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[News] Google to offer free Wi-Fi on Virgin America flights
I read in this article that Google has teamed up with Virgin America to offer free in-flight Wi-fi on all flights between 10th November - 15th January. Fingers crossed this trial goes well and pretty soon we get to see free wi-fi on ALL flights (would...
Posted: Oct 20 2009, 06:27 AM by Cliff Hobbs at myITforum.com
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[MS KBs] New KB Articles At Microsoft 14 Oct 2009 - Weekly Summary
.NET Framework 2.0 976111 Introduction to URL rewriting, to URL mapping, and to URL routing in ASP.NET in a .NET Framework environment 976112 Introduction to ASP.NET inline expressions in the .NET Framework Expression Web 957488 MS09-062: Vulnerabilities...
Posted: Oct 14 2009, 12:38 PM by Cliff Hobbs at myITforum.com
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[MS KBs] New KB Articles At Microsoft 7 Jul 2009 - Weekly Summary
Forefront Security for Exchange Server 961728 The MSExchange Transport and MSExchangeIS services do not start after a server restart 960465 Description of Forefront Security for Exchange Server with Service Pack 2 961397 Additional logging that is implemented...
Posted: Jul 07 2009, 03:25 AM by Cliff Hobbs at myITforum.com
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[Misc.] Passing of a Legend - The King of Pop Michael Jackson
When I heard the breaking news late last night just before going to bed that Michael Jackson had been rushed to hospital little did I know that when my alarm went off this morning as it does every morning in time for me to wake up to the 7 o’clock news...
Posted: Jun 26 2009, 03:21 AM by Cliff Hobbs at myITforum.com
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[Misc] A World Record Broken...
What would you do with £80 million? Big house? Flash sports car? Holiday Villa? Well personally none of that is for me. If I had a fraction of this I’d LOVE to be able to travel the world with my camera capturing it’s beauty and man’s achievements starting...
Posted: Jun 11 2009, 04:18 AM by Cliff Hobbs at myITforum.com
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[HP] HP Extends Environmental Leadership with New Technology to Save Customers Money
Hot on the heels of the last announcement comes this one (I wonder how long 1 billion kilowatt-hours (kWh) of electricity would last the average home or even power a city for?): PALO ALTO, Calif., June 2, 2009 HP today announced several additions to its...
Posted: Jun 02 2009, 08:16 AM by Cliff Hobbs at myITforum.com
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[Misc] HP Calls on Communities for Environmental Change
Glad to see HP trying to do it’s bit for the environment, although we can already use ConfigMgr and tools like 1E’s NightWatchman to help with this: Power To Change initiative allows users to realize the impact of shutting down idle PCs PALO ALTO, Calif...
Posted: Jun 02 2009, 08:15 AM by Cliff Hobbs at myITforum.com
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[Misc] HP Expands Global Software Partner Program with Flexible Licensing Options
PALO ALTO, Calif., June 2, 2009 HP today announced the expansion of its global software partner program to provide greater flexibility of licensing for select HP software portfolios, enabling customers to lower costs by using the software delivery model...
Posted: Jun 02 2009, 08:09 AM by Cliff Hobbs at myITforum.com
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[Misc] HP Enables New Field of Flexible Electronics with Reflective Display Technology
Electronic Skins frees consumer electronics brands to design personalized products SAN ANTONIO, June 1, 2009 HP today announced the launch of a new display technology for the personalization of consumer electronics products. Electronic Skins, or eSkins...
Posted: Jun 01 2009, 08:06 AM by Cliff Hobbs at myITforum.com
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[Misc] HP ProCurve Delivers Converged Networking Solutions for Enterprise Customers
PALO ALTO, Calif., June 1, 2009 HP ProCurve today announced new converged wired and wireless networking solutions that allow customers to drastically simplify delivery of multiple IP-based services by combining centralized network operations with a discrete...
Posted: Jun 01 2009, 08:02 AM by Cliff Hobbs at myITforum.com
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[HP] EDS, an HP Company, Welcomes Symantec as EDS Agility Alliance Marks Five-year Anniversary
Doesn’t seem like 5 years since this was setup but it’s produced some great solutions and long may it continue: PLANO, Texas, May 28, 2009 EDS, an HP company, today announced the five-year anniversary of the EDS Agility Alliance, a coalition of technology...
Posted: May 28 2009, 11:08 AM by Cliff Hobbs at myITforum.com
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[Misc] Angels and Demons - A Review
So opening night of Angels ad Demons a movie I’ve been waiting for and looking forward to for a LONG time (Necy said I was like a child sat on the edge of my seat waiting for the lights to go down and the ads/ trailers to start). I did read the book first...
Posted: May 14 2009, 04:16 PM by Cliff Hobbs at myITforum.com
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[Misc] MS SyncToy v2.0 - An end to your data synchronisation nightmares?
It amazes me there’s all sorts of tools and utilities “ out there ” on the net that you might not be aware of that can potentially make your life a LOT easier saving you the most important commodity of all - time. Probably like most I have external hard...
Posted: May 08 2009, 08:36 AM by Cliff Hobbs at myITforum.com
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[Misc] Network Monitor V3.3 is now available
Looks like some good stuff in this latest release: Please download Network Monitor 3.3 from Microsoft.com . Visit the Network Monitor 3.3 Release Blog to get more information about this release. To provide feedback, go to our scenario voting page , and...
Posted: Apr 22 2009, 03:53 PM by Cliff Hobbs at myITforum.com
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[MS Security Bulletin Summary for April 2009] Issued: April 14, 2009
This bulletin summary lists security bulletins released for April 2009. The full version of the Microsoft Security Bulletin Summary for April 2009 can be found at http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms09-apr.mspx . With the release of the...
Posted: Apr 14 2009, 02:18 PM by Cliff Hobbs at myITforum.com
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[Misc] Free TechNet Resources
Microsoft is making substantial efforts to provide customers with tools and services aimed at increasing the successful deployment and healthy operation of Microsoft products within customer environments. To that end, here is a list of free resources...
Posted: Apr 09 2009, 07:31 AM by Cliff Hobbs at myITforum.com
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[Misc] Microsoft announces Silverlight 3, Expression Blend and updates to Azure at MIX 09
Microsoft Web Technologies Unveiled at MIX09 Help Businesses Deliver Return on Experience Microsoft announces Silverlight 3 Beta, new features in Expression Blend and continued progress in the cloud with updates to the Azure Services Platform. LAS VEGAS...
Posted: Mar 19 2009, 03:51 AM by Cliff Hobbs at myITforum.com
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[Misc] Network Monitor 3.3 Beta has Released!
Microsoft Network Monitor Connect Users, I'm proud to announce the availability of Network Monitor 3.3 Beta! Please help us get ready for release by testing out this new version and reporting bugs to us. You can download the beta from our connection...
Posted: Mar 06 2009, 03:53 PM by Cliff Hobbs at myITforum.com
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[Misc] Free Microsoft eBooks
As Microsoft Press is celebrating it’s 25th Anniversary it’s offering a "Free E-Book of the Month" details below: “Book Connection Newsletter: Microsoft Press is celebrating our 25 th Anniversary with "Free E-Book of the Month" offers...
Posted: Feb 09 2009, 06:35 AM by Cliff Hobbs at myITforum.com
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[Rant] How I saved £150 with ONE phone call
With the UK in recession and the start of a new year I’ve been looking over my finances to see if there was anyway I could save money. I ALWAYS use Internet price comparison sites when it comes to renewing my car insurance (this month being no exception...
Posted: Jan 26 2009, 04:12 PM by Cliff Hobbs at myITforum.com
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