August 2007 - Posts

The Joy of Mapping
29 August 07 05:42 PM | Ewan | 0 Comments   

We all tend to take maps for granted. In the 17th/18th centuries and even beyond, there were decent sized areas of the world which were just being explored and mapped for the first time. Now, the ease of access to cartographical data means we don't much Read More...

Filed under: Consumer Tech, Mobile

The process of testing Halo3
22 August 07 04:25 PM | Ewan | 0 Comments   

I came across a fascinating article on Wired which looks into some of the processes that Bungie, the developers of the Halo game series for Xbox and Xbox360, have been using to test the latest iteration, Halo 3 . Thousands of hours of testing with ordinary Read More...

Filed under: Consumer Tech, Games

Playing with Roundtable prototype
21 August 07 03:48 PM | Ewan | 1 Comments   

I've been looking forward to Roundtable coming out... it's a very interesting type of hybrid between a standard conference speakerphone and a series of web-cams, all tied together by plugging it into a PC and running the new LiveMeeting 2007 client software. Read More...

Filed under: OCS

The business case for Exchange 2007 - part III
17 August 07 08:45 AM | Ewan | 0 Comments   

This is a continuation of an occasional series of articles about how specific capabilities of Exchange 2007 can be mapped to business challenges. The other parts, and other related topics, can be found here . GOAL: Lower the risk of being non-compliant Read More...

Filed under: Exchange, Business

Sometimes, you know you didn't pay enough
15 August 07 12:20 PM | Ewan | 0 Comments   

... (and sometimes you probably suspect you paid too much) A common trait in western cultures is the eye for a good deal - you know, getting two-for-the-price-of-one, or thinking that it's worth buying something because it's on sale and you'll save 25%, Read More...

Filed under: Office, Business

Keep the Item count in your mailbox low!
09 August 07 11:05 AM | Ewan | 1 Comments   

I've been doing a little digging today, following a query from a partner company who're helping out one of their customers with some performance problems on Exchange. Said customer is running Exchange 2000, and has some frankly amazing statistics... ... Read More...

Filed under: Exchange, Outlook

Laptop melts, for once it wasn't the battery
07 August 07 12:00 PM | Ewan | 0 Comments   

Here's a funny - it happened a while back, but I was sent a link to this story today. The author kept her laptop in the oven when she wasn't at home, since it was a high-crime area and it seemed a non-obvious place for a laptop to live... Then one day Read More...

Filed under: Humour

OCS2007 trial edition now available
06 August 07 09:37 AM | Ewan | 1 Comments   

If you want to get your hands on trial software for the recently-released Office Communications Server 2007 and its client, Office Communicator 2007 , then you're in luck... OCS trial download (both Standard & Enterprise editions) Communicator trial Read More...

Filed under: IM, Unified Comms, OCS

Plain text, RTF or HTML mail?
02 August 07 09:25 AM | Ewan | 0 Comments   

Here's an interesting question that I was asked earlier today; I can't offer a definitive answer, but these are my thoughts. If you have any contradictory or complimentary comments, please comment or let me know. "Can RTF/HTML Mail be as safe as plain Read More...

Filed under: Exchange, Outlook