Archive for June, 2009

Tiny S’pore-made MP3 player

Tuesday, June 30th, 2009

A home-grown company has come up with what it is pitching as a cheap alternative to Apple's tiniest digital-music player, the iPod Shuffle. Barely the size of a thumb, the Kube (right) measures 23mm by 23mm and weighs 18g. The company behind the player, Blue Tree Electronics, wants to make MP3 ...

Lenovo to offer free Windows updates

Monday, June 29th, 2009

Lenovo has become the latest PC vendor to offer users a free upgrade to Windows 2007. The company said that all systems sold between 26 June and 31 January with the Home Premium, Business and Ultimate versions of Windows Vista would be eligible for the update. Lenovo said that the offer ...

How can I see a list of all users who access Exchange via the Outlook Web Access (OWA)?

Friday, June 26th, 2009

If you inspect the IIS web service logs you'll will see all the access logs, which include source IP address and username. This file is very cumbersome, however. A friend of mine, Tim McCarty, used the LOGPARSER tool with a little T-SQL script to take the data and reformat into ...

MailMessenger Email Server

Thursday, June 25th, 2009

The MailMessenger Email Server is a high performance, multi-threaded email server for Windows 2000/2003/XP/Vista which supports IMAP, POP3 and SMTP protocols. Whether you are hosting your own email or collecting mail from your ISP, the MailMessenger Email Server will provide everything you need to run a secure and dependable ...

Pirate Bay Launches VPN Service

Wednesday, June 24th, 2009

The operators of The Pirate Bay launched a long-awaited VPN service Monday, promising to make file sharers and other internet users more anonymous online.The IPREDATOR Global Anonymity Service, at about $7 monthly, is named for Sweden’s IPRED law that went into force in April. That law empowers copyright owners to ...

HP Web-Connected Printer

Tuesday, June 23rd, 2009

Hewlett-Packard on Monday introduced an Internet-connected inkjet printer that lets people print coupons, movie tickets, maps, and other items from Web sites without having to turn on a PC. The HP Photosmart Premium with TouchSmart Web has a 4.33-inch touch screen for navigating to sites. The printer includes software for ...

Six Easy Ways To Save Money And ‘Go Green’

Monday, June 22nd, 2009

Source: thenorthcountyvoice.com   Want to save money while simultaneously saving the planet? Then listen up...    1) Power down your computers at night. A recent Gartner study measured carbon emissions from a variety of IT devices and found that the top three are PCs/monitors, data centers, and fixed-line telecommunications systems, in that order. ...

Google Offers Glimpse of Google Apps Script

Friday, June 19th, 2009

Google announced this week that it has launched a limited test of a new feature, which lets people add customization and automation to Google Apps, starting with spreadsheets in Google Docs. They call this Google Apps Script. Google Apps Script lets users automate spreadsheet actions, like reading and changing values in ...

Tips to Diagnose Linux server Network Connectivity Issues

Thursday, June 18th, 2009

Source: cyberciti.biz Steps to diagnose the problem: #1: Use ping command Always ping the IP address of server and then try hostname. For example: $ ping 75.126.43.232 $ ping cyberciti.biz If you can ping by IP address but not by hostname, then make sure you have correct DNS servers setup in /etc/resolv.conf file. $ less /etc/resolv.conf Output: nameserver 192.168.1.10 nameserver ...

How to convert videos to iPod/PSP/iPhone/PSP/Zune with MP4 converter

Wednesday, June 17th, 2009

Preparation: Intall and run 4Easysoft MP4 Converter Step 1: Import files Click “Add File” button, you are allowed to import versatile video/audio files. Step 2: Select output formatClick the “Profile” button to select the output video format from the drop-down list button. Step 3: Start conversion Click “Start” button, you are allowed to start conversion. ...