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diff --git a/wired/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2006/10.30.06/Mon/MSaccounting b/wired/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2006/10.30.06/Mon/MSaccounting new file mode 100644 index 0000000..da7c26c --- /dev/null +++ b/wired/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2006/10.30.06/Mon/MSaccounting @@ -0,0 +1 @@ +Microsoft has announced the availability of [Office Accounting Express 2007][1] -- for free. Office Accounting Express 2007 has been a publicly available beta for some time and garnered some good reviews for its integration with eBay and PayPal.
Microsoft claims it's aiming Office Accounting Express at eBay sellers and other home and small businesses, which probably accounts for the give away. Such users are unlikely to be willing to spend money on new software when they already have Excel and other programs.
While the basic software is free certain online premium services are also available for additional fees.
Office Accounting Express 2007 requires Windows XP, 2003 Server or Vista.
[1]: http://www.ideawins.com/ "Microsoft Office Accounting Express 2007"
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Ma.gnolia works very similar to del.icio.us and offers almost all the same basic features but it adds a few more. Ma.gnolia allows you to rate your bookmarks using a 5 star rating system (very similar to NetFlix), and ma.gnolia allows you to cross post with del.icio.us so you can in effect use both at the same time.
Ma.gnolia also recently added a feature they call "roots." Roots is a javascript bookmarklet that you can save in your browser and when you're on a page, just click the bookmarklet and a javascript window will overlay the page and display how many ma.gnolia users have linked to that site and give their ratings and descriptions of the site.
I switched to ma.gnolia because of their backend API. I love online storage of bookmarks and I like the sharing aspect of all these services, but I also like to share bookmarks through my own site. Both del.icio.us and ma.gnolia offer programming APIs which allow you to connect and pull out bookmarks, but del.icio.us truncates the description field and ma.gnolia doesn't.
This was the main reason I switched (though in fairness this was some time ago and it's possible that del.icio.us no longer does that). The ma.gnolia API is both deep and rich in methods allowing you to do just about anything you want with the data retreived.
Ma.gnolia also has an [API that mirrors the del.icio.us API][2] so that tools built for del.icio.us can also work with ma.gnolia.
Ma.gnolia has a very well designed user interface and makes nice use of AJAX without being bogged down in useless tricks.
####The Low Down
**Pros**
* Feature rich and actively developed
* Screen captures and page cache
* Excellent backend API
**Cons**
* No folders for organization
* The interface design is nice, but some may find it slower than del.icio.us
Previously reviewed:
[del.icio.us][3]
[1]: http://ma.gnolia.com/ "Ma.gnolia.com"
[2]: http://ma.gnolia.com/blog/2006/08/23/the-mirrord-api "Ma.gnolia's del.icio.us API mirror"
[3]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2006/10/delicious_is_th.html "Monkeybite's review of del.icio.us"
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Some people claim they can't tell the difference so don't expect miracles, but i've noticed that javascript seems to execute faster (making GMail much quicker) and the overall memory footprint seems smaller.
All of my Firefox plugins and add-ons work perfectly and updating them in one build also updates the other builds. I haven't tried running both versions at the same time since that seems like asking for trouble.
Swiftfox offers a similar set of [optimized builds for linux users][1], and further digging revealed that Mozilla has a [whole forum full of different optimized builds][3]
[1]: http://getswiftfox.com/ "Swiftfox optimized Firefox builds"
[2]: http://www.beatnikpad.com/archives/2006/10/26/firefox-20 "Beatnikpad Mac-optimized Firefox Builds"
[3]: http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewforum.php?f=42 "Third Party/Unofficial Firefox builds"
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* On a similar note, [MySpace is expected to announce a partnership with Gracenote][6] today. Gracenote will help MySpace "detect and block copyrighted music from being posted on MySpace member pages." [via [TechCrunch][7]]
* The very first global [Internet Governance Forum][1] gets together starting today to discuss the future of the internet [via [LifeHacker][2]]
* [Minglenow][8] is a new social networking site based around the club and bar scene, providing yet another excellent resource for stalkers. [via [Mashable][9]]
* The NBA kicks off its season this week and with that in mind here's a link to a set of [RSS feeds from the official NBA website][3]. [via [MicroPersuasion][4]]
[1]: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6087174.stm "The BBC of the Internet Governance Forum"
[2]: http://www.lifehacker.com/ "LifeHacker"
[3]: http://www.nba.com/rss/index.html "NBA RSS feeds"
[4]: http://www.micropersuasion.com/2006/10/sports_finds.html "MicroPersuatsion.com"
[5]: http://www.newscloud.com/read/75528 "YouTube Removes Comedy Central materials"
[6]: http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/29/myspace-moves-to-protect-copyright-holders/ "TechCrunch: MySpace Moves to Protect Copyright Holders"
[7]: http://www.techcrunch.com/ "TechCrunch"
[8]: http://minglenow.com/ "Minglenow.com"
[9]: http://mashable.com/2006/10/30/minglenow-launches-myspace-for-events-and-nightlife/
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On the storage side, Wink offers many of the same features as del.icio.us and ma.gnolia, but focuses more on the search and discover aspects of social bookmarking. Wink offers a feature that allows you sync your del.icio.us bookmarks with your Wink account, making it easy to migrate from del.icio.us to Wink, or simply use both sites. That said, I couldn't get it to work for me. Clicking the "sync with del.icio.us" link opened an AJAXy window on top of the page, but never displayed anything else.
For adding bookmarks Wink provides the same sort of bookmarklet setup that other sites offer, just drag it to your toolbar and click it whenever you're on a page you want to save. Beware that Wink's bookmarklet opens in a popup window which some browsers may block. Of course if you know Javascript, you could change this behavior.
Wink links can be shared among fellow users by creating what Wink calls "collections." Collections are roughly analogous to what over sites call groups or subscriptions. Collections are tag-based and you can make new collections or join and contribute to existing ones.
In addition to the bookmarks users submit and store, Wink also scrapes tags from del.icio.us, Yahoo MyWeb, Flickr and other sites to provide search results based on those tags. What you end up with is a Google Search with a Wink tags search on top.
Wink's genius lies in a search results feature that it calls "PeopleRank." PeopleRank allows anyone to rate the quality of the results which Wink then stores and uses next time it serves up results for that search. In theory it could add a nice human element to all the search algorithms out there. Of course it could also lead to results slanted toward the preference of the heaviest Wink users, only time will tell.
Wink is interesting and I'll be keeping a closer eye on it since I think the "PeopleRank" concept has some merit, but on the whole there are better places to go for social bookmarking.
####The Low Down
**Pros**
* Search Engine crawls other sites offering better listings
* Can sync with del.icio.us
* Search results rating system
**Cons**
* Poor Documentation
* JavaScript errors abound
* No page cache
Previously reviewed:
[del.icio.us][3]
[ma.gnolia][4]
[1]: http://Wink.com/
[3]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2006/10/delicious_is_th.html "Monkeybite's review of del.icio.us"
[4]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2006/10/the_social_book_1.html "Monkeybite's review of ma.gnolia"
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>Yes, we work with Microsoft and do plan support for upcoming codecs as needed. One common misperception is the new Windows Media Players. The introduction of the player doesn't necessarily mean the introduction of new codecs (as in recent player introductions). We currently support [the codecs listed on our website][1].
As for MPlayer, yes, it does support most WMV codecs. You can check [the complete list on the official website][2]. It also turns out you *can* use MPlayer to view movies in [Mozilla browsers][3]. I haven't tested mplayerplug-in on a Mac, but it claims to work on any *nix platform so it should be possible to use it on a Mac. Your mileage may vary.
As for DRM, Microsoft has thus far limited its DRM technology to the Windows platform so there is no way for Mac (or Linux) users to view Windows DRM protected movies, nor, based on reader comments, does there seem to be much demand for the ability to do so.
[1]: http://www.flip4mac.com/images_06/wmv_supported_codecs.jpg "Flip4Mac Codecs"
[2]: http://www.mplayerhq.hu/DOCS/codecs-status.html#vc "MPlayer official list of supported codecs"
[3]: http://mplayerplug-in.sourceforge.net/ "MPlayer Plugin"
[4]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2006/10/wmv_on_a_mac.html "The original MonkeyBites post"
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