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Link roundup for 7/31/08

July 31st, 2008

Purging Public E-Mails: When to Say No: ABC News discusses a number of the recent cases where government officials ordered the deletion of official emails and their backups. The article also describes the great inconsistencies between various states and agencies in archiving and retention policies.

Xobni Can Make Good Old Email Even More Useful: In his Personal Technology column at the Wall Street Journal, Walt Mossberg gives the Xobni Outlook plugin high marks for improving search, navigation and weaving in addition useful information. There have been a number Outlook plugins over the years that extend search and construct network information. Xobni clearly does a good job with integration so it will be interesting to see if the product is broadly adopted.

MultiFirefox 2.0 : This is a useful utility from from Code Contortionist for web developers on the Mac. It allows users to easily switch between multiple versions of Firefox, which is makes life easier when testing compatibility across browsers or when beta testing new browsers.

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