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Can Google save your business time and money? We decided to give Microsoft’s new Live Meeting a test drive to see how well it performed.

Read more... Published: 04/16/09

Upgrading your mini laptop is probably more exciting than the actual buying, more because you would have to do it yourself, especially if your unit is no longer covered by warranty. But it’s really easy to upgrade mini laptops, even if your unit is not a Lenovo IdeaPad S10, Dell Inspiron Mini 9, or HP Mini 1000 (all units have easy-to-use panels for easy upgrading). You only need the right set of screw drivers and presence of mind.

Here are the basic steps to upgrading your computer.

1. Determine what want to upgrade.

There are basically just two items on

Read more... Published: 03/04/09

With the release of the iPhone 3g and version 2.0 software, the iPhone has the capability to access your mail, contacts and calendar stored on your organization’s Exchange server. This article outlines the steps required to get access to your mailbox from your iPhone.

Checklist

Exchange Server version is 2003 with service pack 2 or Exchange 2007
A valid digital certificate is installed on the Exchange environment
iPhone is running version 2.0 or later firmware

Preparing the Exchange Server Environment

The ActiveSync protocol used for communications between the iPhone and the Exchange server must be enabled

Read more... Published: 03/04/09

Publish a live / streaming webcam

A customer wrote to ask me how to set up a streaming webcam to watch over their puppy whilst at work. I didn’t know how to do it, so I did a bit of research and the result is this little article.

I also thought “awwww, puppies!”

Kinobo was also thinking about broadcasting a live feed of the view from the Kinobo HQ boardroom. We are overlooked by Edinburgh castle, which often looks pretty darn lovely at certain times of the year. At the moment though, it’s grey and miserable.

For this project, I

Read more... Published: 04/21/08