Monthly Archives: October 2005

Podcast to your Smartphone

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Found this little gem earlier on the Microsoft Mobiles site and I must say I find it impressive. This software (also available for PocketPC) allows you to setup a podcast feeder on your SmartPhone and listen to your podcasts on … Continue reading

Weather forecast from hell: Its cold today.

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I spend most of my day coding ExchangeDefender and flying through some quite vile stuff, so it takes a lot to knock me out of my chair. Well, this morning I got an email from a fellow SBSer with a … Continue reading

Free Microsoft VB.NET Books

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Read all about it without killing a single tree. Microsoft Press has made two titles available for free download off their web site, both dealing with Visual Basic.NET. If you are a coder (or aspiring to be one) you’ll be … Continue reading

Virgin Blogging

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What a priceless blog title, I’m sure it will bring in a ton of perverted visitors but I assure you that I am not trolling. Virgin Groups’s Sir Richard Branson was interviewed for a series of small business blog events … Continue reading

Sprint PPC-6700 and why blind people should not do hardware review

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PC Magazine reviewed a Sprint PPC-6700 (HTC) device this weekend and gave it glowing remarks. Sascha Segan gave it 4 out of 5 stars with the following remarks: “This is the best Windows Mobile PDA/phone we’ve seen, with a nearly … Continue reading

New Vista CTP Released to testers

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As all the other Windows sites scramble to cover the release of the new Vista CTP (Build 5231), they seem to be missing the big picture on how Microsoft is handling and shaping the release through its beta process. Yes, … Continue reading

So where is your Computer Science engineering degree?

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A cheap Xerox copy of mine is about three feet to the left of me, framed in an even cheaper plastic frame we got on sale at Michaels. The original went to my dad along with a $350 mahagony frame … Continue reading

Hot SBS Podcast

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Fresh out of the oven: SBS Support Podcast #4. Go and get it, here are some of the things they discussed: * Fake XP SP3 * Multiport Fax Cards and Fax Best Practices * RWW with TLS * SBS and … Continue reading

Neutering your Internet Explorer

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Amy was asking on a newsgroup about locking down Internet Explorer for some clients on the list the other day so here is the short of it: There is no quick GPO for doing this effectively, but short of building … Continue reading

Local events & Geek Radio

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I forgot to post about these earlier, so if you’ve got time this weekend here are some geek things to do: Marketpro Computer Show is in Orlando this weekend at the Central Florida Fairgrounds. From 9:30 AM today till 4PM … Continue reading