ITechTips: May 2006 Archives

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This guide by Anthony Dhanendran, over at Computeract!ve is pretty useful if you still don't know how to run through the various options in the Control Panel for Windows XP.

Over the next few pages we will take a look at the engine room of Windows: the Control Panel. You will learn how to tweak Windows to make it look and feel the way you want it to, diagnose faults, tell technical support engineers exactly what’s wrong with the PC and even fix simple problems yourself.

Using the Windows XP Control Panel souce

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This tool from AOL is pretty useful if you want to do a comprehensive check on your PCs security health and its sort of like a free Security Advisor . - AOL Active Security MonitorAOL is letting users test a... Continue Reading

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The Microsoft Windows Live OneCare is now officially live though they should have come up with some Online Backup Service to complement it. Microsoft Windows Live OneCare will market for an annual subscription fee of $49.95 for use on up... Continue Reading

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Canonical, the Linux distributor of Ubuntu, has announced support for installation on Sun Microsystems Sparc-based servers.The free Debian-based Ubuntu distribution of Linux, launched in 2004 by South African dot-com billionaire Mark Shuttleworth, has already attracted millions of individual desktop users.... Continue Reading

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Kozoru, the Overland, Kan.-based company has devised a service that allows consumers to conduct searches from inside a chat client by letting users select their sources in advance--Wikipedia, news sites, shopping sites, etc. Kozoru then conducts a general search on... Continue Reading

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As we become more dependant on our PCs, the need for a reliable backup has never been more important. Yet, most people never even think about backing up their PC until it is too late. Typically when we think of... Continue Reading

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Diskcache plays a very important role in WinXP. However, the default I/O pagefile setting of XP is conservative, which limits the performance. Some better values for different RAM are given below to get some extra juice for speeding up your... Continue Reading

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This is real scary. Sys admins should take note and download the new Skype patch to rectify this problem. (Version: 2.0.0.107. Release date: May 24, 2006)Australian security firm Security-Assessment.com has discovered a flaw with the install of the Windows-based Skype... Continue Reading

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Saw this great interview of Paul Guerin, CEO of Jabber over at TechRockies. I’ve not been using Jabber for quite some time now and with their upcoming future plans, I bet you’ll hear of them even more. Some new features... Continue Reading

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Found this interesting blurb at Torsten Jacobi's Blog. He's the CEO of Creative Weblogging Ltd that hosts my wife's blog at Yuleguan.comFundingUniverse a matchmaker for angels and entrepreneurs has raised funds for its own development. "Orem, Utah-based FundingUniverse.com has raised... Continue Reading

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There’s a whole bunch of screenshots of the Office 2007 User Interface here but this particular one catches my eye. The Office Button In the Office 2007 User Interface is sort of like the Start Button for Office 2007 and... Continue Reading

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I’ve read this just a few minutes ago and I guess it applies to all businessmen out there whether its for those involved in the traditional area or the high tech ones. The 3 factors outlined by our Malaysian... Continue Reading

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SoxFirst.com has the heads-up on a disturbing report in the Wall Street Journal last week that revealed banks, Internet-service providers and other companies that possess large amounts of data on their customers were now being approached by law enforcement and... Continue Reading

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Keep track of your team with live scores and breaking news updates in the upcoming World Cup 2006 while stuck in your office. Just make sure your boss doesn't catch you. There’s a new special version of Opera Mini,... Continue Reading

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Its interesting to know there are more than 200k beta (guinea pigs) for the new Office 2007 Beta 2 and it will last till Jan 2007 once you install it.In the first 24 hours since going live, Microsoft counted 200,000... Continue Reading

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Adobe Labs is working on a concept project called NoteTag that allows users to capture notes during office meetings and assign tasks within those notes to individuals. NoteTag can turn the notes around and post them to a blog or... Continue Reading

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Not sure if your current antivirus, anti spyware, firewall software is doing what it claims to do ?Evaluate your current Anti-Spyware programs with the Systems Spyware Interrogator 3.1.19 (SSI) Tech Edition. Tech Edition offers new Alternate Directory Scans, File Hash... Continue Reading

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Microsoft will complete its entry into the desktop security market next week with the general release of its Windows Live OneCare antivirus software. OneCare, which also includes backup and PC-tuning software, has been available free in beta form since... Continue Reading

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Ever wonder how those whiz kids at Google Inc come up with such good ideas that even rivals like Yahoo! and MSN eat their dust ? Then listen to this insightful podcast from Marissa Mayer, the VP Search Products and... Continue Reading

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Microsoft is challenging developers worldwide to create conversational robots, or BOTs, for MSN® Messenger and Windows Live Messenger and giving away more than USD $ 40K in prizes. Why not give it a try if you know some good coding.... Continue Reading

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Going on trips either for business or pleasure can be fun if you are prepared for it. I'm a frequent traveller and so is my wife. So far I've been to Europe and Thailand this year and its a hassle... Continue Reading

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PCWorld has a list of the 25 Worst Tech Products of All Time and I agree if Internet Explorer is one of them but adding the Lion King CDROM beats me on the head. Sheesh. Seriously, the one that beats... Continue Reading

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Internet Explorer 7+ will have cool features like tabbed browsing in Opera and Firefox and may out come out around 2H 2006.In order to differentiate between Internet Explorer 7 on Windows XP and Vista, Microsoft on Friday announced "IE7+." The... Continue Reading

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Here's a nice writeup by ExtremeTech on some free Online music services. Its kind of nice to know that you don't have to pay for it apart from the internet charges when your beat up radio is not working and... Continue Reading

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Picasa is a free software download from Google and its now available for Linux! It was ported over with the use of Wine.Picasa is software that helps you instantly find, edit and share all the pictures on your computer. Every... Continue Reading

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The new Orb VideoMail for users of Mozilla Thunderbird and Microsoft Outlook will make sending videos via email pretty much easier and its a good viral marketing tool for online campaigns too. No more just boring old animated jpgs, now... Continue Reading

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Wine, a free implementation of Windows on Unix software has been released. Wine is an Open Source implementation of the Windows API on top of X and Unix. Wine provides both a development toolkit for porting Windows sources to Unix... Continue Reading

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Linux Networx is a company that designs super Linux clusters for big companies like BMW, Daimler Chrysler, Audi, Caterpillar, Shell. On the 22nd May 2006, they’ve (Linux Networx) announced that ATK Launch Systems, a leading provider of advanced weapons... Continue Reading

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Microsoft has a good rundown (overview) on the new Windows Vista Management features on this web page. As we all know, the new Windows Vista offers many new and improved management and troubleshooting features designed to minimize IT departments' support... Continue Reading

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Spammers will try to do anything to get you to click on their links. My wife's boss recently downloaded a free anti-spyware on the internet and it basically brought his PC down. So don't believe everything you read and verify... Continue Reading

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Here’s something that I might join up later near my place. The Mobile & Embedded Developer Conference 2006 (MEDC) seminar at Sunway Pyramid, Malaysia is slated on 27 June 2006 at Sunway Convention Centre, Petaling Jaya.Come see the latest in... Continue Reading

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If you want to increase more traffic to your websites, then you better start doing more research of trends in Search Engine Optimization. One good place will be Google Trends are its the first place I look for when I... Continue Reading

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I'm expecting either a big walkout or a strike anytime soon by the Microsoft staffs. How else are they gonna enjoy life over there when they can't even install their own programs to try out anymore. SheeshMicrosoft installs early builds... Continue Reading

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A new site, ChannelChooser.com, is going up the Alexa rankings and briefly broke into the Top 1000 sites. ChannelChooser a simple website where you just click on a channel, and start watching TV.But it isn't perfect. First, who wants to... Continue Reading

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If your eyes are getting tired from looking at boring old office WORD documents, then you might want to pivot your 21 inch LCD monitor and see your docs in FULL SCREEN. Sounds like a good idea? Yeah, I knew... Continue Reading

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Want to share your PC but don't want your small kid brother to mess up the PC's network settings ? Windows XP has some nice security features but when you want more control like customizing aspects of the Internet Explorer... Continue Reading

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I had tons of pictures when I got back from Netherlands and it added up to 5GBs of storage. Phew ! What a pain when it comes to viewing it on default programs in Windows. If you don't have a... Continue Reading

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Here's a nice TechRepublic article that Brien Posey wrote that explains how a to develop an effective PDA usage policy. PDAs present a very special security challenge for companies, and this article will help you to meet those challenges. I... Continue Reading

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If you use are a Firefox fan and you have a scroll wheel mouse (Microsoft and Logitech ones are the best), you can do some pretty neat things in your Web browser. If you have used Firefox for awhile, you... Continue Reading

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Computer hard-drive maker Seagate Technology on 17 May 2006 (Monday) said it completed its buyout of rival Maxtor Corp. and that it expected integration of operations to be substantially completed by early 2007. Seagate Technology (NYSE: STX), and Maxtor... Continue Reading

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Fernando Zandona has a description of the differences between Windows CE and Windows Mobile on his blog - might be useful if you are trying to determine the difference between the o/s and devices running the o/s. It does... Continue Reading

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With the increased use of workplace, IM and P2P comes the associated risks and challenges of protecting sensitive company information. Don't most of the IT users nowadays use Yahoo and MSN IM software? Monitoring and protecting proprietary and confidential... Continue Reading

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There’s a rogue worm going around that infects Yahoo Messenger and if you have FaceTime’s RTGuardian and GEM software installed, then you are saved. Just now sure if the biggies like Symantec and NAI have updated their patches yet. ... Continue Reading

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I'm seriously going to gag on this interview. How can you equate Microsoft products to stability ? Sheesh. Thats an oxymoron. And they always launch buggy products and take ages to patch them. I'm getting a bag now.A senior Microsoft... Continue Reading

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Jose Castillo has a great post on how to create Video podcasts. That's one sure way to get your business really closer to customers when you integrate it on your website or blog. Seeing how people look like is much... Continue Reading

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MTV and Microsoft are lending plenty of big bucks to make sure they can catch the iTunes market.MTV Networks, a division of Viacom International, and US software maker Microsoft have unveiled the public beta of Urge and the Windows Media... Continue Reading

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Today you need to remember tons of passwords. You need a password for your office Windows/Linux network logon, your e-mail account, your homepage's ftp password, online passwords (like CodeProject member account), etc. etc. etc. The list is endless like the... Continue Reading

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Stop sleeping and read this. Its important for those half eyes shut staff in office. When I first read about computers detecting when workers are dozing off on the job I felt a new Big Brother series coming up... I... Continue Reading

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First, Microsoft had Prepaid computers in where you get the computer for free, but to use it you need to buy credits. Once you buy enough credits (worth $351), the PC is yours. Now they’ve launched the new Prepaid... Continue Reading

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Looks like Microsoft is getting some heat from Symantec now… I can’t believe they would repackage sometime from Symantec and use it as their own. I guess they are having software block heads running the company and they will... Continue Reading

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The INBOX folder for my company's mailbox was overflowing with a lot of emails and it was time we archived it. Someone had archived some parts of it earlier but somehow that did not go smoothly and all the emails... Continue Reading

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The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) has published its Anti-Spam Toolkit book. The target audience of the Anti-Spam Toolkit is corporate users, local learning institutions, government agencies, licensees and end users. One of the objectives of the toolkit... Continue Reading

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Such a pity. I cant believe that spammers are turning into Cyber Terrorists and bringing down corporations just like that. What is happening to the world ?"According to The Washington Post, Blue Security has closed its doors, which can be... Continue Reading

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Do you think you've got the mental coder muscle to win the 2006 TechEd Iron Architect contest ? Check it out Welcome to the 2006 TechEd Iron Architect contest. If you are registered for TechEd this year you are eligible... Continue Reading

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Charles Sterling aka "Chuck" , a Developer Evangelist for Microsoft Australia living on the Gold Coast, Australia gets to play with 3 notebooks (2 Toshiba's and 1 Samsung one) to max out Windows Vista...Read his blog post here.1. Asus Lamborghini2. ... Continue Reading

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Windows Server 2003 R2 Active Directory Federation Services enables single sign-on to extranet Web sites and identity federation. It helps administrators enable organizations to share a user's identity information securely across organizational boundaries and connect processes that are using different... Continue Reading

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If you were a participant on the Windows Server 2003 SP1 Beta, we have a great beta opportunity for you testing Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 (SP2). Participation will consist of software installation, application testing, answering surveys, reporting bugs,... Continue Reading

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The minimum guidelines to support Microsoft Vista has been out for some time already.On this coming Thursday, the company is expected to give details of two marketing programs that computer makers and retailers can use to indicate whether, and how... Continue Reading

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Tired of Google Maps when they don't update the road on your area ? I've tried zooming in on Kuala Lumpur and sometimes the maps aren't that updated and its fuzzy looking. So you might want to try the new... Continue Reading

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Whatsbuzzing launched at the end of last week is betting on social shopping to make some big bucks. Whatsbuzzing will have customer reviews, picklists and revenue sharing coming soon.Whatsbuzzing was started with the goal of becoming the first stop destination... Continue Reading

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Google Notebook is now live at Google.com/notebook. and there's a bunch of FlickR screenshots if you still want to see them. Google Notebook is a AJAX (web 2.0) service where you can bookmark content (a web page or a piece... Continue Reading

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Google has launched a computer programming competition to find Europe’s brightest and best engineers. The competition, known as Code Jam, is designed to emphasise the crucial role of engineering and technology in the modern economy. Engineers must first select their... Continue Reading

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IBM adds support for the Open Source community. Kudos to them...Not that its a first time, since they are already good backers of the Linux users and this strengthens their stand on making Microsoft's OS market smaller.International Business Machines (IBM)... Continue Reading

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Netvibes is a start page that is AJAX to the max. Draggable windows you can edit are what you start with, and no account is required to start using it right away. You can have a price watcher, your Gmail... Continue Reading

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Windows records a number of user activities in log files on your PC for later viewing. These logs, or histories, can be deleted by users concerned about privacy issues. PC Confidential is available to assist in "erasing tracks" on your... Continue Reading

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The Outsourcing market is very lucrative in India but it looks like the slices on the cake is getting smaller and companies like Wipro Technologies better start looking at alternatives to cut costs down and keep their staff intact. Once... Continue Reading

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Here's some good news for phone hoggers and Skype users. Reaching out and touching your family across USA and Canada is now FREE since you can save a bundle on the 2 cents per minute charge. That would mean more... Continue Reading

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Here's some good news for those grid computing lovers. IBM wants to make your life easier and more balanced with some really intelligent grid computing software. We love the BIG Blue.Batch-on-Grid blends self-managing autonomic computing with technology borrowed from a... Continue Reading

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Grid Computing could one day solve the aged old questions of whether aliens do exist (SETI) or whether you could win the Lotto Jackpots but for now, it could win you a six week paid internship with Intellect,an Xbox 360,... Continue Reading

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Here's a bunch of FlickR shots on the upcoming Google Notebook service. Its basically is a personal browser tool that lets you clip text, images, and links from the pages you're searching, save clippings to an online notebook, and then... Continue Reading

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Check this out. Watch VideoAds and earn money. This is not your MLM or get rich quick scheme. Its basically a Web 2.0 website and is something like a free super-jackpot game show, which allows anyone to become a millionaire... Continue Reading

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Delivering a Service on time and according to SLAs is a real tricky job that can make even the best Service Delivery Manager go bonkers. Well here's a good tool to get you started.Indus International Inc., a Service Delivery Management... Continue Reading

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ItechTip : Get Free Wifi anywhere in the World I'm a sucker for free things and I hate to pay a premium for internet access. I was at Phuket the last few days and a 30min surfing at the Phuket... Continue Reading

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There's 2 new functions on your Skype software now that's gonna be good news for Paypal users. You can now send and request money using Paypal. However, there's still no real PayPal-Skype integration, like for instance, buying SkypeOut minutes with... Continue Reading

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The Windows Media Player 11 is still one of my favourites although I'm slowly moving towards the DivX direction. It will stay on my Windows XP for now until they come out with a patch that can remove it.Microsoft is... Continue Reading

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May31	Using the Windows XP Control Panel Colbert Low May 31, 2006 Know More: News, technology, windows 2.0, windows This guide by Anthony Dhanendran, over at Computeract!ve is pretty useful if you still don't know how to run through the various options in the Control Panel for Windows XP. Over the next few pages we will take a look at the engine room of Windows: the Control Panel. You will learn how to tweak Windows to make it look and feel the way you want it to, diagnose faults, tell technical support engineers exactly what’s wrong with the PC and even fix simple problems yourself. Using the Windows XP Control Panel souce Posted at 3:21 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
May31	AOL Active Security Monitor Colbert Low May 31, 2006 This tool from AOL is pretty useful if you want to do a comprehensive check on your PCs security health and its sort of like a free Security Advisor . - AOL Active Security MonitorAOL is letting users test a... Continue Reading Posted at 8:10 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Microsoft Windows Live OneCare Launched Colbert Low May 31, 2006 The Microsoft Windows Live OneCare is now officially live though they should have come up with some Online Backup Service to complement it. Microsoft Windows Live OneCare will market for an annual subscription fee of $49.95 for use on up... Continue Reading Posted at 5:50 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Installing Ubuntu Linux on Sun Niagara Servers Colbert Low May 31, 2006 Canonical, the Linux distributor of Ubuntu, has announced support for installation on Sun Microsystems Sparc-based servers.The free Debian-based Ubuntu distribution of Linux, launched in 2004 by South African dot-com billionaire Mark Shuttleworth, has already attracted millions of individual desktop users.... Continue Reading Posted at 2:19 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Kozoru lets you Search Inside a Chat Client like AIM or Yahoo Colbert Low May 31, 2006 Kozoru, the Overland, Kan.-based company has devised a service that allows consumers to conduct searches from inside a chat client by letting users select their sources in advance--Wikipedia, news sites, shopping sites, etc. Kozoru then conducts a general search on... Continue Reading Posted at 12:13 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
May30	PC Backup. Let someone else do it for you... Colbert Low May 30, 2006 As we become more dependant on our PCs, the need for a reliable backup has never been more important. Yet, most people never even think about backing up their PC until it is too late. Typically when we think of... Continue Reading Posted at 1:50 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Modify Diskcache to Improve Windows XP Performance Colbert Low May 30, 2006 Diskcache plays a very important role in WinXP. However, the default I/O pagefile setting of XP is conservative, which limits the performance. Some better values for different RAM are given below to get some extra juice for speeding up your... Continue Reading Posted at 7:10 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Skype Flaw found by Australian security firm Colbert Low May 30, 2006 This is real scary. Sys admins should take note and download the new Skype patch to rectify this problem. (Version: 2.0.0.107. Release date: May 24, 2006)Australian security firm Security-Assessment.com has discovered a flaw with the install of the Windows-based Skype... Continue Reading Posted at 5:47 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Interview with Paul Guerin, CEO of Jabber Colbert Low May 30, 2006 Saw this great interview of Paul Guerin, CEO of Jabber over at TechRockies. I’ve not been using Jabber for quite some time now and with their upcoming future plans, I bet you’ll hear of them even more. Some new features... Continue Reading Posted at 3:59 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	FundingUniverse Gets Funding Colbert Low May 30, 2006 Found this interesting blurb at Torsten Jacobi's Blog. He's the CEO of Creative Weblogging Ltd that hosts my wife's blog at Yuleguan.comFundingUniverse a matchmaker for angels and entrepreneurs has raised funds for its own development. "Orem, Utah-based FundingUniverse.com has raised... Continue Reading Posted at 2:18 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
May29	The Office Button In the Office 2007 User Interface Colbert Low May 29, 2006 There’s a whole bunch of screenshots of the Office 2007 User Interface here but this particular one catches my eye. The Office Button In the Office 2007 User Interface is sort of like the Start Button for Office 2007 and... Continue Reading Posted at 8:36 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	3 Factors to be Successful e-Entrepreneurs Colbert Low May 29, 2006 I’ve read this just a few minutes ago and I guess it applies to all businessmen out there whether its for those involved in the traditional area or the high tech ones. The 3 factors outlined by our Malaysian... Continue Reading Posted at 6:36 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	USA intelligence agencies saving all your Data Colbert Low May 29, 2006 SoxFirst.com has the heads-up on a disturbing report in the Wall Street Journal last week that revealed banks, Internet-service providers and other companies that possess large amounts of data on their customers were now being approached by law enforcement and... Continue Reading Posted at 4:36 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Opera Mini Version and Opera Widget for World Cup 2006 Colbert Low May 29, 2006 Keep track of your team with live scores and breaking news updates in the upcoming World Cup 2006 while stuck in your office. Just make sure your boss doesn't catch you. There’s a new special version of Opera Mini,... Continue Reading Posted at 2:31 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	200K Downloads for Office 2007 Beta 2 Colbert Low May 29, 2006 Its interesting to know there are more than 200k beta (guinea pigs) for the new Office 2007 Beta 2 and it will last till Jan 2007 once you install it.In the first 24 hours since going live, Microsoft counted 200,000... Continue Reading Posted at 3:02 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
May28	Adobe NoteTag as a Office Blogging Tool Colbert Low May 28, 2006 Adobe Labs is working on a concept project called NoteTag that allows users to capture notes during office meetings and assign tasks within those notes to individuals. NoteTag can turn the notes around and post them to a blog or... Continue Reading Posted at 9:58 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Systems Spyware Interrogator 3.1.20 Colbert Low May 28, 2006 Not sure if your current antivirus, anti spyware, firewall software is doing what it claims to do ?Evaluate your current Anti-Spyware programs with the Systems Spyware Interrogator 3.1.19 (SSI) Tech Edition. Tech Edition offers new Alternate Directory Scans, File Hash... Continue Reading Posted at 1:52 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Microsoft's Live OneCare to Go Live This Coming Week Colbert Low May 28, 2006 Microsoft will complete its entry into the desktop security market next week with the general release of its Windows Live OneCare antivirus software. OneCare, which also includes backup and PC-tuning software, has been available free in beta form since... Continue Reading Posted at 11:41 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Google Podcast by Marissa Mayer Colbert Low May 28, 2006 Ever wonder how those whiz kids at Google Inc come up with such good ideas that even rivals like Yahoo! and MSN eat their dust ? Then listen to this insightful podcast from Marissa Mayer, the VP Search Products and... Continue Reading Posted at 9:24 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	MSN Messenger and Windows Live Messenger Bot Contest Colbert Low May 28, 2006 Microsoft is challenging developers worldwide to create conversational robots, or BOTs, for MSN® Messenger and Windows Live Messenger and giving away more than USD $ 40K in prizes. Why not give it a try if you know some good coding.... Continue Reading Posted at 7:16 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
May27	Travel Tips for your IT Gear Colbert Low May 27, 2006 Going on trips either for business or pleasure can be fun if you are prepared for it. I'm a frequent traveller and so is my wife. So far I've been to Europe and Thailand this year and its a hassle... Continue Reading Posted at 12:38 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	25 Worst Tech Products of All Time by PCWorld Colbert Low May 27, 2006 PCWorld has a list of the 25 Worst Tech Products of All Time and I agree if Internet Explorer is one of them but adding the Lion King CDROM beats me on the head. Sheesh. Seriously, the one that beats... Continue Reading Posted at 8:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Internet Explorer 7+ in Vista Colbert Low May 27, 2006 Internet Explorer 7+ will have cool features like tabbed browsing in Opera and Firefox and may out come out around 2H 2006.In order to differentiate between Internet Explorer 7 on Windows XP and Vista, Microsoft on Friday announced "IE7+." The... Continue Reading Posted at 6:31 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
May26	Free Online Music Services Colbert Low May 26, 2006 Here's a nice writeup by ExtremeTech on some free Online music services. Its kind of nice to know that you don't have to pay for it apart from the internet charges when your beat up radio is not working and... Continue Reading Posted at 5:43 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Picasa for Linux is Out ! Colbert Low May 26, 2006 Picasa is a free software download from Google and its now available for Linux! It was ported over with the use of Wine.Picasa is software that helps you instantly find, edit and share all the pictures on your computer. Every... Continue Reading Posted at 5:41 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
May25	Orb VideoMail for users of Mozilla Thunderbird and Microsoft Outlook Colbert Low May 25, 2006 The new Orb VideoMail for users of Mozilla Thunderbird and Microsoft Outlook will make sending videos via email pretty much easier and its a good viral marketing tool for online campaigns too. No more just boring old animated jpgs, now... Continue Reading Posted at 9:46 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
May24	Wine 0.9.14 for Windows on Linux Released Colbert Low May 24, 2006 Wine, a free implementation of Windows on Unix software has been released. Wine is an Open Source implementation of the Windows API on top of X and Unix. Wine provides both a development toolkit for porting Windows sources to Unix... Continue Reading Posted at 1:05 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	ATK Launch Systems Buys Linux Networx Supercomputers Colbert Low May 24, 2006 Linux Networx is a company that designs super Linux clusters for big companies like BMW, Daimler Chrysler, Audi, Caterpillar, Shell. On the 22nd May 2006, they’ve (Linux Networx) announced that ATK Launch Systems, a leading provider of advanced weapons... Continue Reading Posted at 12:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Windows Vista Management Features Colbert Low May 24, 2006 Microsoft has a good rundown (overview) on the new Windows Vista Management features on this web page. As we all know, the new Windows Vista offers many new and improved management and troubleshooting features designed to minimize IT departments' support... Continue Reading Posted at 10:13 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Da Vinci Code spam coming soon to your Inbox Colbert Low May 24, 2006 Spammers will try to do anything to get you to click on their links. My wife's boss recently downloaded a free anti-spyware on the internet and it basically brought his PC down. So don't believe everything you read and verify... Continue Reading Posted at 7:18 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
May23	Mobile and Embedded Developer Conference 2006 (MEDC) at Sunway Pyramid, Malaysia Colbert Low May 23, 2006 Here’s something that I might join up later near my place. The Mobile & Embedded Developer Conference 2006 (MEDC) seminar at Sunway Pyramid, Malaysia is slated on 27 June 2006 at Sunway Convention Centre, Petaling Jaya.Come see the latest in... Continue Reading Posted at 11:27 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Google's Trends for Popular Web Searches Colbert Low May 23, 2006 If you want to increase more traffic to your websites, then you better start doing more research of trends in Search Engine Optimization. One good place will be Google Trends are its the first place I look for when I... Continue Reading Posted at 7:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Microsoft Takes Away PC Admin Rights Colbert Low May 23, 2006 I'm expecting either a big walkout or a strike anytime soon by the Microsoft staffs. How else are they gonna enjoy life over there when they can't even install their own programs to try out anymore. SheeshMicrosoft installs early builds... Continue Reading Posted at 5:38 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	ChannelChooser.com for watching Online TV Shows Colbert Low May 23, 2006 A new site, ChannelChooser.com, is going up the Alexa rankings and briefly broke into the Top 1000 sites. ChannelChooser a simple website where you just click on a channel, and start watching TV.But it isn't perfect. First, who wants to... Continue Reading Posted at 7:10 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Full Screen for Word Documents Colbert Low May 23, 2006 If your eyes are getting tired from looking at boring old office WORD documents, then you might want to pivot your 21 inch LCD monitor and see your docs in FULL SCREEN. Sounds like a good idea? Yeah, I knew... Continue Reading Posted at 6:08 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
May22	1st Security Agent Windows Security Utility Colbert Low May 22, 2006 Want to share your PC but don't want your small kid brother to mess up the PC's network settings ? Windows XP has some nice security features but when you want more control like customizing aspects of the Internet Explorer... Continue Reading Posted at 2:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	FastStone Image Viewer Colbert Low May 22, 2006 I had tons of pictures when I got back from Netherlands and it added up to 5GBs of storage. Phew ! What a pain when it comes to viewing it on default programs in Windows. If you don't have a... Continue Reading Posted at 12:47 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Corporate Pda Policies Colbert Low May 22, 2006 Here's a nice TechRepublic article that Brien Posey wrote that explains how a to develop an effective PDA usage policy. PDAs present a very special security challenge for companies, and this article will help you to meet those challenges. I... Continue Reading Posted at 9:30 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Mouse Tricks for Firefox Colbert Low May 22, 2006 If you use are a Firefox fan and you have a scroll wheel mouse (Microsoft and Logitech ones are the best), you can do some pretty neat things in your Web browser. If you have used Firefox for awhile, you... Continue Reading Posted at 8:30 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Seagate Technology Completes Buyout of Maxtor Shares Colbert Low May 22, 2006 Computer hard-drive maker Seagate Technology on 17 May 2006 (Monday) said it completed its buyout of rival Maxtor Corp. and that it expected integration of operations to be substantially completed by early 2007. Seagate Technology (NYSE: STX), and Maxtor... Continue Reading Posted at 6:26 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
May21	Comparisons of Windows CE and Windows Mobile features Colbert Low May 21, 2006 Fernando Zandona has a description of the differences between Windows CE and Windows Mobile on his blog - might be useful if you are trying to determine the difference between the o/s and devices running the o/s. It does... Continue Reading Posted at 11:49 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	FaceTime Enterprise Edition for IM Logging and Audit Colbert Low May 21, 2006 With the increased use of workplace, IM and P2P comes the associated risks and challenges of protecting sensitive company information. Don't most of the IT users nowadays use Yahoo and MSN IM software? Monitoring and protecting proprietary and confidential... Continue Reading Posted at 11:18 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Rogue Safety Browser Worm hijacks the Internet Explorer homepage Colbert Low May 21, 2006 There’s a rogue worm going around that infects Yahoo Messenger and if you have FaceTime’s RTGuardian and GEM software installed, then you are saved. Just now sure if the biggies like Symantec and NAI have updated their patches yet. ... Continue Reading Posted at 11:07 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Use Microsoft Software for Stability Colbert Low May 21, 2006 I'm seriously going to gag on this interview. How can you equate Microsoft products to stability ? Sheesh. Thats an oxymoron. And they always launch buggy products and take ages to patch them. I'm getting a bag now.A senior Microsoft... Continue Reading Posted at 8:35 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Creating Video Podcasts Colbert Low May 21, 2006 Jose Castillo has a great post on how to create Video podcasts. That's one sure way to get your business really closer to customers when you integrate it on your website or blog. Seeing how people look like is much... Continue Reading Posted at 5:10 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
May20	Microsoft and MTV iTunes Killer Colbert Low May 20, 2006 MTV and Microsoft are lending plenty of big bucks to make sure they can catch the iTunes market.MTV Networks, a division of Viacom International, and US software maker Microsoft have unveiled the public beta of Urge and the Windows Media... Continue Reading Posted at 12:24 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	KeePass Password Safe 1.05 Colbert Low May 20, 2006 Today you need to remember tons of passwords. You need a password for your office Windows/Linux network logon, your e-mail account, your homepage's ftp password, online passwords (like CodeProject member account), etc. etc. etc. The list is endless like the... Continue Reading Posted at 1:35 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
May19	Cat Nap in the Office Colbert Low May 19, 2006 Stop sleeping and read this. Its important for those half eyes shut staff in office. When I first read about computers detecting when workers are dozing off on the job I felt a new Big Brother series coming up... I... Continue Reading Posted at 10:38 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Microsoft Prepaid Windows with PowerLine servers Colbert Low May 19, 2006 First, Microsoft had Prepaid computers in where you get the computer for free, but to use it you need to buy credits. Once you buy enough credits (worth $351), the PC is yours. Now they’ve launched the new Prepaid... Continue Reading Posted at 2:37 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Symantec sues Giant Microsoft for Microsoft Vista Infringement Colbert Low May 19, 2006 Looks like Microsoft is getting some heat from Symantec now… I can’t believe they would repackage sometime from Symantec and use it as their own. I guess they are having software block heads running the company and they will... Continue Reading Posted at 6:28 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Archiving Microsoft Outlook folders for SOX Compliancy Colbert Low May 19, 2006 The INBOX folder for my company's mailbox was overflowing with a lot of emails and it was time we archived it. Someone had archived some parts of it earlier but somehow that did not go smoothly and all the emails... Continue Reading Posted at 2:10 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) Anti-Spam Toolkit Book Colbert Low May 19, 2006 The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) has published its Anti-Spam Toolkit book. The target audience of the Anti-Spam Toolkit is corporate users, local learning institutions, government agencies, licensees and end users. One of the objectives of the toolkit... Continue Reading Posted at 12:01 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
May18	The anti-spam vendor Blue Security Shuts Down Operations Colbert Low May 18, 2006 Such a pity. I cant believe that spammers are turning into Cyber Terrorists and bringing down corporations just like that. What is happening to the world ?"According to The Washington Post, Blue Security has closed its doors, which can be... Continue Reading Posted at 6:44 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	2006 Microsoft TechEd Iron Architect contest Colbert Low May 18, 2006 Do you think you've got the mental coder muscle to win the 2006 TechEd Iron Architect contest ? Check it out Welcome to the 2006 TechEd Iron Architect contest. If you are registered for TechEd this year you are eligible... Continue Reading Posted at 4:44 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Charles Sterling Checks out Windows Vista on Toshiba and Samsung Notebooks Colbert Low May 18, 2006 Charles Sterling aka "Chuck" , a Developer Evangelist for Microsoft Australia living on the Gold Coast, Australia gets to play with 3 notebooks (2 Toshiba's and 1 Samsung one) to max out Windows Vista...Read his blog post here.1. Asus Lamborghini2. ... Continue Reading Posted at 2:33 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Windows Server 2003 R2 Active Directory Federation Services Colbert Low May 18, 2006 Windows Server 2003 R2 Active Directory Federation Services enables single sign-on to extranet Web sites and identity federation. It helps administrators enable organizations to share a user's identity information securely across organizational boundaries and connect processes that are using different... Continue Reading Posted at 1:15 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Get the Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 Invite Colbert Low May 18, 2006 If you were a participant on the Windows Server 2003 SP1 Beta, we have a great beta opportunity for you testing Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 (SP2). Participation will consist of software installation, application testing, answering surveys, reporting bugs,... Continue Reading Posted at 12:01 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
May17	Microsoft Premium Ready program for Microsoft Vista Colbert Low May 17, 2006 The minimum guidelines to support Microsoft Vista has been out for some time already.On this coming Thursday, the company is expected to give details of two marketing programs that computer makers and retailers can use to indicate whether, and how... Continue Reading Posted at 9:25 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Shareable Maps with Microsoft Research’s MapCruncher Colbert Low May 17, 2006 Tired of Google Maps when they don't update the road on your area ? I've tried zooming in on Kuala Lumpur and sometimes the maps aren't that updated and its fuzzy looking. So you might want to try the new... Continue Reading Posted at 7:17 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Whatsbuzzing Social Shopping Site Colbert Low May 17, 2006 Whatsbuzzing launched at the end of last week is betting on social shopping to make some big bucks. Whatsbuzzing will have customer reviews, picklists and revenue sharing coming soon.Whatsbuzzing was started with the goal of becoming the first stop destination... Continue Reading Posted at 10:15 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Google Notebook is now Live! Colbert Low May 17, 2006 Google Notebook is now live at Google.com/notebook. and there's a bunch of FlickR screenshots if you still want to see them. Google Notebook is a AJAX (web 2.0) service where you can bookmark content (a web page or a piece... Continue Reading Posted at 8:59 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Google Code Jam Competition is for Coders Colbert Low May 17, 2006 Google has launched a computer programming competition to find Europe’s brightest and best engineers. The competition, known as Code Jam, is designed to emphasise the crucial role of engineering and technology in the modern economy. Engineers must first select their... Continue Reading Posted at 6:09 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
May16	IBM's New Lotus Notes supports OpenDocument Format Colbert Low May 16, 2006 IBM adds support for the Open Source community. Kudos to them...Not that its a first time, since they are already good backers of the Linux users and this strengthens their stand on making Microsoft's OS market smaller.International Business Machines (IBM)... Continue Reading Posted at 9:47 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	NetVibes Ajax Start Page Colbert Low May 16, 2006 Netvibes is a start page that is AJAX to the max. Draggable windows you can edit are what you start with, and no account is required to start using it right away. You can have a price watcher, your Gmail... Continue Reading Posted at 5:35 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	How to Delete your Usage History Tracks in Windows Colbert Low May 16, 2006 Windows records a number of user activities in log files on your PC for later viewing. These logs, or histories, can be deleted by users concerned about privacy issues. PC Confidential is available to assist in "erasing tracks" on your... Continue Reading Posted at 11:06 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Outsourcing Growth for Indian Companies Cooling Down Colbert Low May 16, 2006 The Outsourcing market is very lucrative in India but it looks like the slices on the cake is getting smaller and companies like Wipro Technologies better start looking at alternatives to cut costs down and keep their staff intact. Once... Continue Reading Posted at 8:52 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Free SkypeOut Calls to Landline and Mobile phones in the U.S. and Canada Colbert Low May 16, 2006 Here's some good news for phone hoggers and Skype users. Reaching out and touching your family across USA and Canada is now FREE since you can save a bundle on the 2 cents per minute charge. That would mean more... Continue Reading Posted at 6:30 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
May15	IBM Batch-on-Grid Software for Grid computing Colbert Low May 15, 2006 Here's some good news for those grid computing lovers. IBM wants to make your life easier and more balanced with some really intelligent grid computing software. We love the BIG Blue.Batch-on-Grid blends self-managing autonomic computing with technology borrowed from a... Continue Reading Posted at 8:37 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	New Grid Computing Competition Colbert Low May 15, 2006 Grid Computing could one day solve the aged old questions of whether aliens do exist (SETI) or whether you could win the Lotto Jackpots but for now, it could win you a six week paid internship with Intellect,an Xbox 360,... Continue Reading Posted at 8:24 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Google Notebook screenshots Colbert Low May 15, 2006 Here's a bunch of FlickR shots on the upcoming Google Notebook service. Its basically is a personal browser tool that lets you clip text, images, and links from the pages you're searching, save clippings to an online notebook, and then... Continue Reading Posted at 8:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Moola is a Jackpot AdverTournament Colbert Low May 15, 2006 Check this out. Watch VideoAds and earn money. This is not your MLM or get rich quick scheme. Its basically a Web 2.0 website and is something like a free super-jackpot game show, which allows anyone to become a millionaire... Continue Reading Posted at 7:30 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	New Online Real-Time Project Management Tool by Indus International Inc Colbert Low May 15, 2006 Delivering a Service on time and according to SLAs is a real tricky job that can make even the best Service Delivery Manager go bonkers. Well here's a good tool to get you started.Indus International Inc., a Service Delivery Management... Continue Reading Posted at 6:48 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
May14	Free Wifi with Fon Colbert Low May 14, 2006 ItechTip : Get Free Wifi anywhere in the World I'm a sucker for free things and I hate to pay a premium for internet access. I was at Phuket the last few days and a 30min surfing at the Phuket... Continue Reading Posted at 11:53 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Use Paypal on Skype now Colbert Low May 14, 2006 There's 2 new functions on your Skype software now that's gonna be good news for Paypal users. You can now send and request money using Paypal. However, there's still no real PayPal-Skype integration, like for instance, buying SkypeOut minutes with... Continue Reading Posted at 10:41 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	New Public Preview Beta of Windows Media Player 11 Colbert Low May 14, 2006 The Windows Media Player 11 is still one of my favourites although I'm slowly moving towards the DivX direction. It will stay on my Windows XP for now until they come out with a patch that can remove it.Microsoft is... Continue Reading Posted at 9:09 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
May13	Free Veritas Storage Foundation product from Symantec software Colbert Low May 13, 2006

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