The Tech Corner aims to keep you up to date with your IT knowledge. We will not only keep you up to date with mndaily.com's features and improvements, but also feature Tech Reviews and Pro-Tips done by The Daily's very own Online and Information Systems staff.
Wed, 5/6, 6:36pm (4 years ago)
Not exactly sure when this was made available but apparently you can now sign up for a chance to be in the StarCraft II Beta. The process requires you to have a Battle.net account. The Battle.net account is actually kinda cool, it lets you upload all your CD-Keys then allows you…
Thu, 4/30, 10:51am (4 years ago)
On May 5th, general users will have access to an entire year of Microsoft's brand new operating system, Windows 7 RC, for free! It is already available to download for MSDN and TechNet subscribers. This version is only the Release Candidate and will expire June 1, 2010. The Release Candidate…
Wed, 4/29, 1:25pm (4 years ago)
Found this on Reddit a few minutes ago. For those of you who don't know, TinyURL lets you convert those long nasty, over 200 character links into short 40 character ones. However, unless you define your own custom alias for the link, the links usually come out as gibberish and…
Mon, 4/27, 3:14pm (4 years ago)
The latest update contains PDFs of the entire paper, the navigation bar fix, and a server status update. Mndaily PDFs
If you navigate to the new PDF Archives, you'll see our brand new system. We will now be uploading entire PDFs of the paper online for each paper that we print.…
Tue, 4/21, 4:36pm (4 years ago)
The Daily's Facebook Application has just released a bunch of new features, check them out! User Blogging:
In addition to just posting stories, you can now blog about them! Check out the new blogging utility by clicking on the "Post a Story" tab and then clicking on the "Compose a blog…
Tue, 4/21, 10:38am (4 years ago)
A recent Daily story, Twitter raises recruiting concerns, mentioned that a tweet on University of Minnesota Coach Tim Brewster's (play4brew) Twitter account had to be taken down.The tweet referred to Star Tribune columnist Patrick Reusse: Play4brew: How would you like to wake up in the morning and look in the mirror.......…
Mon, 4/6, 12:57pm (4 years ago)
Two updates in a row?!? Yes, that's right, we have pushed out updates the second week in a row. New in this update are Campus Tweets, forums, and associated content. If you haven't already noticed our new Community tab, you should check it out. We are now starting to aggregate all…
Thu, 4/2, 11:55pm (4 years ago)
So a lot of you Daily readers have already likely checked out our new Facebook application, which allows Action Team members to keep up on campus news, win prizes and participate in a research study on social media. Well University of Minnesota researcher Christine Greenhow is trying to figure out how…
Thu, 4/2, 12:55pm (4 years ago)
Hello fellow techies, I thought that I would perhaps provide a more formal introduction to the Tech Corner than what the description says. Why me? Because I work at the Minnesota Daily and I’m bored in EE-CS, that’s why so stop asking questions. Basically, TC2 (Twin Cities Tech Corner) is aimed…
Wed, 4/1, 8:15pm (4 years ago)
Welcome:Welcome to the first post of the Tech Corner (short for Twin Cities Tech Corner or TC2), the Daily's Technology blog. This blog is intended to keep you updated with the Mndaily.com website by mentioning new features and improvements as the Online Department releases them. The Daily's IT staff (consisting…
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