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First, download Internet Explorer 7 Beta 2.

Then use WinRar to extract the files from the setup to a folder, for example C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer 7.

Create a new file named ie7.bat in that folder, and copy the code below (courtesy of Jon Galloway):

@ECHO OFF
TITLE IE7 Launcher 1.4

ECHO IE7 STANDALONE LAUNCHER 1.4
ECHO Updated for IE7 Beta 2 Preview
ECHO.
ECHO Do not close this window or it will not clean up after itself properly.
ECHO You can pass a URL into this batch file, like this:
ECHO ie7.bat www.microsoft.com
ECHO.
ECHO More info here: http://weblogs.asp.net/jgalloway/archive/2005/12/28/434132.aspx
ECHO.
ECHO When you close IE7, this will remove the registry key and shut itself down.
ECHO.
ECHO Setting up IE7 for standalone mode…
PUSHD %~dp0

ECHO Removing IE7 registry key and set the version vector to “7.0000″.
> %TEMP%.\IE7Fix.reg ECHO REGEDIT4
>>%TEMP%.\IE7Fix.reg ECHO.
>>%TEMP%.\IE7Fix.reg ECHO [-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{C90250F3-4D7D-4991-9B69-A5C5BC1C2AE6}]
>>%TEMP%.\IE7Fix.reg ECHO [-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\{000214E5-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}]
>>%TEMP%.\IE7Fix.reg ECHO [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Version Vector]
>>%TEMP%.\IE7Fix.reg ECHO “IE”=”7.0000″
>>%TEMP%.\IE7Fix.reg ECHO.
:: Merge the REG file to delete the IE7 standalone entry
REGEDIT /S %TEMP%.\IE7Fix.reg

REN SHLWAPI.DLL SHLWAPI.DLL.BAK
TYPE NUL > IEXPLORE.exe.local
ECHO Running IE7…
iexplore.exe “%1″

:: Merge the REG file to delete the IE7 standalone entry
REGEDIT /S %TEMP%.\IE7Fix.reg
:: Delete the temporary REG file
DEL %TEMP%.\IE7Fix.reg

ECHO Removing IE7 standalone files…
REN SHLWAPI.DLL.BAK SHLWAPI.DLL
DEL IEXPLORE.exe.local

:: Set the old version vector “6.0000″.
> %TEMP%.\IE7Fix.reg ECHO REGEDIT4
>>%TEMP%.\IE7Fix.reg ECHO.
>>%TEMP%.\IE7Fix.reg ECHO [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Version Vector]
>>%TEMP%.\IE7Fix.reg ECHO “IE”=”6.0000″
>>%TEMP%.\IE7Fix.reg ECHO.
REGEDIT /S %TEMP%.\IE7Fix.reg
DEL %TEMP%.\IE7Fix.reg

POPD
ECHO Complete, closing…

Create a shortcut on the desktop to ie7.bat and run Internet Explorer 7 from that shortcut. Don’t close the DOS console while running IE7, it will automatically close when you exit the browser.

Now you have a standalone Internet Explorer 7 that runs along with Internet Explorer 6.

Known problems: while running IE7, if you type an URL in the address bar of IE6, the page will open in a new window.

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globeandmail.com : Iqaluit to become a hotspot

IQALUIT, Nunavut — Canada’s coldest capital could be the first to get blanketed in hotspots.
Iqaluit’s small size means one hotspot — a free wireless Internet access point — covers nearly all of the community. A two-man computer networking shop that services businesses in the Nunavut capital of 7,000 has managed to cover the downtown core with just one hotspot perched atop the tallest building — an eight-storey high-rise apartment.

ColdSpot more like it, I could almost live there now :)

The German site Podcastlogo.com recently held a contest to see who could come up with the best design for a podcast logo. The winner is Peter Marquardt and this is his creation:

If you live in Winnipeg chances are you have driven by this old bridge before. I drive by it everyday and just thought of it as a old bridge that the city might use as a walk way someday. Rumors are that it is part of the rapid transit plan that was scraped last year. I was very surprised to see what is planned for the bridge. Condos! Yes, condos over the river, meters from Route 90…?

Check out the website strongly against the idea.
http://www.condosonthebridge.com/cmain/