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Best Bible software for Windows Mobile?
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rodtrent
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...
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SciFi channel's SciFi Wire web site is horribly slow
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rodtrent
I love the SciFi Wire web site, but accessing it has been a real task, lately.
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Sad news
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rodtrent
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...
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Pretty neat trick: Make that PST show up on the To-Do Bar
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rodtrent
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! Read more…
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Office
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Social networking has now hit the final end of the spectrum
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rodtrent
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...
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Internet
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Another Aggregator that does some pretty cool things
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rodtrent
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...
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Two Windows PowerShell blog posts today...
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rodtrent
Why do I sometimes get different types? Suppressing return values in PowerShell functions
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Altiris Q2 Financial News Around the Web
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rodtrent
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...
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NewsGator Brings Podcasts and Other Content to Yahoo! Messenger
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rodtrent
Unique RSS-based Application Allows Users to Access Audio and Video Podcasts, and Other Content From Around the Web. Read the full press release…
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Use Zenprise and MOM to proactively troubleshoot email problems
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rodtrent
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,...
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Corporations get MySpace type technology
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rodtrent
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...
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Purgos 2.6 Release, Open Source Computer Mgmt Solution
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rodtrent
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...
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Systems Management
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Portable XBOX coming?
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rodtrent
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...
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Free Wifi at Rest Areas
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rodtrent
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...
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Networking
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del.icio.us Icons for IE are gone!
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rodtrent
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.
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Internet
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Avvenu
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rodtrent
With Avvenu, you can access your home or office computer from anywhere in the world! Use your mobile device or a remote computer to access everything in your life: every document, every photo, every song...
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Mobile Magazine news feed
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rodtrent
I’ve been testing this site feed for a few days. There’s some pretty cool and interesting information coming from this site for those mobile enthusiasts. Site: http://www.mobilemag.com/ Feed...
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MMS 2006 DVD now available for purchase for Non-Attendees
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rodtrent
The DVD for MMS 2006 is finally available for purchase at the Microsoft Event Store. Those that didn’t attend MMS 2006 this year, can still get the value of viewing the sessions and hearing the great...
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Digg.com is a pain for PDA users
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rodtrent
Whoever developed Digg.com must've spent most of their life playing games on the computer instead of working in the industry. The site is purely horrible for mobile screens.
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Internet
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Sci-Fi channel has another new original hit
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rodtrent
EUReKA, the new Sci-Fi original, is a pretty cool show. Check it out Tuesday's at 8:00pm. Watch the full two-hour first episode of Eureka online.
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Windows Mobile device running out of storage room.
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rodtrent
I'm down to a little over 3MB of main storage space on my Windows Mobile device. This is causing my Calendar to not synch. I'm adding another to-do for tomorrow: Find ways to clean up unnecessary files...
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Windows Mobile
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Skype toolbar for MS Outlook - small problem
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rodtrent
The way I have the Skype toolbar for MS Outlook configured to check all emails for "Skype names" causes Outlook to slow a bit. I'll have to mess with the settings tomorrow to see if I can improve performance...
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Office
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Loading a new toolbar for MS Outlook increases load times dramatically
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rodtrent
I have 3 toolbars loaded in MS Outlook: NewsGator, Windows Live Search, and Skype. Every time I load a new toolbar, it increases MS Outlook’s initial load time by at least 10 seconds. So, yes, MS...
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Office
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Information About Public Postings Related to MS06-035
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rodtrent
Hey everyone, this is Adrian Stone from the MSRC and I wanted to take a moment to clarify some recent reports about a vulnerability that was not addressed in this month's MS06-035 security update. Read...
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Overview: The End of Paper TV Guides
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rodtrent
A few years ago, online TV guides were just a paperless version of what was arriving in the mail or the middle of Sunday papers. Today, however, as we get closer to the world of TV over IP and video on...
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Movies and Television
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EULA for Sysinternals Utilities has changed
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rodtrent
If you compare the EULA prior to the Microsoft acquisition of Winternals and the EULA posted on the Sysinternals web page now, there’s a slight change. The “Installation and Use” section...
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Windows
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"Open in new tab" gone after loading the Windows Live toolbar?
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rodtrent
After loading the Windows Live toolbar, it appears the only option I have for opening a new page now is “Open in a new Window”. The cool IE7 “Open in new tab” is suspiciously gone...
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Internet
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What is your home page?
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rodtrent
Search tends to be the first thing I do when opening an Internet browser, so my home page is a Search engine. Do you do the same?
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Internet
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Subscribe to TechNet, get software
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rodtrent
New! Get Unlimited Download Access to Microsoft Software With TechNet Plus you get full access to Microsoft software, including servers, operating systems, and desktop software, with no limits. The new...
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Troubleshoot Active Directory
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rodtrent
Windows Server 2003 Active Directory Operations Guide
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