Author Archives: Vlad

Google Desktop 4: Gadgets Galore

Beta, Google
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Untitled document Google Desktop 4 is out and in one hit takes out 50% of the eyecandy that Microsoft is promising with Vista when/ever it comes out. Gadgets (similar to side dock, Yahoo Gadgets, Widgets, Mac OS X stuff) are … Continue reading

Free outbound Skype justifies Net neutrality

Deals
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Untitled document Yet another post in the Gooback category on net neutrality. Today Skype announced that they will no longer charge Americans and Canadians for placing calls to land lines (or cell phones) in USA and Canada. No strings attached, … Continue reading

Get your mother what she really wants!

IT Culture
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Untitled document NewEgg.com , my traditionally favorite company and everpresent resident on my monthly Amex bills is really stepping it up today with their whimsy advertising. Now I'm sure many will probably see it as a travesty (as the nation … Continue reading

Social Networks attract half of the web users

IT Culture
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Untitled document Found this interesting stat over on digg about how social networks are attracting nearly a half of all the web users. Not a big surprise, I tend to find out most of what I need to know from … Continue reading

Meet Bob, Licensing consultant

Legal
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Untitled document Recently I asked our local IT Pro group about Microsoft sales folks getting more and more desperate. I can't blame them, with their options wasting away through product delays they have to move more product. I brought this … Continue reading

When Stupid Persists

Misc
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Untitled document We all have our "moron for a day" events every now and then. Today belonged to me. You see, we recently started allowing customers to pick hostnames for their $99 hosted SBS plans at Own Web Now. We … Continue reading

The Joy of Patching

Security
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Untitled document Sometimes I find myself living in the future while the problems of the present still flood my desk. Case and point, last nights patch cycle. I have a lot of servers I'm responsible for pretty much everywhere from … Continue reading

Microsoft Patchday: Exchange Troubles

Exchange, Security
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Untitled document Second Tuesday of the month and yup, you've got patches to deploy. It's a pretty nasty month in patchville with real products getting exploited instead of the usual IE problems. This month it's Exchange on the chopping block: … Continue reading

Welcome back: Postconference Followup Tips

IT Business
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Untitled document So you just attended a large conference where you met a ton of people that can help you grow your business or connect you to future opportunities. Awesome, but wait.. wait.. wait.. Do not cold call them yet … Continue reading

SMB Nation Day 3: The Wrap

Events
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Untitled document So here I am at JFK getting ready to head home and I wanted to update you on everything that went down at SMB Nation yesterday and a nice look back at the great event that it was. … Continue reading