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Here are some interesting links from today:

• FINALLY – Tabs Open Relative Puts New Tabs Next to Your Current Tab
  This is the feature I’ve been waiting for FF and IE7/8 to include forever. If I’m in a tab and want to open a link in a new tab… why would I ever want it to go all the way to the right 4 or 5 tabs over? Finally that little piece of annoyance is out of my life!
• Bringing history online, one newspaper at a time
  Today, we’re launching an initiative to make more old newspapers accessible and searchable online by partnering with newspaper publishers to digitize millions of pages of news archives. Let’s say you want to learn more about the landing on the Moon. Try a search for [Americans walk on moon], and you’ll be able to find and read an original article from a 1969 edition of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
• Zune 3 is a free upgrade for current Zune owners
  Finally, the Zune’s Wi-Fi feature does something worthwhile. With the ability to access public and password-protected Wi-Fi hot spots, your Zune can now update itself on the fly and download tracks directly from Zune Marketplace. Zune Pass users will get the most from this feature since they’ll be able to stream as much music as they want directly from Zune Marketplace as an added value. Pair this feature up with a speaker dock and you’ve essentially got a killer commercial-free jukebox.

Here’s part one of the new Microsoft Ad campaign featuring Jerry Seinfeld and Bill Gates.  Guess they’re just building the characters right now.

Can you spot the Bill Gates mug shot?

This article was going around last week.  Pretty interesting study, but geez who are these people?  Not only would 88% of them steal passwords and sensitive information but 88% of them actually admitted they would.  Or do you think this survey was somehow corrupted by untruthful IT staff?

• 88% of SysAdmins Would Steal Passwords
  A staggering 88 percent of IT administrators admitted they would take corporate secrets, if they were suddenly made redundant. The target information included CEO passwords, customer database, research and development plans, financial reports, M&A plans and the company’s list of privileged passwords.The research also revealed that, of that 88 percent, a third would take the privilege password list to gain access to valuable documents such as financial reports, accounts, salaries and other privileged information.

If you haven’t heard of the JingProject, head over to the site right now.  I’ve been using Jing for several months (since the initial beta) and I use it all the time.

Jing is a free product by TechSmith, the makers of the premier screen capture product Camtasia Studio and screenshot app SnagIt.

Here at my day job I use it to make little How-To videos or document a process.  It’s so much easier for me to just record the steps with Jing and send a link to the video to an end user, colleague or friend than to write out the steps in an email precisely enough for them to follow.  With Jing’s instant publishing integration it takes no time to upload the video to the web and send the link or save it locally as documentation.

Jing does have a 5 minute limit so therefore is only good for quick, informal screen captures.  If you’re wanting to make a longer or more polished video stick with Camtasia.

Here’s a quick lesson on how Jing works and the ideas that spawned it.  Take a look.

Here are some interesting links from the past couple days:

• Mobile Gmail 2.0 for BlackBerry
  Gmail’s mobile client for BlackBerry has been updated and you can now download version 2.0.5 at http://m.google.com/mail. One of the most important changes is that you can add the credentials for multiple accounts and switch between them without entering the password. There’s also support for Google Apps accounts, which previously required a separate application.
• The WB Rises To Battle Hulu
  Warner Brothers has resurrected its defunct WB television network as TheWB.com, a hub for its television shows that launches tomorrow. While a number of networks have offered ad-supported streaming shows for some time, TheWB.com is significantly more feature-rich than its competitors, offering an advanced search engine and allowing users to mashup selected clips from each show.