Rod Trent MVP, myITforum'er : Internet

Facebook quizzes result in monthly phone charges…

Rod Trent at myITforum.com — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 19:17:06 GMT

I learned this the hard way this week, and wanted you all to be aware of a particular scam on Facebook. After scrutinizing our mobile bill this week, we found a few charges that made no sense. We called Verizon to chat about it and found out...(read more)

Is IT Ready for End-User Self-Help Portals?

Rod Trent at myITforum.com — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 23:03:23 GMT

End-User self-help portals are getting more and more exposure in web articles and industry magazines. This survey is to help Matrix42 understand what you IT administrators are thinking and planning around end-user self-help portals. http://www.myitforum...(read more)

Following MMS 2009 on Twitter

Rod Trent at myITforum.com — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 19:39:04 GMT

A bunch of folks have asked me recently about “who” to follow at MMS, and “how” to do it. I just saw today that Stefan has already taken the time to put this information together. Great job, Stefan! So, as to not duplicate the wheel, check...(read more)

IEBlog : Prepare for Automatic Update distribution of IE8

Rod Trent at myITforum.com — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 21:43:10 GMT

Starting on or about the third week of April, users still running IE6 or IE7 on Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2003, or Windows Server 2008 will get will get a notification through Automatic Update about IE8. This rollout will start...(read more)

Twitter Time - Forbes.com

Rod Trent at myITforum.com — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 22:44:36 GMT

Watch out Google and Facebook. Twitter has no revenue and no business model, but it could soon be highly disruptive. Twitter Time - Forbes.com Read More......(read more)

AV-Comparatives Web Site

Rod Trent at myITforum.com — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 19:40:07 GMT

On this site you will find independent comparatives of Anti-Virus software. All products listed in our comparatives are already a selection of some very good anti-virus products . In order to get tested by us, vendors must fulfill various conditions and...(read more)

Search Advertising Runs into the Recession - Digits - WSJ.com

Rod Trent at myITforum.com — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 22:29:20 GMT

On Thursday, the public will find out how online search advertising – the biggest chunk of the Internet ad market – weathered the rocky fourth quarter when Google reports its results for the period. The signals from one study, set to be released...(read more)

LinkedIn now promoting Google Chrome…

Rod Trent at myITforum.com — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 16:00:48 GMT

Must be getting kick backs from Google. They can’t seriously be promoting this can they? Read More......(read more)

No need for fancy products, online screen capturing and editing…

Rod Trent at myITforum.com — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 19:45:00 GMT

http://www.screentoaster.com/ Read More......(read more)

Egads! Amazon.com allows you to Window Shop…

Rod Trent at myITforum.com — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 15:33:36 GMT

I had not seen this before… http://www.windowshop.com/ Read More......(read more)

What’s it feel like to surf the Internet in China?

Rod Trent at myITforum.com — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 20:14:31 GMT

Find out for yourself – only for Firefox users. Have your government sensitive searches and links blocked just like you were behind the Chinese firewall. http://chinachannel.hk/ Read More......(read more)

Cyber Dangers rate as high as drunk driving or experimenting with drugs

Rod Trent at myITforum.com — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 16:39:14 GMT

According to McAfee and your Mom… http://www.myitforum.com/absolutenm/templates/IndustryNews.aspx?articleid=5841&zoneid=71 Read More......(read more)

KACE on Twitter

Rod Trent at myITforum.com — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 18:04:58 GMT

http://twitter.com/kacecorp Read More......(read more)

My new web hate – Snap Shots

Rod Trent at myITforum.com — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 11:55:15 GMT

How annoying. Don’t you hate when you go to a site or blog, hover over a link to click on it, and are confronted with a pop-up window that simply gives you a preview of the link? Snap Shots is a horrible piece of code that I hope you never have...(read more)

When did Amazon.com add the Associates browser bar?

Rod Trent at myITforum.com — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 14:41:11 GMT

This is a great idea from the Amazon.com folks. They call it their “site stripe”. If you have an Amazon.com Associate account, Amazon.com automatically places the bar at the top of the browser window, giving you quick click access to the Associate...(read more)

Twadget sounds dirty…

Rod Trent at myITforum.com — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 22:07:37 GMT

But, it’s a Windows Vista sidebar gadget: http://arsecandle.org/twadget/ Read More......(read more)

Silverlight 2 releases – download available on Tuesday, October 14th…

Rod Trent at myITforum.com — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 17:05:14 GMT

http://www.myitforum.com/absolutenm/templates/IndustryNews.aspx?articleid=5791&zoneid=71 Read More......(read more)

YouTube live in your skivvies

Rod Trent at myITforum.com — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 15:47:43 GMT

YouTube Live is launching… http://www.myitforum.com/absolutenm/templates/IndustryNews.aspx?articleid=5738&zoneid=71 Read More......(read more)

Windows RSS Publisher's Guide

Rod Trent at myITforum.com — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 12:45:21 GMT

Nice little guide to how Windows manages and parses RSS feeds: http://blogs.msdn.com/rssteam/articles/PublishersGuide.aspx Read More......(read more)

NetApplications indicates Chrome is losing ground?

Rod Trent at myITforum.com — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 13:59:00 GMT

Not that it had much ground to start with, but NetApplications has been tracking Google’s Chrome. From their numbers, though, I don’t see much of a drop-off. Except I do see that Safari gained some ground – which to me indicates that NetApplications...(read more)