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Entourage 2008 and Hosted Exchange 2003

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4 May 2008

As we struggle to get Entourage working with hosted Exchange 2003 at Applix.com, here are the problems we have and the solutions aren’t simple and aren’t documented. Fortunately, someone at Applix.com helpdesk knows what they are doing # The good news is that basic email and blackberry seem to work…
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First comparison of MacBook Air vs. the Lenovo Thinkpad X300

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4 May 2008

The ultraportables are some of the most interesting improvements being made now. With the “X300”:http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2270393,00.asp out now, you can really make a comparison. The long and short of it is that the X300 looks like a PC rather than a style marvel and has a solid state disk like the…
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Metrohispeed Fax Admin Interface Quirks

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3 May 2008

After trying efax and a couple of others thanks to a great efax review site, we are giving Metrohispeed.com a try. They are $13/month for 1000 pages per month, so a decent deal at Internet Email Fax Services by MetroFax. Here are some notes about using them: They do allow…
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Apple Airport Client Performance

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3 May 2008

Apple – Support – Downloads – AirPort Utility 5.3.1 for Leopard. Wow, incredibly hard to find, but the Airport Utility let’s you look at individual client performance. Very cool, but impossible to find but it shows you the nominal bit rate of the link I think that is active and…
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Entourage 2008

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3 May 2008

Hey maybe this 12.0.1 fix will help with Entourage and the sync issues we’ve been having. The readme certainly gives some hope: Description of the Office 2008 for Mac 12.0.1 Update Reliability is improved when synchronizing with a server that is running Microsoft Exchange Server. This update improves synchronization support…
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USB Flash Drives

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3 May 2008

!http://c1.neweggimages.com/NeweggImage/ProductImageCompressAll200/20-211-182-01.jpg! It’s shopping day for miscellaneous stuff, so going through flash drives. I’d recommend the PQI i810 or the i220 if you really want small. 2GB is a good size for these little guys to do quick transfers and they fit on a key chain. h2. “USB Flash Drive Reviews”:http://usb-flash-drive-review.toptenreviews.com/…
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Microfinance Interest Rates

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3 May 2008

Brett asked me why are microfinance interest rates so high? Turns out there has been lots of good discussion on this, the first is that “ADB”:http://microcapitalmonitor.com/cblog/index.php?/archives/284-Why-are-Microfinance-Interest-Rates-so-High-Asian-Development-Bank-Paper-Explains.html says rates at 30%-70% are effectively covering the high operational costs. It takes people to manage these microloans, so the banks don’t operate at…
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Terabyte Backup Drives

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2 May 2008

I never thought I’d see the day when I’d be shopping for four terabyte drives just for backups. Amazing how things have changed. Even more amazing is that it is so easy to fill a terabyte server these days with music, videos and home movies. In any case, if you…
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iPhone accessories

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2 May 2008

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United Promotions

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2 May 2008

Quick reminder, United has double EQM miles if you sign up by April 21. Also, if you use the “Mileage Plus Mall”:http://mponlinemallcom and use it to buy from Apple, you get one mile for each dollar on top of what your credit card gives you. For instance, with “Hertz”:http://offer.hertz.com/offers/index.jsp?targetPage=uaelite.jsp?id=5964 if…
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