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Xobni: New Outlook Plugin With Premium Service

July 16, 2009 – 11:47 am
Xobni, the Outlook plug-in that helps organize your inbox, introduced a paid version of its service Wednesday, which promises more powerful inbox search capabilities. Xobni Plus is now available for a one-time fee of $29.95 at http://www.xobni.com/order. Plus allows users to filter searches by date, folder, subject, and more, and as well as search appointments and tasks. The free version allows only the search of e-mail and contacts. With Plus, users can also search the full text of messages and contacts rather than just message subject lines, and it provides unlimited data file searches rather than just one. Xobni Plus also provides one-year of technical support and an ad-free environment. Users can add another computer for $9.95 per device. To download, you must have Xobni 1.8, the latest version of the plug-in. Source:http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2350255,00.asp

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Top 5 Tips to Prevent a Laptop Computer Repair

July 14, 2009 – 11:44 am
When you're on the go and having laptop problems, RESCUECOM's laptop repair service can respond, 24/7, to your wireless, virus and software issues. 1) Small Fixes to Avoid Big Problems RESCUECOM's techs see a great variety of computer repair problems every day; one of the most common computer repairs deals with laptop screens. Laptop screens typically use liquid crystal display (or LCD) to show images and are made of millions of little dots called pixels. When sections of your screen appear distorted or smudged, these pixels are probably "stuck" on one color and may need a laptop repair. Professional laptop repair services may be able to fix or "unstick" small amounts of damaged pixels, or just turn them off so that they appear black. A white or black pixel is dead and likely cannot be fixed through a simple laptop repair. With too many dead pixels, a laptop repair may not ...

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Speed Up Your Windows XP Netbook

July 13, 2009 – 5:14 am
Most modern desktops and laptops have power to spare, but netbooks are notoriously pokey. Consequently, you should turn off any operating-system features that can make your Lilliputian PC even slower. If your system runs Windows XP, as most netbooks do, here's an easy way to squeeze some extra speed out of it: 1. Open the Control Panel. 2. Double-click System. 3. Click the Advanced tab, followed by the Settings button in the Performance section. 4. By default, the Visual Effects tab is usually set to Let Windows choose what's best for my computer. Windows knows best?! Hardly. Change the setting to Adjust for best performance. As you'll see, this disables all XP's visual effects. 5. Click OK, then wait a few seconds while Windows readjusts itself. Click OK again to exit System Properties. While this leaves you with a plainer, less visually exciting Windows, it also lets your netbook devote its minimal processing power to more ...

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HP Introduces Web-Connected Touchscreen Printer

July 8, 2009 – 7:04 am
In a bid to inject some spark into stodgy home printers, HP has introduced a new all-in-one touchscreen printer that can directly connect to the web and print coupons, maps, movie tickets, news and weather information without the need for a PC. HP has also taken the idea of apps, popularized by smartphones such as iPhone and T-Mobile G1, and extended it to its product. That means the company’s latest printer will come preloaded with HP applications that can be accessed via the touchscreen panel. HP will also allow users to create and download apps from their site later this year. “By giving people access to the content they want at the touch of a finger, the ability to customize their printing experience and create their own apps, we are driving a significant shift in how people will be printing in the future,” says Vyomesh Joshi, executive vice president, imaging and printing ...

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Cowon Japan Resuscitates the Acorn MP3 Player

July 3, 2009 – 6:41 am
Based on the INO-500, these DAPs were tiny little DIY players sold in an acorn or a simple carton box DAP. It was quite popular Japan because you could build your very own DAP out of whatever material you like. Strangely Ever-Green Japan discontinued the Motz and Acorn players, but today, the Korea's Cowon decided to resuscitate this concept and offer them now through their online store. Source: .akihabaranews.com/en/news-18335-Cowon+Japan+Resuscitates+the+Acorn+MP3+Player.html

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Microsoft File Server Migration Toolkit 1.2 Available

July 2, 2009 – 7:50 am
Microsoft has released a new version of its toolset designed to help administrators migrate shared folders between servers running Windows operating systems. Microsoft File Server Migration Toolkit 1.2 went live in June 2009, and is currently up for grabs via the Microsoft Download Center. Making use of the Distributed File System (DFS), the File Server Migration Toolkit is capable of maintaining Universal Naming Convention (UNC) paths. In this manner, admins will be able to enjoy a simplified consolidation and migration process, the software giant promised. “Microsoft released the File Server Migration Toolkit version 1.2 (FSMT 1.2), which will help you migrate file shares from computers running Windows NT 4.0 Server, Windows 2000 Server, Windows 2003 Server, Windows Server 2008 and Windows Storage Server 2008 to computers running Windows 2003 Server, Windows Server 2008 and Windows Storage Server 2008. You can use it to consolidate multiple file servers or simply to ...

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Tiny S’pore-made MP3 player

June 30, 2009 – 4:44 am
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 players affordable for everyone by pricing the Kube at only S$34.90. It is also selling it at 7-Eleven stores so as to reach out to a wider clientele. Despite its light weight, the player can pack in six hours of performance, with just an hour of charging needed, said Blue Tree. Source: digital.asiaone.com Despite launching the product at all 450 7-Eleven stores, Blue Tree insisted "we are no Creative", referring to one of the most successful companies in Singapore, Creative Technologies, well known for its line of MP3 players. The company, set up by a group of long-time friends in 2004, initially went into ...

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Lenovo to offer free Windows updates

June 29, 2009 – 4:58 am
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 will be limited to home and small business system purchases. Customers who purchase more than 29 systems will be directed to use Microsoft's volume licensing programme instead. The offer makes Lenovo the second major PC vendor to roll out a free upgrade programme in recent days. On Thursday HP said that it would be offering a similar deal to users who purchase new systems between now and the 22 October release of Windows 7. Microsoft is also pressing users to plan an upgrade to the new version of Windows. The company said yesterday that it would offer discounted pricing to those who ...

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

June 26, 2009 – 5:24 am
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 a more digestible format. To make sure logs are enabled check, the Web Site tab of the default web site, as shown here. Click to expand. First, save the following as UsersofOWA.sql Select date as [Date], time as [Time], s-ip as [Server IP], cs-username as [UserName], c-ip as [Client-IP], cs-method as [Request Verb], cs-uri-stem as [Request URI] FROM \\D:\sources\logs \OWALogins.csv Once you have the CSV file, you can see information such as unique users using Microsoft Excel's remove duplicates functionality. You can also tune the above commands and formats to get the format you want. Full info here

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MailMessenger Email Server

June 25, 2009 – 5:33 am
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 email system. Major Features: Spam Protection Methods - Supports various methods of fighting Spam. Supports real time spam lists, relay authorization, black and white lists, content filtering, Spam Quarantine with Digests and other methods. 3rd Party Virus Scanner Support - Scan your email using your current anti-virus software. IMAP, POP3 and SMTP Protocol Support -The Internet standards for email client and server communication. Supports TLS/SSL Multiple Domain Support - Supports virtual and multi-homed domains. Multiple Email Box Types - Standard, Forwards, Aliases, Groups, Relays and Mailing Lists are supported. POP3 Pickup and SMTP Pickup Support - Pickup your email from other ...

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