220;It took about 20 minutes to set it up &#8211; and that 20 minutes completely changed our business.&#8221;
He started by testing AdSense on a few pages. During the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.adrian-ross.com/2009/11/15/google-adsense-case-study-hometips-com/</link>
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		<title>Gartner: iPhone has 17.1% of worldwide smartphone sales</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Gartner: iPhone has 17.1% of worldwide smartphone sales
by Mel Martin (RSS feed) on Nov 12th 2009 at 2:30PM
iPhone sales are up more than 4% from a year ago, while the leading smartphone seller, Nokia, is down 3% from a year ago. That&#8217;s the word from Gartner Research today as they survey 3rd quarter sales.
via TUAW Gartner: [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.adrian-ross.com/2009/11/15/gartner-iphone-has-17-1-of-worldwide-smartphone-sales/</link>
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		<title>Banana Teardown &#8211; iFixit</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This iFixit Article is so serious that I even try it myself. Enjoy&#8230;

Banana Teardown
In this teardown, we open a banana to see what&#8217;s inside. Yellow and delicious, but most importantly, yellow.
via Banana Teardown &#8211; iFixit.
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		<link>http://blog.adrian-ross.com/2009/11/11/banana-teardown-ifixit/</link>
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		<title>Snow Leopard 10.6.2 Update</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As you know,  the update has been launched and a lot of Mac users out there who were struggling to get answers from Apple will be able to judge how well the issues were addressed.
What I&#8217;ll do is to mark the items which I observed to have been resolved by the update.
Here&#8217;s the list:
General operating [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.adrian-ross.com/2009/11/10/snow-leopard-10-6-2-update/</link>
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		<title>iPhone 3Gs is now available in the UAE!</title>
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Etisalat Factory Unlocked iPhone 3GS is now available in all Etisalat Business/Service Centers and Etisalat Outlets across UAE.
via Etisalat iPhone 3GS.
Also available from du via their online shop, Business Centers and partners.
via du iPhone 3GS
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		<link>http://blog.adrian-ross.com/2009/10/27/iphone-3gs-now-in-the-uae/</link>
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		<title>iPhone 3G S</title>
		<description><![CDATA[iPhone 3G S

is Coming Soon in the UAE!

To book iPhone 3G S, simply send a blank SMS to 1012 from your Etisalat mobile number to book your new iPhone 3GS now and get a chance to win a FREE iPhone 3GS 16GB or 32GB.
Book Yours Today via the Etisalat website  iPhone3G.
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		<link>http://blog.adrian-ross.com/2009/10/15/iphone3g/</link>
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		<title>Apple acknowledges Snow Leopard data loss issue &#124; Circuit Breaker &#8211; CNET News</title>
		<description><![CDATA[For the past month, some Mac OS X users have been reporting their personal data missing after logging into their guest accounts, and Apple now says it&#8217;s working on finding a fix.
&#8220;We are aware of the issue, which occurs only in extremely rare cases, and we are working on a fix,&#8221; an Apple representative said [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.adrian-ross.com/2009/10/13/apple-acknowledges-snow-leopard-data-loss-issue-circuit-breaker-cnet-news/</link>
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		<title>iWork &#8216;09 Update 3 is ready and waiting</title>
		<description><![CDATA[General fixes include:
* General compatibility issues
* Updating help
* Adding a link to online resources in the help menu
* Improving image handling when reducing size with Instant Alpha applied
* Improving file size management when inserting movies.
The full list of improvements to Keynote, Pages and Numbers, and the iWork.com beta can be found in Apple Support article [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.adrian-ross.com/2009/09/29/iwork-09-update-3-is-ready-and-waiting/</link>
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		<title>UAE Mobile Guide 1.5.1</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The UAE Mobile Guide is a must download application for visitors to UAE and includes travel details of Abu Dhabi, Ajman, Dubai, Fujairah, Sharjah and Ras Al Khaimah.
via  Softpedia.
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		<link>http://blog.adrian-ross.com/2009/09/27/download-uae-mobile-guide-1-5-1-for-java-the-uae-mobile-guide-is-a-must-download-application-for-visitors-to-uae-and-includes-travel-details-of-abu-dhabi-ajman-dubai-fujairah-sharjah-and-ras-al/</link>
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		<title>John Nack on Adobe: Adobe Snow Leopard FAQ</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Creative Suite team has put together info about Adobe app compatibility with Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard). It should be live on Adobe.com shortly, but in the meantime, here it is in PDF form.
Apple and Adobe have worked closely together (as always with new OS releases) to test compatibility. As for CS4, everything [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.adrian-ross.com/2009/08/30/john-nack-on-adobe-adobe-snow-leopard-faq/</link>
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		<title>Download SpeedMail for Mac &#8211; Speed up Mail.app. MacUpdate Mac Optimizers Software Downloads</title>
		<description><![CDATA[SpeedMail &#8211; Tired to wait until Mail.app show you all your mail? Try SpeedMail and enjoy!
Note: SpeedMail use terminal command sqlite3 ~/Library/Mail/Envelope\\ Index vacuum to compress SQL database.
Use SpeedMail when you think that Mail.app is slowing down.
via Download SpeedMail for Mac &#8211; Speed up Mail.app. MacUpdate Mac Optimizers Software Downloads.
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		<link>http://blog.adrian-ross.com/2009/08/27/download-speedmail-for-mac-speed-up-mail-app-macupdate-mac-optimizers-software-downloads/</link>
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		<title>10 reasons Snow Leopard is ready for business &#124; Business Center &#124; Macworld</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There are a variety of enhancements and refinements introduced in Snow Leopard, the next version of Mac OS X, which Apple announced will be available this Friday (August 28). The Mac is generally viewed as a consumer or niche platform, but some of the features in Snow Leopard show a maturity that makes the Mac [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.adrian-ross.com/2009/08/26/10-reasons-snow-leopard-is-ready-for-business-business-center-macworld/</link>
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		<title>Apple to Ship Mac OS X Snow Leopard on August 28</title>
		<description><![CDATA[CUPERTINO, California—August 24, 2009—Apple® today announced that Mac OS® X v10.6 Snow Leopard™ will go on sale Friday, August 28 at Apple’s retail stores and Apple Authorized Resellers, and that Apple’s online store is now accepting pre-orders. Snow Leopard builds on a decade of OS X innovation and success with hundreds of refinements, new core [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.adrian-ross.com/2009/08/25/apple-to-ship-mac-os-x-snow-leopard-on-august-28/</link>
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		<title>Facebook aims to become the next Google &#124; Web Services &#124; Macworld</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Facebook is making strategic moves to evolve into something greater than a Classmates.com with silly quizzes. It purchased FriendFeed, a popular niche social networking platform, and the talented development team that built it. It has rolled out new search functionality, and a new ability to share status updates with the entire network in real-time. It [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.adrian-ross.com/2009/08/18/facebook-aims-to-become-the-next-google-web-services-macworld/</link>
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		<title>IT Pros &#8211; Microsoft for Mac Products &#124; Mactopia</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When Entourage 2008 is connected to Microsoft Exchange Server, all e-mail messages, contacts, and calendar items are synchronized between the computer running Microsoft Exchange Server and the Microsoft Exchange account in Entourage.
However, not all types of data are synchronized. For example, tasks, notes, and items in the folders On My Computer, including the contacts that [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.adrian-ross.com/2009/08/16/it-pros-microsoft-for-mac-products-mactopia/</link>
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		<title>Microsoft brings Outlook back to Mac, replaces Entourage in next Office version : Shufflegazine &#8211; Apple Lifestyle Magazine</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Microsoft Macintosh Business Unit MacBU announced today that in the next version of Office for Mac Entourage is being replaced by Outlook. The returning version of Outlook for Mac is built from the ground up using Cocoa, which should mean better integration with Mac OS X and an improved user experience. Microsoft also introduces [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.adrian-ross.com/2009/08/16/microsoft-brings-outlook-back-to-mac-replaces-entourage-in-next-office-version-shufflegazine-apple-lifestyle-magazine/</link>
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		<title>How to Setup VNC on Mac OS X &#8211; wikiHow</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Understanding VNC
1. Definition VNC stands for Virtual Network Computing.
2. Purpose VNC allows you to remotely send Keyboard and Mouse input across a network or the internet from one computer to another and even view exactly what is on the screen of the other computer. This allows you to control a computer like you were sitting [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.adrian-ross.com/2009/08/13/how-to-setup-vnc-on-mac-os-x-wikihow/</link>
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		<title>One-Line Plist Checker &#124; Mac Geekery</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Property lists are everywhere. Every time a program saves a preference, it’s into a property list. Every time the system saves simple information, it’s to a property list. Almost every single file in ~/Library/Preferences/ is a property list. Every last one of them, before Tiger, was in XML as well. I tend to think one [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.adrian-ross.com/2009/08/13/one-line-plist-checker-mac-geekery/</link>
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		<title>Many Tricks · Name Mangler</title>
		<description><![CDATA[

Any Which Way
If you need to rename several files at once every now and then, this is the application you have always been looking for. Name Mangler is a batch file renamer that supports all common renaming tasks: Find and Replace (including support for regular expressions); Number Sequentially; Change Case; Set Extension; Add Prefix/Suffix; Remove/Insert [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.adrian-ross.com/2009/08/10/many-tricks-%c2%b7-name-mangler/</link>
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		<title>macosxhints.com &#8211; 10.5: Screen share with multiple Macs behind one NAT</title>
		<description><![CDATA[After searching for a way to change the port that Apple Remote Desktop connects over (so I could use Screen Sharing to reach two machines behind the same NAT router), I found that in Screen Sharing, you can specify a port for a connection, just like you can do in Chicken of the VNC. So, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.adrian-ross.com/2009/08/10/macosxhints-com-10-5-screen-share-with-multiple-macs-behind-one-nat/</link>
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		<title>Apple Releases Mac OS X 10.5.8 &#8211; Business Center &#8211; PC World</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Apple on Wednesday released the latest update to Mac OS X Leopard, version 10.5.8, which improves the reliability of key features such as AirPort wireless networking and Bluetooth while also fixing disappearing display resolutions in System Preferences.
Included in the 10.5.8 update is the latest version of Apple&#8217;s Safari Web browser, version 4.0.2, which was released [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.adrian-ross.com/2009/08/09/apple-releases-mac-os-x-10-5-8-business-center-pc-world/</link>
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		<title>WinterBoard &#124; iPhone-Hacks.com</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you’ve been desperately waiting for Summerboard to be ported to firmware 2.0, you’re not alone, a clever iphone dev has replaced Summerboard with WinterBoard. Just like Summerboard, Winterboard gives you the ability to change the home screen (springboard) wallpaper, home screen icons, status bar, everything else Summerboard was able to do.
via WinterBoard &#124; iPhone-Hacks.com.
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		<link>http://blog.adrian-ross.com/2009/08/09/winterboard-iphone-hacks-com/</link>
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		<title>OS X Snow Leopard vs. Windows 7: The Final Countdown &#8211; Mac OS X &#8211; Gizmodo</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s easier than ever to pit Windows 7 and OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard head-to-head: They&#8217;re launching soon, both within a month of each other—and both are basically glorified service packs of the current OS.



In way, they&#8217;re opposites: Windows 7 uses the same core foundation as Vista while fixing issues and prettying up the outside, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.adrian-ross.com/2009/08/06/os-x-snow-leopard-vs-windows-7-the-final-countdown-mac-os-x-gizmodo/</link>
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		<title>Windows 7 Review, Part 2: The Best Features and Tips &#8211; Windows 7 review &#8211; Gizmodo</title>
		<description><![CDATA[You&#8217;ve read our final verdict, but since there&#8217;s a ton of new stuff in Windows 7, we&#8217;ve rounded it all up here, in one easy list, with a little bonus opinionating.
Read more&#8230;
via Windows 7 Review, Part 2: The Best Features and Tips &#8211; Windows 7 review &#8211; Gizmodo.
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		<link>http://blog.adrian-ross.com/2009/08/06/windows-7-review-part-2-the-best-features-and-tips-windows-7-review-gizmodo/</link>
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		<title>Windows 7 Review: You Can Quit Complaining Now &#8211; Windows 7 review &#8211; Gizmodo</title>
		<description><![CDATA[

Could Windows 7 accomplish everything that&#8217;s expected of it? Probably not, but it makes a damn good attempt. We&#8217;ve tested the gold master, the final version going out on October 22. Upgrade without trepidation, people. With excitement, even.
Windows 7 is not quite a &#8220;Vista service pack.&#8221; It does share a lot of the core tech, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.adrian-ross.com/2009/08/06/windows-7-review-you-can-quit-complaining-now-windows-7-review-gizmodo/</link>
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		<title>Digital Society » Blog Archive » Apple keyboards hacked and possessed</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If the bad news about all the new critical iPhone and Mac OS X vulnerabilities announced at BlackHat 2009 weren’t bad enough, there now appears to be a new vulnerability in Apple’s hardware.  This type of a hack however isn’t something where you can go into an Apple store and have an Apple “genius” [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.adrian-ross.com/2009/08/05/digital-society-%c2%bb-blog-archive-%c2%bb-apple-keyboards-hacked-and-possessed/</link>
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		<title>Manage iPhones With Exchange</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When iPhones first started trickling into my office, I was a little apprehensive. At the time they only supported IMAP and POP3 for e-mail, which can be tricky to support in an Exchange environment. Two generations later, the iPhone has become a robust enterprise-grade mobile device.
via Manage iPhones With Exchange &#8211; Business Center &#8211; PC [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.adrian-ross.com/2009/08/04/manage-iphones-with-exchange/</link>
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		<title>Plaxo &#8211; AddressBook Plugin</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Plaxo for Mac allows you to synchronize your existing Plaxo Address Book to your Apple Address Book. Wherever you install a Plaxo toolbar your address book will be consistent and stay updated automatically. You can also access your Plaxo Address Book on the web through Plaxo Online.
Works with Mac OSX 10.3.9 and above, 10.4 and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.adrian-ross.com/2009/08/03/plaxo-addressbook-plugin/</link>
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		<title>Maria Corazon &#8220;Cory&#8221; Cojuangco Aquino</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ 
Maria Corazon &#8220;Cory&#8221; Cojuangco Aquino
(January 25, 1933 – August 1, 2009)

The Filipino Nation will always remember such a Great ambassador of change.
Rest in Peace.
 
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		<link>http://blog.adrian-ross.com/2009/08/03/197/</link>
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		<title>TG Daily &#8211; Broadband over power lines gets first industry standard draft</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Chicago (IL) – Broadband over power lines is marching closer to actual availability. The P1901 Working Group today announced the release of the first draft defining medium access control and physical layer specifications for IEEE&#8217;s Standard P1901.
via TG Daily &#8211; Broadband over power lines gets first industry standard draft.
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		<link>http://blog.adrian-ross.com/2009/08/02/tg-daily-broadband-over-power-lines-gets-first-industry-standard-draft/</link>
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		<title>Urban Mole robot could deliver your mail via insane network of underground tubes</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Designer Phillip Hermes has come up with a new system to transport packages which, if ever instituted, could probably be much faster than any of today&#8217;s available options (trucks, mailmen, airplanes, ponies).
via Engadget.
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		<link>http://blog.adrian-ross.com/2009/08/02/urban-mole-robot-could-deliver-your-mail-via-insane-network-of-underground-tubes/</link>
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		<title>Snow Leopard pre-orders now being taken at Amazon</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We could&#8217;ve sworn it was already available for pre-order, but seeing as Google cache is telling us otherwise, we thought it best to give you a heads up that Amazon is now accepting monies for Mac OS X 10.6 a.k.a. Snow Leopard. Nothing new about the date and price from what we heard at WWDC [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.adrian-ross.com/2009/08/02/snow-leopard-pre-orders-now-being-taken-at-amazon/</link>
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		<title>HowStuffWorks &#8220;How Wireless Power Works&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[

Unless you are particularly organized and good with tie wrap, you probably have a few dusty power cord tangles around your home. You may have even had to follow one particular cord through the seemingly impossible snarl to the outlet, hoping that the plug you pull will be the right one. This is one of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.adrian-ross.com/2009/07/30/howstuffworks-how-wireless-power-works/</link>
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		<title>Copy Autocomplete name list to another computer &#8211; Outlook &#8211; Microsoft Office Online</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Do you miss the convenience of Outlook automatically completing people&#8217;s names as you begin to type them on your new computer? Are you upgrading to a new computer and don&#8217;t want to lose all the names stored in your Outlook AutoComplete feature? Wouldn&#8217;t it be nice if Outlook installed on your new computer just &#8220;remembered&#8221; [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.adrian-ross.com/2009/07/28/copy-autocomplete-name-list-to-another-computer-outlook-microsoft-office-online/</link>
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		<title>WD Scorpio Blue Drive Is First One Terabyte Mobile Drive Ever—Yes, 1TB &#8211; WD Scorpio Blue Drive &#8211; Gizmodo</title>
		<description><![CDATA[

LAKE FOREST, Calif., July 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — WD (NYSE: WDC) today announced two new mobile hard drives that reach new capacity extremes. The highlight is a one terabyte model — the industry&#8217;s highest-capacity 2.5-inch drive available. Industry-leading 333 GB-per-platter technology enables the new WD Scorpio® Blue(TM) SATA 2.5-inch hard drives to offer mobile storage device [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.adrian-ross.com/2009/07/28/wd-scorpio-blue-drive-is-first-one-terabyte-mobile-drive-ever%e2%80%94yes-1tb-wd-scorpio-blue-drive-gizmodo/</link>
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		<title>Windows 7 RTM: Is it really better than Vista?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Computerworld &#8211; With the appearance of Windows 7&#8217;s Release to Manufacturing (RTM) build, Microsoft may be hoping that it can finally dismiss Windows Vista as an unsuccessful experiment that paved the way for something better.
The company is obviously hoping that Windows 7&#8217;s new and enhanced features will be enough to entice users back into the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.adrian-ross.com/2009/07/28/windows-7-rtm-is-it-really-better-than-vista/</link>
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		<title>What is Android?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[What is Android?
Developed by the Open Handset Alliance, Android brings Internet-style innovation and openness to mobile phones.


via Android &#124; Official Website.
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		<link>http://blog.adrian-ross.com/2009/07/26/what-is-android/</link>
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		<title>How safe are your CD-Rs? &#124; Hardware 2.0 &#124; ZDNet.com</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Going back through his old CD-Rs and transferring the data to hard disk, Adrian Wong of TechARP experienced a failure rate of nearly 10% for discs recorded some 7 to 9 years ago and kept under ideal storage conditions (cool, dark and dry).
via How safe are your CD-Rs? &#124; Hardware 2.0 &#124; ZDNet.com.
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		<link>http://blog.adrian-ross.com/2009/07/22/how-safe-are-your-cd-rs-hardware-2-0-zdnet-com/</link>
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		<title>Etisalat’s patch explanation described as “rubbish”</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Qatar-based Java programmer Nigel Gourlay, who first told CommsMEA that the code gives Etisalat the capability to read emails and text messages sent from BlackBerry devices, described the operator’s claim as “rubbish”.
via Etisalat’s patch explanation described as “rubbish”.
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		<link>http://blog.adrian-ross.com/2009/07/21/etisalat%e2%80%99s-patch-explanation-described-as-%e2%80%9crubbish%e2%80%9d/</link>
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		<title>Office 2008 SP2 improves speed, collaboration capability &#124; Business Center &#124; Macworld</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Microsoft’s MacBU on Monday released Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac Service Pack 2, a new update that promises speed, stability and compatibility improvements, along with a new tool called Document Connection for Mac that leverages Microsoft’s SharePoint technology. The update goes live on Monday at 10AM Pacific Time, 1PM Eastern.
via Office 2008 SP2 improves speed, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.adrian-ross.com/2009/07/21/office-2008-sp2-improves-speed-collaboration-capability-business-center-macworld/</link>
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		<title>Patch released for Etisalat ‘SpyWare’ on BlackBerry &#124; BlackBerryNews.com</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
You might have read already about the “spyware” pushed to BlackBerry customers of Etisalat in the United Arab Emirates.
The patch, which was sent out earlier this week, includes a file called Registration.jar, which appears to emanate from snooping-software specialist SS8.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/07/15/etisalat_blackberry_snooping/
via Patch released for Etisalat ‘SpyWare’ on BlackBerry &#124; BlackBerryNews.com.

Just to follow up on the Etisalat [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.adrian-ross.com/2009/07/16/patch-released-for-etisalat-%e2%80%98spyware%e2%80%99-on-blackberry-blackberrynews-com/</link>
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		<title>Blu-ray vs DVD</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Just as DVD meant a five to ten time increase in storage capacity compared to CD, Blu-ray Disc will increase DVD capacity by five to ten times. This is due, among other reasons, to the usage of a blue instead of a red laser and improved lens specifications, allowing for a much smaller focus laser [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.adrian-ross.com/2009/07/15/blu-ray-vs-dvd/</link>
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		<title>Адріян &#8211; Hadrianus &#8211; Cool!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Just thought of checking what my name says from the net. Here you go:
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Adrian
Gender: 	Male
Origin: 	Latin
Meaning: 	&#8220;From Hadria&#8221;
The male given name Adrian is derived from the Latin Hadrianus, which is more familiar to English speakers as Hadrian. The name means &#8220;from Adria&#8221;, a port on the Adriatic Sea. Adrian was the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.adrian-ross.com/2009/07/15/adrian-cool/</link>
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		<title>Apple &#8211; Downloads &#8211; Internet Utilities &#8211; AddressBookSync</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Download Facebook profile pictures to Address Book cards. This is a handy tool to keep your contacts’ pictures updated if you have numerous Facebook friends in your Mac OS X Address Book.
via Apple &#8211; Downloads &#8211; Internet Utilities &#8211; AddressBookSync.
I like the way they sync the pictures as well as birthdays to my machine. Makes [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.adrian-ross.com/2009/07/14/apple-downloads-internet-utilities-addressbooksync/</link>
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		<title>Paste without formatting by default</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Nice tip from Tuaw.
Here&#8217;s something I know affects plenty of users out there. Have you ever pasted text in a document or email message, only to have it formatted differently than all the text around it? Irritating, right?
Via TUAW Tip: Paste without formatting by default.
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		<link>http://blog.adrian-ross.com/2009/07/14/paste-without-formatting-by-default/</link>
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		<title>Cacti</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Cacti is a complete network graphing solution designed to harness the power of RRDTool&#8217;s data storage and graphing functionality. Cacti provides a fast poller, advanced graph templating, multiple data acquisition methods, and user management features out of the box. All of this is wrapped in an intuitive, easy to use interface that makes sense for [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.adrian-ross.com/2009/07/12/cacti/</link>
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		<title>Spiceworks &#8211; Free Network Monitoring Software for Network Management</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This product is awesome. I&#8217;ve been trying it for a few days now and I believe it&#8217;s perfect for IT Administrators to maintain SMBs.
Manage Everything IT&#8230; for Free! Spiceworks is the complete network management &#38; monitoring, helpdesk, PC inventory &#38; software reporting solution to manage Everything IT in small and medium businesses. Powered by 700,000 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.adrian-ross.com/2009/07/12/spiceworks-free-network-monitoring-software-for-network-management/</link>
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		<title>Toshiba and 512GB Solid State Drives</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Toshiba announces 512GB SSD, other smaller SSDs.
Performance Advantages of SSDs
Over Hard Disk Drives
* Faster boot time
* Improved performance
* Higher IOPS
* Fast random read and random write
* Quieter operation (no mechanical sound)
* Higher reliability
* Low power consumption
* Withstands greater shock and vibration
* Reduced weight
via Solid State Drives Memory Products &#8211; Toshiba America Electronic Components, Inc..
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		<link>http://blog.adrian-ross.com/2009/07/09/toshiba-and-512gb-solid-state-drives/</link>
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		<title>Introducing the Google Chrome OS</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Google Chrome OS is an open source, lightweight operating system that will initially be targeted at netbooks. Later this year we will open-source its code, and netbooks running Google Chrome OS will be available for consumers in the second half of 2010. Because we&#8217;re already talking to partners about the project, and we&#8217;ll soon be [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.adrian-ross.com/2009/07/09/introducing-the-google-chrome-os/</link>
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		<title>AMAES Alumni Benefits</title>
		<description><![CDATA[AMA, the school of today&#8230; Most 2001 graduates knows that very well&#8230; Hehe.. I missed my University.

That&#8217;s right, I&#8217;m an AMAES Alumni. I browsed the site and found this little bit of information. Has anybody tried this?
# Ten percent (10%)  tuition fee discount for all alumni members and siblings for courses offered in all [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.adrian-ross.com/2009/07/08/amaes-alumni-benefits/</link>
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		<title>2009 SHELL INT”L MOBILE DRAW &#124; Customers Complaints</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I got a message from a UK number saying that my number has won 750,000 Pounds. Well, I hope it was true. This won&#8217;t work on me&#8230; But how about other users who doesn&#8217;t know about it&#8230; you scammers!
2009 SHELL INT”L MOBILE DRAW &#124; Customers Complaints forum Cutomers File Your Complaints here.
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		<link>http://blog.adrian-ross.com/2009/07/07/2009-shell-int%e2%80%9dl-mobile-draw-customers-complaints-forum-cutomers-file-your-complaints-here/</link>
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		<title>It&#8217;s Time for an Upgrade</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Fastest Firefox Yet
Things move quickly online, and we’ve beefed up the engine that runs Firefox to make sure you can keep up: Firefox 3.5 is more than twice as fast as Firefox 3, and ten times as fast as Firefox 2.* As a result, Web applications like email, photo sites and your favorite social [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.adrian-ross.com/2009/07/06/its-time-for-an-upgrade/</link>
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		<title>Use QuickTime Player to create a video wall &#124; Software &#124; Mac OS X Hints &#124; Macworld</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Have you ever wanted to create a “video wall” on your Mac—that is, fill your screen with a bunch of different video clips, all playing at the same time? I can’t say that this is something I’ve ever needed to do myself, but it does make for an excellent demo. While I’ve seen commercial rigs [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.adrian-ross.com/2009/06/30/use-quicktime-player-to-create-a-video-wall-software-mac-os-x-hints-macworld/</link>
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		<title>Reduce system workload during drive cloning &#124; Utilities &#124; Mac OS X Hints &#124; Macworld</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If part of your backup strategy includes cloning your Mac’s hard drive using a tool such as SuperDuper or CarbonCopyCloner, you’ll want to make sure that Spotlight isn’t active on that drive before you start cloning to it.
via Reduce system workload during drive cloning &#124; Utilities &#124; Mac OS X Hints &#124; Macworld.
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		<link>http://blog.adrian-ross.com/2009/06/30/reduce-system-workload-during-drive-cloning-utilities-mac-os-x-hints-macworld/</link>
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		<title>iPhone OS 3.0 causes overheating problems?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Upgrading to 3.0 or buying an iPhone 3GS? Read this first. I hope apple resolves it as soon as possible&#8230;
Recently a discolored overheated iPhone 3GS was discovered and blogged about on blogs like Gizmodo, Engadget, and PCWorld. I’m not 100% sure, but I do think that the overheating problem is being caused by the iPhone [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.adrian-ross.com/2009/06/30/iphone-os-3-0-causes-overheating-problems/</link>
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		<title>aslmanager taking up 99% of CPU &#8211; MacFixIt</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Found this article which helped to fix a machine with fans running in maximum speed continuously. Check it out&#8230;..
aslmanager taking up 99% of CPU &#8211; MacFixIt.


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		<link>http://blog.adrian-ross.com/2009/06/29/aslmanager-taking-up-99-of-cpu-macfixit/</link>
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		<title>Editing the the Adobe PPD (Postscript Printer Description) file</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Changing the printer&#8217;s default functions and description is quite a tough one especially if you&#8217;re like me who don&#8217;t pay attention to programming. I have searched the net and asked several forums and found out about Postscript. This is the language known to printers in processing jobs.
Below is a link to one of my questions [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.adrian-ross.com/2009/06/25/editing-the-the-adobe-ppd-postscript-printer-description-file/</link>
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		<title>The Crisis of Credit</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
The Crisis of Credit Visualized from Jonathan Jarvis on Vimeo.
A great video of what&#8217;s currently happening&#8230;
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		<link>http://blog.adrian-ross.com/2009/04/09/the-crisis-of-credit/</link>
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		<title>Michael Buble &#8211; Home</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
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		<link>http://blog.adrian-ross.com/2009/03/28/home/</link>
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		<title>Migrate iTunes Library to a new Mac</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Just sharing what I&#8217;ve found online as it worked perfectly with one personnel who migrated to a new Mac.
1.  Start up iTunes on the target device.  Accept the license agreement and choose NOT to add anything to the library at this time.  You should now find the iTunes folder and a blank database in your [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.adrian-ross.com/2009/03/05/migrate-itunes-library-to-a-new-mac/</link>
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		<title>Mac &#8211; Screen Sharing</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Working remotely on your Mac from a different machine in the office is a handy thing to do. That is why I googled for some options and here is what I found: Screen Sharing.
Screen Sharing is an Apple application where you can control or literally share the screen from another machine in the local network.
1. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.adrian-ross.com/2009/02/25/mac-screen-sharing/</link>
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		<title>Filipinos, friendliest people in Dubai!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Wow, ang sarap naman ng feeling&#8230; 7Days.ae has noted that Filipinos are really friendly and always happy! Sabi nga ng boss ko ng isang beses, &#8221; I don&#8217;t know with Filipinos, they are always happy&#8221;. Hehe, sinabi niya yun sa akin when he passed by and noticed that I&#8217;m singing songs with my headset on&#8230; [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.adrian-ross.com/2007/01/25/filipinos-friendliest-people-in-dubai/</link>
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		<title>Google, the best place to work!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Fortune Magazine&#8217;s TOP 1 of 100 best Companies
There is an old saying, &#8220;You can take a horse to the water but you cannot force it to drink, it will drink only if it&#8217;s thirsty&#8221; &#8211; so do people.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zHu3hXSl7M4
I was once part of a company who adopts the same thing. But not quite. They offered a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.adrian-ross.com/2007/01/21/google-fortune-magazines-top-1-of-100-best-companies/</link>
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		<title>Passed!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
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cool huh?!
I passed my driving test! And now I can drive here! Yahoo!
God is good all the time!
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		<link>http://blog.adrian-ross.com/2006/09/28/naja7et/</link>
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		<title>I saw the sign&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[[thumb:674:c]
I passed the signs test! The red mark in Arabic says so&#8230; I&#8217;ll just need to practice and learn more for the big day.
[thumb:673:c]
And yes, I got my road test scheduled on September 23. I hope that the route, and the Police officer to test me will be kind.
This is really a Happy Day! Thanks [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.adrian-ross.com/2006/08/08/21/</link>
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		<title>Overdrive&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Fast, Safe and enjoyable driving&#8230;  
Driving in Dubai is totally different. A lot of the people are disciplined. It&#8217;s very rare that you see someone taking your lane or driving unresponsibly like what we have in our country.
Traffic Jams?! Don&#8217;t mention it. Here you have a traffic which is actually moving. Compared to the Philippines, you can&#8217;t [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.adrian-ross.com/2006/08/06/20/</link>
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		<title>New Base&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[After working for a week, my new homebase is up&#8230;
It uses javascripts, flash, html, php and others&#8230; Most of it&#8217;s contents are web-based so expect to see it updated everyday&#8230;
 Thanks to the following website:
freewebs.com
freedictionary.com
flashfoot.com
flashvortex.com
grouper.com
wordpress.org
coppermine.sf.net
phpbb.com
myshoutbox.com
friendster.com
counters4blogs.com
dynamicdrive.com
grazr.com
b-one.net
racing aura automaniacs
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		<link>http://blog.adrian-ross.com/2006/08/02/new-base/</link>
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		<title>DNS Redirection</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I tried disabling adrian-ross.com and www.adrian-ross.com so I can use webforward to this blog, making it my homepage. It worked and peolple are redirected to blog.adrian-ross.com.
 Unfortunately, the pictures coming from coppermine was not shown. Probably because it uses address www.adrian-ross.com/gallery as it&#8217;s url. So i reverted all changes and hoping to see the DNS settings back to normal.  
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		<link>http://blog.adrian-ross.com/2006/07/15/dns-redirection/</link>
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		<title>I can&#8217;t sleep&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I can&#8217;t sleep, but I&#8217;m enjoying it.
Every moment makes me wanna rush into you.
This enormous feeling inside me, seems I won&#8217;t be able to grasp.
I can handle this with YOU.

It&#8217;s amazing to realize that God breathed me life for you. I won&#8217;t fail Him!
Hold on, we&#8217;ll go smoothly in this exciting journey.
I can&#8217;t wait for [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.adrian-ross.com/2006/07/07/i-cant-sleep/</link>
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		<title>Sidebar troubles&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Yahoo! At last, I was able to place the weather icon and calendar in my sidebar!
 Before I had my off, my CSS got corrupted due to working or I may say, playing with it. So this place was down for two days. =( But now, it is working cause I have reinstalled it =)
The whether [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.adrian-ross.com/2006/07/07/sidebar-troubles/</link>
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		<title>My new weblog…</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I tried wordpress before but deleted it. This time, I am trying to learn it again, and hopefully I can manage it better than my previous blogs (e.g. Tabulas, friendster and e-blogger) . I believe it will be better since it is fully customizable. I will find this out in the next few days. My [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.adrian-ross.com/2006/07/02/my-new-weblog%e2%80%a6/</link>
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