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YourName@Facebook .com? Take that Gmail!

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If the battle between Facebook and Google for employees wasn’t enough (http://tcrn.ch/bDBOVg), they seem to be set to go head to head on email this Monday.  Many web sources are now saying that Facebook will begin to offer @Facebook.com email to it’s customers to compete with Gmail,and to make the deal sweeter, they are throwing in Office web apps integration to go up against Google’s Apps offering.   So watch for the battle to begin on Monday!  Will you switch to Facebook for email? Sources: http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/facebook_email_coming_monday_with_office_web_apps.php?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter http://techcrunch.com/2010/11/11/facebook-gmail-titan/ http://www.zdnet.com/blog/microsoft/not-so-crazy-microsoft-rumors-facebooks-new-e-mail-to-feature-office-web-apps-integration/7949

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Adding the Facebook “Like” Button to Your Blog Posts!

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Ever wonder how people get that Facebook “like” button on their blog posts or anything for that matter?  It super simple and easy to do.  First, go to the helpful developers page at Facebook.  Click Here: http://developers.facebook.com/docs/reference/plugins/like Second, copy the web address to your blog (in the case of this post here, it would be http://theaverageguy.tv/name-of-blog-post-here) to the “URL to Like” box on the page above. Third, look through the options for the layout.  They are easy to understand and you can hover over the (?) for each section to get help. Forth, click the button that says “Get Code”

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Home Server Show #112

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We talk News, SBS, Add-Ins, and controlling your Windows Home Server from the new Windows Phone 7.  Dave covers RAID with the Icy Dock and some antics at the end, all this week on the Home Server Show!  Listen:  http://homeservershow.com/the-home-server-show-112.html Windows Storage Server 2008 Technet blog post on WSS Windows Phone 7 controls Windows Home Server MyMovies for iPad Reviewed at MediaSmartServer.net Icy Dock RAID Review covered on the podcast youtube video that makes Jim go wow! NSFW-Language

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Home Server Show #111

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In show #111 we go over the announcement of new Small Business Server products, Microsoft’s Live Essentials and what the products mean for Home Server users, as well as a couple of server builds.  We have tons of news and Add-Ins for you and our featured guests are AJ Peck and Michael Ross.   Don’t forget the bonus at the end! Listen: http://homeservershow.com/the-home-server-show-111.html Small Business Servers Announced Windows Phone 7 Add-In: Windows Phone 7 controls Windows Home Server Add-In: Family Diary Turn your MediaSmart Server in to a Virtual Machine Add-In: DNS Updater Add-In: Home Server SMART No-Control Project Bios Reset

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Home Server Show #110

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Happy Halloween everyone!  In show 110 we talk 3.0 TB Drives in Depth, BYOB on the show, and live on ustream.  This show welcome Mike F. from the BYOB podcast and we grill him on hard drives, SSD’s and everything in between. Listen: http://homeservershow.com/the-home-server-show-110.html Remote Alert Update MediaSmart Chassis as a 4 bay drive enclosure SSD Drives and AHCI SSD Drives, RAID, and Trim

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Like it or not, Twitter could be on Track for 200 million in 2010

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One of the things I ask people all the time is "Tweet" much?  Since I live here in the Heartland of the US, the answer is almost always no.  However, according to a post at PCMAG.com (http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2371826,00.asp) Twitter, the online Social Media giant is big and getting bigger.  In fact, some have claimed that the company is tracking to add it’s 200 millionth tweeter by years end.  While it’s not Facebook numbers, it’s still a bunch!  Most people I ask say they really don’t see the point in twitter.  I hear things like senseless, dumb and lame.  What do those

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