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I know….I’m the minority here, I wasn’t one of the Technophobes stiff in the pants for the new iPhone 3G / iPhone 2.0 Firmware release today. Though, I’m a Messaging Administrator at a sizeable Fortune 500 International company and I know that I need understand the implications, administration, and maintenance if the iPhone were […]

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This came across on one of my Mailing lists last week.  Freakin funny, if you’re a geek or enjoy corporate life.
BEST OoO AUTOMATIC E-MAIL REPLIES
1. I am currently out of the office at a job interview and will reply to you if I fail to get the position. Please be prepared for my mood.
2. You […]

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Email Archiving Requirements

Disclaimer: I’m a Microsoft Exchange Administrator, some of this can apply to other messaging environments but most is specific to Exchange installations.
So I decided to write a little article about Email Archiving since it’s a subject that has been very near and dear to my heart for the last, oh, almost 2 years. I’ve […]

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Ah! What a week… for us Crackberry Addicts. WES 2008 is going on and announcements a plenty!
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RIM officially announced the Blackberry 9000 at Monday 12:01AM EDT. Today, new info on the upcoming Blackberry Thunder, a Verizon and Vodafone exclusive… yes… VZW finally gets an exclusive….wait, nay, lifetime exclusivity agreement for the Thunder. The […]

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New Gaming Rig

Today my new parts arrived for my new gaming rig. My old AMD64 X2 4400+ 1MB cache, is hitting the ceiling of it’s processing capacity, so I decided to upgrade.
I picked up the following:

Proc: Intel E8400 - Dual Core Wolfdale 3.0Ghz, 6MB cache
Memory: OCZ 4GB(2×2GB) Titanium CAS 4
Mobo: Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3L
Hard Drive: Seagate […]

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Just to reiterate….

… that COD4 is the best game EvA!
Few Updates: Exchange 2007 SP1 was released last week and Office 2007 SP1 was released today. Head over to microsoft.com and pick them up for your functional patching enjoyment.
I leave this upcoming Sunday for a week of Exchange 2007 Design and High Availability training, once […]

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http://www.operamini.com/
Installed OperaMini earlier today on my Blackberry Pearl 8100 and I must say, it’s one heck of an upgrade to the built-in browser. They have versions for all types of phones and all carriers.
It may require you to set an APN if you have an EDGE/GPRS, I used wap.voicestream.com and it worked flawlessly with […]

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Protected: Help Desk Hilarity…

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Blackberry Pearl (8100)

Tonight I picked up my new Blackberry Pearl(8100) by T-Mobile. I must say, having owned/used the Blackberry 5790, 6750, 7750, 7250, 7130, 7520, 8700, and now the 8100 - the 8100 is my favorite.
This phone feels solid and feels right in your hand and on a call.
Tons of new features offered for the first […]

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Article here.
In follow-up to an earlier post of mine.
“Due to the risk of onboard fire, we are not allowing passengers to use certain brands of laptops on the plane. Safety always comes first for us,” a Korean Air spokesperson said, adding they were unsure when the ban would be lifted.
I LOVE IT! Dell, Apple… […]

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