February 2007 - Posts

Mac vs Vista ads
23 February 07 05:37 PM | Ewan | 1 Comments   

I think Apple scored a home run with their "I'm a Mac"/"I'm a PC" ads, and in the UK have done a great job (and no doubt spent a good chunk of cash) in getting Mitchell & Webb to feature in them. You can see the UK ads on Apple.com/uk if you have Read More...

Filed under: Humour

WSS Site Admin Templates now online
23 February 07 02:41 PM | Ewan | 0 Comments   

The second wave of releases for the Windows Sharepoint Services v3.0 templates (being referred to as the "Fabulous Forty" in some quarters ... anyone remember the Nifty Fifty?) is now online ... Server Admin Templates Absence Request and Vacation Schedule Read More...

Filed under: Sharepoint

Transporter Suite 2007 for Lotus Domino
22 February 07 12:18 PM | Ewan | 1 Comments   

Exciting news if you're looking to migrate from Lotus Domino to Exchange 2007: the development group has recently released the first wave of the new " Transporter Suite " for Domino (be sure to check out the release notes ). Exchange 2007 no longer needs Read More...

Filed under: Exchange

Virtual PC 2007 now available
21 February 07 10:07 AM | Ewan | 0 Comments   

The Virtual PC team released the latest version to the web the other day, and it's available for free , downloadable from here . Headline changes over previous versions are the ability to be run on Windows Vista, and to have Vista as a guest OS within Read More...

Filed under: Vista, Virtualisation

Remote control of Windows Mobile
19 February 07 05:43 PM | Ewan | 0 Comments   

The other day when I posted about VIrtual Earth Mobile, I was using some really great software to do remote control of my device and screen capture from the PC... SOTI Pocket Controller Professional . It's perfect for demoing Windows Mobile devices... Read More...

Filed under: Exchange, Mobile

Thought provoking stuff...
16 February 07 12:01 AM | Ewan | 2 Comments   

I've no idea how accurate this information is, but in a short video on http://www.scottmcleod.org/didyouknow.wmv there are some wild predictions about the future... under the title of "Did you know?" This echoes somewhat " The Age of Spiritual Machines Read More...

Filed under: Random Stuff, Books

Virtual Earth Mobile - mapping on the move
15 February 07 05:23 PM | Ewan | 0 Comments   

Microsoft's Virtual Earth technology continues to take strides forward - not just in the inevitable mash-ups, but in new ways of accessing the maps (as well as from http://local.live.com ... which I keep on trying to access as live.local.com... d'oh ). Read More...

Filed under: Consumer Tech, Mobile

Are you CrazyBusy?
14 February 07 05:22 PM | Ewan | 0 Comments   

I was reminded the other day of a term coined by Edward Hallowell in his excellent and thought-provoking book, CrazyBusy: Overstretched, Overbooked and About to Snap! Strategies for Coping in a World Gone ADD . Hallowell, an ex-Harvard Medical School Read More...

Filed under: Random Stuff, Books

Orange announces SPV E650 Smartphone
13 February 07 06:38 PM | Ewan | 0 Comments   

Now this looks interesting... as part of the slew of announcements surrounding Windows Mobile 6 which were made at the 3GSM conference in Barcelona, Orange have started talking about their SPV E650 Smartphone, which is based on the HTC Vox device. Details Read More...

Filed under: Mobile

Windows Mobile 6 - aka Crossbow
08 February 07 09:31 PM | Ewan | 1 Comments   

I've been in Seattle all week at a technical conference and have been largely living on Windows Mobile devices ... I have a QTek 8500 Smartphone (which is really nice and small Smartphone), a Palm Treo 750 (a Pocket PC with a smaller screen and built Read More...

Filed under: Mobile

Sharepoint Services v3.0 Application Templates
06 February 07 07:55 AM | Ewan | 0 Comments   

I noticed the other day that the first batch of templates have been published for Windows Sharepoint Services v3 - the free team site application that's been upgraded dramatically as part of the Office 2007 release wave. There are some interesting site Read More...

Filed under: Sharepoint

Can your phone system talk to Exchange 2007?
04 February 07 10:07 PM | Ewan | 3 Comments   

It's been online for a little while - I only really noticed recently, but there is a matrix of telecom PBX systems and VoIP gateways which can sit in front of them, in order to enable Exchange 2007 Unified Messaging. The Telephony Advisor for Exchange Read More...

Filed under: Exchange

Do you want to talk to your Exchange Server?
02 February 07 08:40 AM | Ewan | 1 Comments   

You might have seen demos of Exchange 2007 and the Unified Messaging capabilities (which are mondo -cool and so great to demonstrate to people that they're sometimes open-mouthed in awe): if so, and you want to play with it yourself, then check out this Read More...

Filed under: Exchange