Monthly Archives: May 2008

So much for mobile broadband

Mobility
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Seems like Nextel-Sprint just keeps on finding ways to tie more stones around its ankles as it sinks further and further into the ocean of companies not to work with. Betanews is talking about Sprint’s upcoming implementation of a 5GB … Continue reading

Exchange 2007 & Outlook 2007 OST Corruptions

Exchange
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Exchange 2007 and Outlook 2007 using cached-mode is one of the most powerful marriages in the business software space. But like most marriages, it can be tough when the partners aren’t working together, or when one of them is having … Continue reading

Monkey Superpowers

Shockey Monkey
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This one is going to be filthy… You’ve been warned. The blog post I wrote earlier today really made me think.. What “ability to work on multitask” really means. Apparently it means I suck at multitasking, at least judging by … Continue reading

Exchange 2007 & POP3 Access

Exchange
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Exchange 2007 features a built in POP3 server but by default it is off and will not accept plain text connections. Good luck telling that to a difficult customer who wants to send his password in clear text over the … Continue reading

What "ability to work on multiple tasks" really means

IT Business
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If you work in IT support, especially on the technology side, you are interruption driven. Simply put, your day is determined more by the events on the network and computers than by your own agenda. There is a slight differentiation … Continue reading

Not going to WPC this year

Microsoft
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Time to build that autoresponder, not going to be able to make it to the Microsoft WWPC this year in Houston. Already got two meeting requests, too. This is going to sound very hypocritical, but if you’re not me, you … Continue reading

PowerShell to the Core (2008)

Microsoft
on PowerShell to the Core (2008)

One of the more frustrating things about Windows 2008 Server Core deployments is the lack of .NET and consequently the lack of PowerShell. This is frustrating to those of us that have a ton of servers because now the management … Continue reading

Brain Drain & Technology Business

IT Business, SMB
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Serial entrepreneurs fail when it comes to making money with a technology business. This is one often overlooked or hidden fact among your garden variety of business topics covered at technology conferences, particularly in SMB where most people are being … Continue reading

Firefox 3.0 RC1 is out!

Open Source
on Firefox 3.0 RC1 is out!

I’m generally not a fan of beta testing browsers because its hard enough to get reliable rendering even on solid releases but Firefox is worth making an exception for. Today the Mozilla Foundation released Firefox Release Candidate 1 and the … Continue reading

My note of apology to Microsoft

Microsoft
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These Microsoft rants are starting to get tiring, don’t you think? I feel like every morning brings in another disappointment from my largest partner, and since they don’t seem to be talking about changing or sending me a cease & … Continue reading