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Want simple, powerful communication and collaboration tools for your organization without the usual hassle and cost? Ok, I stole that. That’s the pitch from Google. I was curious so this week I did some investigating.
I host my own email. While I liked the web email client I was using, it wasn’t quite as good as [...]

If you haven’t used Synergy yet you are really missing out. I apologize for the video being a little bit dark, but you can definitely see the tool in use and the benefit. I have four computers I use here not including my laptop.

Windows XP SP2 w/ Dual 20″ LCDs
Windows Server 2003 w/ Single 15″ [...]

I responded to a reader comment today, and I thought I would share the mail. I know that there is still all this Mac vs. Windows stuff (Is it just me or is this just like the East Coast vs. West Coast stuff…if only I could figure out which one was Biggie and which one [...]

In the next year, Microsoft is intending to give away a new product dubbed “Microsoft Search Server 2008 Express.” If you are not familiar with the Express strategies at Microsoft, look into the Visual Studio initiative and be sure to listen to my Podcast with Dan Fernandez, Product Manager for Visual Studio Express.
The product will [...]

This is so funny that it’s not funny….

Today we had to return the Belkin N Router. I just could not keep my Macbook Pro consistently connected to the WiFi. Dawn’s laptop, the game consoles and the other wireless machines would stay connected consistently, but not my Mac.
We decided to give up N and just get a nice G router. We chose the [...]

So a few days ago I was very excited with my new Draft-N Router and it’s amazing speeds. More recently I have been massively frustrated by the same router. While Dawn has been plugging away at World of Warcraft and general Internet mayhem with no trouble at all, I have been riddled with network access [...]