July 2006 - Posts

Best Bible software for Windows Mobile?
31 July 06 11:16 PM | rodtrent | with no comments

What do you use, if you use it?  Here’s a few:

Pocket PC: PocketLight from AcroDesign Technologies

Palm and Pocket PC: Bible With You Software

Palm and PocketPC: Laridian

Palm/PocketPC/Windows CE: Olive Tree Bible Software

Filed under: Windows Mobile

SciFi channel's SciFi Wire web site is horribly slow
31 July 06 10:31 PM | rodtrent | with no comments

I love the SciFi Wire web site, but accessing it has been a real task, lately.

Filed under: Internet, Movies and Television

Sad news
31 July 06 09:15 PM | rodtrent | 2 comment(s)

Tomorrow will be a sad day.  After being a Direct TV subscriber for almost 10 years, we are moving to Time Warner cable.  Why?  It’s cheaper when you combine digital cable TV, digital phone service, and digital Internet.  Combining all of these together is going to save us close to $80 per month.  Plus, Time Warner is giving us the HDTV package for free, along with a free DVR.

Getting rid of satellite television is like losing an old friend.  Mourn with me tomorrow, will you?  Even if for a few minutes.

Filed under: Miscellaneous Nothings, Movies and Television

Pretty neat trick: Make that PST show up on the To-Do Bar
31 July 06 08:50 PM | rodtrent | 1 comment(s)

Do you have a pst or an archive that has tasks and flagged mail it, but it isn’t show up on the To-Do Bar? Here’s how you can make it work!

 

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Filed under: Office

Social networking has now hit the final end of the spectrum
31 July 06 08:48 PM | rodtrent | with no comments

A social networking Web site for Americans aged 50-plus went live on Monday -- complete with an online obituary database that sends out alerts when someone you may know dies and that plans to set up a do-it-yourself funeral service.

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Filed under: Internet

Another Aggregator that does some pretty cool things
31 July 06 08:45 PM | rodtrent | with no comments

I won’t switch to this app, but would love to.  It works great, and looks neat.  But, I still need an aggregator that works within MS Outlook.

Still, you might want to check this out if you’re looking to test a new concept in RSS aggregation.  They call it an “Attention Management Engine”

http://www.touchstonelive.com/

Filed under: RSS, Blogging

Two Windows PowerShell blog posts today...
31 July 06 08:44 PM | rodtrent | with no comments

Why do I sometimes get different types?

Suppressing return values in PowerShell functions

Filed under: Scripting

Altiris Q2 Financial News Around the Web
31 July 06 08:37 PM | rodtrent | with no comments

Altiris 2Q profit falls on expenses

JUL. 31 5:35 P.M. ET Altiris Inc., which makes software to help businesses manage technology systems, said Monday its second quarter profit declined 38 percent due to costs related to technology acquisitions and stock options expenses.

BusinessWeek Online

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Altiris (ATRS) Reports Q2 EPS, Announces $50 Million Stock Buyback

Altiris (Nasdaq: ATRS) reports Q2 non-GAAP EPS of $0.25 (GAAP of $0.10), 9 cents better than estimates.(0.16) Revenues were $55.6 million vs. $52.64 million consensus.

Altiris also announced that the Board of Directors of the Company authorized the repurchase of up to $50 million of the Company's outstanding common stock. The Company intends to accomplish such repurchases by implementing a share repurchase program.

StreetInsider.com

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Altiris Reports Strong Financial Results for Q2 of Fiscal Year 2006; Company Announces $50 million Stock Repurchase Program

SALT LAKE CITY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 31, 2006--Altiris, Inc. (Nasdaq:ATRS), a pioneer of service-oriented management solutions, today announced financial results for the second quarter of fiscal year 2006, ended June 30, 2006.

For the second quarter, total revenue increased 20 percent over the prior year to $55.6 million. Net income for the second quarter was $2.8 million, or $0.10 per diluted share, including charges of $1.7 million for the amortization of acquired intellectual property, $995,000 for amortization of intangible assets, and $3.3 million in share-based compensation as required by FAS 123R.

Non-GAAP net income increased strongly to $7.3 million, or $0.25 per diluted share, from $1.9 million, or $0.07 per diluted share, reported in the second quarter of 2005. Non-GAAP net income excludes the above-mentioned charges and applies a tax rate of 35 percent.

The Company closed the second quarter with $168.3 million in cash and investments.

BusinessWire.com

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Altiris Inc. Is Rising On Q2 Earnings News

Altiris Inc. (ATRS | charts | news | PowerRating) reported second quarter EPS of $0.25 after the close on Monday, compared to the $0.07 reported last year. The company's Board of Directors also authorized the repurchase of up to $50 million of its outstanding common stock. The stock is now trading higher by 1.64 on 34K shares on Inet.

TradingMarkets.com

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Filed under: Systems Management

NewsGator Brings Podcasts and Other Content to Yahoo! Messenger
31 July 06 08:31 PM | rodtrent | with no comments

Unique RSS-based Application Allows Users to Access Audio and Video Podcasts, and Other Content From Around the Web.

Read the full press release…

Filed under: RSS, Software

Use Zenprise and MOM to proactively troubleshoot email problems
31 July 06 04:28 PM | rodtrent | with no comments

Zenprise integrates with Microsoft Operations Manager using SNMP.  Zenprise discovers and examines all the moving parts in your Microsoft Exchange environment — Exchange itself, Active Directory, DNS, Web servers, firewalls and more — to build a customized understanding of your infrastructure.

http://www.zenprise.com

Filed under: Messaging, Systems Management

Corporations get MySpace type technology
31 July 06 02:39 PM | rodtrent | with no comments

A MySpace type social networking technology is being debuted today to help corporations solve issues related to collaboration, innovation, communication, and networking between employees, customers, vendors and partners.  The technology focus is to utilize social networking, Web 2.0, and enterprise technology standards to help corporations gain a better return on investment (ROI) on their “people assets.”

The company, Group Members Only, was recently launched by a group of business and technology entrepreneurs whose background include Hewlett Packard, Microsoft, Oracle, Peoplesoft, and Amazon.com

Rohan Hall, chief executive of Group Members Only, said the technology will help companies foster more innovation by allowing employees to network and collaborate throughout the enterprise beyond the current annoying email lists.   Their patent pending group networking technology allows collaboration between groups while enforcing various privacy standards.  For instance, corporate groups can build social networks with internal employees and with their external customer base while restricting access to corporate content and other privileged information. “Our social networking technology allows companies to identify what collaboration naturally exists between different groups inside their organizations.  This visibility will facilitate organizational decisions enormously” Hall said.

“Companies are recognizing that half its new product ideas will come from outside their company by 2010,” said IBM/Lotus General Manager Mark Rhodin at the June 2006 Collaborative Technology Conference.

The Group Members Only technology will allow companies to create virtual teams, communities of practice, expert networks, customer/partner networks, knowledge communities, and other networks inside and outside the corporate boundaries.  These are problems that are currently not solved by current ERP, CRM and other corporate technologies, according to Hall, an expert in enterprise technologies.

“We provide the best of the Web 2.0 technologies while allowing the enforcement of corporate standards and best practices,” Hall said.  

The technology include: personalization, private branding, social networking, video conferencing, Voice over IP (VoIP), Blogs, Instant Message, eMail, document library, video library, live chat, discussion forums, jobs posting, group separation and linking, event calendars, and various tracking and reporting features.  The company will also customize and host the technology for organizations or implement the technology behind the corporate firewall.
 
A free version of the technology (www.GroupMembersOnly.com) that includes the basic features was launched for nonprofit organizations in June 2006 and already has organizations from over 40 countries using it ranging from small NGOs in rural Africa to large multinational organizations like the Lions Club, Big Brothers Big Sisters, Rotary and others.

Filed under: Community

Purgos 2.6 Release, Open Source Computer Mgmt Solution
31 July 06 02:34 PM | rodtrent | with no comments

Now Licensed under the GNU General Public License, Purgos is widely available to all administrators that wish to have a robust computer management solution regardless of budget concerns.

Software inventory and asset management are important tasks in today’s ever changing IT industry. These tasks are simplified though Purgos with dynamic data collection, organizational grouping of assets, and real time information. Purgos provides administrators with the tools necessary to accomplish all of this easily and effectively

Computer maintenance and system updates are a necessary part of keeping a computer network running smoothly and efficiently. Typically these tasks need to be run while users are not present, such as evenings or weekends. Purgos simplifies this process by providing administrators with the means to easily schedule maintenance and system updates to run during these times.

Obtaining access to a Windows desktop is an invaluable operation when a user needs immediate assistance or the administrator wants to manipulate the computer as if physically located at the computer. This integral part of Purgos is also made accessible through firewalls and routers.

Security is an important, integral part of Purgos. This means ensuring that data is not compromised. Purgos accomplishes this by securing all management tasks. All connections are authenticated and data transferred between the administrator and the computers that are managed is encrypted.

By leveraging Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) administrators are able to retrieve virtually all system information. WMI is very flexible and enables users to gather a wide range of information ranging from the computer's hardware, installed components, to its operating system. Users have the ability to specify a WMI class and Purgos will gather information specific to that selection. Just a few examples are: SCSI information, Bios information, Disk Usage, Installed Service Packs, and more. The true power of Purgos is that it gives an administrator the ability to seamlessly integrate with WMI and expose proprietary information that is specific to their software and/or hardware needs.

Designed to work on Windows 2000/XP/2003, Purgos integrates into any Windows network.

Purgos is available for download from http://www.SofTulz.Net

Filed under: Systems Management

Portable XBOX coming?
31 July 06 02:27 PM | rodtrent | with no comments

Word out of the Microsoft rumor mill is that the company is indeed working on a take-it-with-you alternative to the popular PSP and Nintendo DS gamesets. One particular rumor even has a concept photo with it, showing a nearly complete keyboard, a directional pad, a trackball, and four color-coded action buttons.

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Filed under: Gaming

Free Wifi at Rest Areas
31 July 06 02:25 PM | rodtrent | with no comments

No need to wait for that coffee shop in the next town. You can just park at a highway rest stop and fire up the Wi-Fi.

That's the idea behind a plan to establish Wi-Fi hotspots at up to 60 rest stops welcome centers, and turnpike plazas throughout Florida, along Interstate-95 and elsewhere. The state won't have to pay anything, and neither will you.

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Filed under: Networking

del.icio.us Icons for IE are gone!
31 July 06 11:54 AM | rodtrent | 1 comment(s)

I disabled the IE component for the del.icio.us icons today.  I just couldn’t take them anymore.  They caused IE 7 to crash constantly.

Filed under: Internet