May 2006 - Posts

Digital Rum
24 May 06 05:01 PM | markdea | 0 Comments   

At the end of last month I had the pleasure of talking with these guys and I must say that they really do have some great solutions and are doing some brilliant work with Live Communication Server. First of all is ‘Corporate Mobile Messenger’ Read More...

Filed under: Unified Communications, Mobility

Motorola Q
23 May 06 08:05 AM | markdea | 0 Comments   

Mentioned here , the Motorola Q will be going on sale from May 31st with Verizon Wireless. Any one who owns or has previously owned a Blackberry will recognise the form factor but as the article says, it’s a “cross between a Blackberry and Read More...

Filed under: Mobility

PTS-TV - Episode 4 - Christian Bolton
21 May 06 11:51 AM | markdea | 0 Comments   

Not long after the release of Dave Sayers video on Security, we now have Christian Bolton talking to us about SQL and Business Intelligence. If you have ever wondered what exactly Business Intelligence is or have purchased SQL Server and are wondering Read More...

Filed under: Other

Windows Mobile Minis - Coming to a TV near you!
18 May 06 10:31 PM | markdea | 9 Comments   

I was watching Fifth Gear on my Windows Media Center today and they showed a few clips of next weeks show …. lo and behold ….. I spotted the Windows Mobile Minis at the Gumball 3000 :-) Look out for them on the next episode of Fifth Gear Read More...

Filed under: Mobility

Invasion of the Robots!
17 May 06 09:56 AM | markdea | 4 Comments   

Last night I received an email from my friend over in Redmond, Todd Biggs, who tells me that they are running a MSN Bot competition . I have talked about bots in the past and regularly discuss the idea with partners and customers when I meet with them. Read More...

Filed under: Unified Communications, Other

PTS TV - Episode 3 - Dave Sayers
16 May 06 02:22 PM | markdea | 0 Comments   

For those of you that don’t already know, the third edition of PTS-TV went live recently and features Dave Sayers talking about Security and Microsoft, two words some people don't think should be used in the same sentence. Pop along to PTS-TV and Read More...

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Have you patched your Exchange server
10 May 06 03:48 PM | markdea | 0 Comments   

This months security patches include a patch for Exchange 2000 (post SP3) and Exchange 2003 (SP1 and SP2). We have discovered a vulnerability where Microsoft Exchange could allow remote code execution. There is some more information here but the best Read More...

Filed under: Exchange

Off topic .... but very important .... Halo3
09 May 06 10:47 PM | markdea | 0 Comments   

Yes, I know this has nothing to do with Unified Communications or Mobility but it is an important piece of news for any gamer. Halo 3 was announced at E3 today and a trailer is available via XBOX Live Marketplace (anyone with an XBOX 360 and internet Read More...

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Windows Live Messenger - Now available to anyone and everyone
09 May 06 06:40 PM | markdea | 0 Comments   

Have you felt excluded because your mate tells you he has been invited to beta Windows Live Messenger but you have not? If so then feel excluded no more, Windows Live Messenger is now available to the masses here . As highlighted in the Messenger blog, Read More...

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MSN Messenger goes 'retro'
09 May 06 06:12 PM | markdea | 0 Comments   

Although for quite some time you have been able to make pc-to-pc calls on MSN Messenger and pc-to-phone calls, the big problem with this is that is restricts you to using a clunky headset and microphone and near the PC at the time you want to make the Read More...

Filed under: Unified Communications, Mobility

Microsoft Speech Server 2007 Beta !
09 May 06 05:51 PM | markdea | 0 Comments   

Today we opened the public beta site for Microsoft Speech Server 2007, if you want to know more then take a look here . Speech Server has been available before in previous versions but this is a significant release as it includes support for VoiceXML Read More...

Filed under: Unified Communications

Search for a star .....
05 May 06 06:13 PM | markdea | 0 Comments   

Its only been a few days since PTS-TV launched and the second video has now gone live !!! In this video you will meet James Akrigg, Information Worker PTS who talks about the merits of search technologies and why every partner should be looking into this Read More...

Microsoft and Qualcomm working on integration
05 May 06 05:18 PM | markdea | 0 Comments   

The number of devices on which Windows Mobile can be put on is set to increase as Microsoft and Qualcomm detail a partnership to get Windows Mobile working on Qualcomm chip sets, more information here. Enabling Windows Mobile to work with the Qualcomm Read More...

Turn your Windows Mobile into a removable hard disk ... as seen below
05 May 06 09:51 AM | markdea | 0 Comments   

OK, so maybe this photo isn't quite the experience you would get but I feel its a good start, it does have wheels on the bottom after all. Jason Langridge blogged a few weeks ago about a neat little freeware program that makes the memory card inside your Read More...

'Nokiaberry' anyone?
05 May 06 09:29 AM | markdea | 0 Comments   

Meet Nokia’s latest phone, the interestingly named E61 (which might I add is also the name of the road that goes through the Karavanke Tunnel in Slovenia). Nokia now has three E series devices launched and it looks as if they want to move into ‘business Read More...

Filed under: Mobility

Another Mini Adventure ....
03 May 06 06:48 PM | markdea | 0 Comments   

Last weekend both of the Windows Mobile Minis went to the Gumball 3000 rally which started in London and will travel through Europe, Asia and America over the next 8 or so days, finally ending at Beverly Hills :-) As well as taking a look at the pictures Read More...

Filed under: Mobility

E12 is dead ... long live Exchange 2007
02 May 06 10:49 PM | markdea | 0 Comments   

This one is more of a notification than an announcement as I imagine you saw this one coming. With Beta 2 rapidly approaching, we have finally announced the official name for the next release of Exchange ..... Exchange Server 2007 :-) Read More...

Filed under: Exchange

PTS-TV - Coming to a PC near you !
02 May 06 10:16 PM | markdea | 0 Comments   

This week we launched PTS-TV to the masses. The pilot episode features the lovely Katie Ledger and the not so lovely me .... lets hope they dont decide to 'axe the show' based on my ratings alone. When you have a spare few minutes take a look and be sure Read More...

Filed under: Unified Communications, Mobility