December 2007 - Posts
This is always a rather interesting time of the year. Winding down one year and ready to start another. TV starts showing all of the year past, and talking about new year's resolutions that never really make it out of January.
Here's to another great year with myITforum. It's a great community.
Hi Everyone, and Merry Christmas. I realize it's almost taboo these days to say that, we should probably be saying happy holidays. Hopefully everyone will overlook that, and enjoy the season. This time of the year has lots of great memories for me, hopefully for you as well.
One more week left in the year....
Interestingly, I received this email from CNET:
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So, in essence I have to click on links in the newsletters I've subscribed to just to remain a subscriber?
This really is a great phone, and I see that Ron agrees...
Most of the time you have to live with poor phone quality because of the PDA capabilities...not sure what HTC did to this phone but this is one of the best "phones" I have tested or used.
http://myitforum.com/cs2/blogs/rcrumbaker/archive/2007/12/21/at-amp-t-tilt-is-awesome.aspx
The wonderful honeymoon came and went, and a couple of weeks ago it was time for the iPhone and I to sign the divorce papers (hey, we were together for almost six months, a record for a phone and I). Don’t get me wrong, I loved her, dearly, and will forever cherish the bright future she showed me, but even in light of all the pretty and polish, she just didn’t fit in as well as I would have liked.
This little rant is by no means an indictment of the iPhone; it is the phone for the majority of the population, and will be for the foreseeable future. Furthermore, I appreciate — more than just about anyone — what the iPhone has done for the mobile world. However, as it stands right now, it just gets in my way more than it should, and given that I go through phones like most people go through a gallon of milk, I didn’t see the point in waiting any longer to move onto something else (though we all know I’ll be back).
http://justinblanton.com/2007/12/iphone-divorce
Wow, as of today...three years blogging. Who knew way back then...thanks to Mr. Trent for making all of this happen.
Thanks to those who read this blog and have provided input on what they'd like to see. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. Here's to three more years at myITforum.com.
Verizon Wireless today announced the immediate availability of the Palm® Treo™ 755p smartphone in exclusive deep blue-green. Beginning today, customers may purchase the Treo 755p online at www.verizonwireless.com, by calling 1-800-2 JOIN IN or by contacting their Verizon Wireless Business Sales Representative. The device will be in Verizon Wireless Communications Stores on Jan. 7.
Great TechNet radio....
Michael Murphy and Chip Vollers discuss the benefits of Unified Communications and Windows Mobile.
Communications today are increasingly complex, with a vast array of ways to communicate and an equally broad range of different devices and applications. While supposedly making our lives easier, all of these options actually make our lives more complicated. We are simply overwhelmed by the options to stay in touch with each other. This is communication chaos.
Microsoft believes the answer lies in software. Software that is people-ready, helping people to work more effectively together in real time. Unified Communications solutions provide presence awareness throughout Office System and LOB applications, enable teams to work together from distributed offices and while on the go, and reduce down time and hasten business decisions. Microsoft's UC solutions deliver identity-based, rich presence-enabled communications on the desktop and extend those capabilities to Windows Mobile devices with Office Communicator Mobile 2007. Communicator Mobile 2007 is designed to easily work with existing Office Communications Server 2007 and Exchange Server 2007 deployments, minimizing cost, management, and additional infrastructure investments.
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/community/tnradio/archive/nov202007.mspx
T-Mobile are to bundle WiFi access into their mobile broadband price plans. Prices start at £12.50 per month (when connecting with a Flext contract) and will give you access to the internet in a huge range of locations like Starbucks, train stations, airports and hundreds of other locations in the UK.
T-Mobile UK
So I'm in the market for a new camera for the holidays and it appears Circuit City has the Casio EX-Z1050, a 10 Megapixel camera, for $179.99, that's about $40 less than I've seen it anywhere else.
Link here.
Casio EX-Z1050 10.1-Megapixel Digital Camera - Silver
CSO EXZ1050SR
Price was:
$249.99
You save:
-$70.00
You pay:
$179.99
BlackBerry creator Research in Motion this afternoon announced a partnership with Yahoo to offer free Wi-Fi on JetBlue flights. The deal will provide custom Yahoo IM and mail services on both RIM's smartphones as well as on notebook PCs and will allow any device to use the service for general Internet access, including the BlackBerry's 'push' e-mail feature. Using the service will be free with a JetBlue ticket for a supporting flight; the first airplanes to deploy the short-range wireless in their cabins will run commercial flights from December 11th, the airline says.
Remember the Mac versus Windows then Vista commercials? Check this out.
Hmmm...no wonder they need commercials.
This is from here. On a side note, seems some folks are making a big deal over the iPhone browser capturing .09 market share, while Windows CE has only .06. More on this later...but there is more to this story...iPhone users don't gloat too soon...
You've waited and waited...well wait no more...
www.palm.com/750updateATT
Attackers are trying to exploit an unpatched vulnerability in Apple's QuickTime software that could let them run code on a victim's computer, Symantec warned in a DeepSight Threat Management System alert issued Sunday.
First observed on Saturday, the attacks appear to be aimed at Windows users, but Mac OS users could also be at risk since the QuickTime vulnerability in question affects both operating systems, the alert said. That vulnerability, called the Apple QuickTime RTSP Response Header Stack-Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability, was first disclosed on 23 November and remains unpatched by Apple.
Researchers have shown that the QuickTime vulnerability affects a range of operating systems, including Windows XP, Windows Vista, MacOS X 10.4, and the recently released MacOS X 10.5. The vulnerability can be exploited through Internet Explorer, Firefox, Opera, and Safari.
There are two types of attacks underway, Symantec said. In the first, victims' computers are being redirected from an adult website, Ourvoyeur.net, to another site that infects the computer with an application called loader.exe, which can be saved to the computer as metasploit.exe, asasa.exe, or syst.exe. Once installed on a computer this application downloads another binary file, which Symantec identified as Hacktool.Rootkit, a set of tools that can be used to break into a system.
Symantec said it was possible attackers had managed to compromise Ourvoyeur.net as part of the attack.
The second attack also involves redirection, and Symantec is currently investigating the attack to determine what if any malicious code is involved.
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