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WSP Online Solutions: Team Blogs Launched

WSP Online Solutions team members today launched a series of personal blogs aimed at providing an insight into their fields of interest: Green Design Basically Product Ecology What is out there? We look forward to the interesting and informative content of each!  More information on the WSP Online Solutions team can be found at their [...]

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WSP Wins 2008 DuPont Innovation Award for Sustainable Services

On Friday the 16th of May, WSP was awarded the 2008 DuPont Innovation Award for Sustainable Services.  The team was recognised for driving sustainable outcomes through innovative online solutions.  More information is available on the WSP Online Solutions website and news article. Examples of these solutions include: EIATRACK – the standard in environmental regulatory tracking [...]

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CSV to SQL Converter – Now supports UPDATE statements

I’ve modified my CSV to SQL conversion tool (csv2sql.com) so that it now can produce both INSERT and UPDATE SQL statements from your CSV file.  Previously the tool only created INSERT statements, so you could easily insert all your CSV data into your database table.   However this is rather limited – what if you want to [...]

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iPhone in Australia in Late June, Not Fixed to a Provider

Applesource has reported that the iPhone will be on its way to Australia in Late June – and that the model will be the next generation iphone! I say bring it on!  Have a look at the complete story here at applesource.com.au.

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Skype for Mobile: Beta Released

Skype today released the first Beta of Skype for Mobile, which allows users of most new mobile phones to run a version of Skype on their phone.  The Beta allows you to: Send messages to your contacts Receive calls from Skype contacts (charged at SkypeOut rates) Make calls to Skype contacts if you live in [...]

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WordPress 2.5.1 Released

WordPress today released version 2.5.1 of the the blog software.  This release contains mainly bug fixes and a security update.  From their release notes, version 2.5.1 includes: Performance improvements for the Dashboard, Write Post, and Edit Comments pages. Better performance for those who have many categories Media Uploader fixes An upgrade to TinyMCE 3.0.7 Widget [...]

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Microsoft Releases RDC 2 Beta 3 – (Remote Desktop Client)

Microsoft today released the RDC Beta 3, finally replacing the old Beta 2 which expired a number of weeks ago, and has been displaying a “Beta Expired” message everytime you run the thing. More from Microsoft is available from their Mactopia blog.  New features in this Beta include: Full help topics, with non-english language support [...]

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Cyberduck Version 3, Beta 1 Released

Cyberduck (the excellent SFTP/FTP client for Mac OSX) has just released the first beta of Version 3 of the most excellent SFTP/FTP client.  Version 3 adds support for: Amazon S3 WebDav Apple Quicklook Version 3 is looking like it will be particularly cool, especially the Quicklook and WebDav support.  Help out the testing process and [...]

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Sustainable Product Design Online: GreenflyOnline.org

I have been involved in the development of an exciting new tool that has will be officially launched this week at DesignEx in Sydney, Australia.  Greenfly is an online Product Design tool that helps designers determine the environmental impacts of their products.  It produces real-time assessments relating to Global Warming, Energy Use, Water Use and [...]

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PC Authority Launch new site

PC Authority, a major Australian Technology magazine has launched a new website today.  It includes reviews, forums and sections from the magazine itself.  It looks quite impressive on first impression and their A-List is an excellent reference for finding quality tech gear.

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