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ACM Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct- (click for detail)



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ACM Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct 1. Contribute to society and human well-being. 2. Avoid harm to others. 3. Be honest and trustworthy. 4. Be fair and take action not to discriminate. 5. Honor property rights including copyrights and patent. 6. Give proper credit for intellectual property. 7. Respect the privacy of others. 8. Honor confidentiality. Without out a base set of ethics IT would not be where it is today

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http://www.acm.org/about/code-of-ethics

Ed Yourdon Web 2.0 Presentation v51- (click for detail)



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Great Presentation by Ed Yourdon


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Engadget- (click for detail)



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good spot to see new tech toys

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http://www.engadget.com/

Fight Spam- (click for detail)



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Tired of Spam? Here's a good resource for fighting it!

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http://spam.abuse.net/

General IT- (click for detail)



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Google Labs- (click for detail)



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Good place to visit and see what Google developers are up to....you never know what triggers the thinking process

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http://labs.google.com/

Linux Distribution Comparison- (click for detail)



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All you need to do to get an eye/brain full of Linux is Google Linux...if that doesn't send you back to Windows or Apple fast nothing will. I truly think Linux on the desktop is possible....but not likely since of the fragmented communities...the best product does not always win (look at Windows)....for those who want to dream, here's a good starting point: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_Linux_distributions

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_Linux_distributions

Mashup Awards- (click for detail)



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See how people are 'mashing' up various sites into a new distribution site...very interesting, monthly awards to the best mashup site

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http://mashupawards.com/

openSUSE - Linux- (click for detail)



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A great open source Linux distribution - at this point this is the Linux distribution of choice! Clean, easy install and stable. http://itprojectguide.blogspot.com/2008/01/opensuse.html

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http://en.opensuse.org/Welcome_to_openSUSE.org

Software Quality Presentation - Caper Jones- (click for detail)



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Excellent presentation on Software Quality by Caper Jones - created in 2002, but still as valuable today as it was then, a must read.

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http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&ct=res&cd=5&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cs.nyu.edu%2Fartg%2FProducing_Production_Quality_Software%2FFall2005%2Flectures%2FSOFTWARE_QUALITY_IN_2002_CAPERS_JONES.pdf&ei=Rg83RqaYC

Subversion- (click for detail)



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Looking for the leading open source doc/code management system...look no further - seems Subversion has it covered

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http://subversion.tigris.org/

Techcrunch- (click for detail)



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Another great IT news site

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http://www.techcrunch.com/

Techmeme- (click for detail)



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great source for Tech News

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http://techmeme.com/

Tortoise SVN- (click for detail)



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A great subversion client - works directly with Windows Explorer. Takes the pain of learning the details of subversion (something on my list...but not at the top of it)

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TWiT - various tech podcasts- (click for detail)



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A great source for IT Podcasts. From general IT to security...a must for any serious IT person

Link:
http://twit.tv/

Ubuntu - Linux- (click for detail)



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Up until recently (and perhaps one day soon again) my favorite Linux distribution and my entry into Linux and open source. A very good, clean Linux distribution install. Highly recommended. http://itprojectguide.blogspot.com/search?q=ubuntu

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http://www.ubuntu.com/

Volere Requirements Specification Template- (click for detail)



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(this is taken directly from the linked page - I couldn't say it any better)

The Volere Requirements Specification Template is intended for use as a basis for your requirements specifications

Requirements should not be judeged by the number of pages, but by the density of data within a single page.......

 



Link:
http://www.volere.co.uk/template.htm

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