Yearly Archives: 2008

Lotus Symphony for the Mac (beta)

IBM Lotus Symphony for the Mac is available, in beta. It’s currently at version 1.2 and so far I like it. It’s quick, I like the tab-based “all applications-in-one approach”, it’s cross-platform (with Windows and Linux versions also available) and, … Continue reading

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Crunch the Grid to produce better rice

World Community Grid adds the ‘Nutritious Rice for the World‘ project. Here’s what Business Week has to say on it. And here’s a video of this new project on YouTube

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TeamViewer – Windows and Mac remote access

Free for non-commercial use. Very easy to install and use. Client to client encryption. TeamViewer gives you remote access, VPN, VNC, file sharing and more between Windows PCs and Macs across any internet connection. I just connected from my MacPro … Continue reading

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New Zealand convicts 18-year-old botherder

18-year-old New Zealander, Owen Thor Walker, pleaded guilty earlier this week to six charges of using computers for illegal purposes. Walker, has been accused of playing a key role in a gang that infected 1.3 million computers around the world, … Continue reading

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I now have a public calendar

It sounds grander than it actually is. But, I think it’s useful. I’m now sync’ing my work calendar (Lotus Notes 7 running on my IBM ThinkPad) with my home calendar (Apple iCal on MacPro) and displaying them using Google Calendar. … Continue reading

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currently setting up twitter

currently setting up twitter

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Google Sites

Spotted on vowe.net … there’s a new addition to the Google Apps Suite.

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IM utopia

For Mac OS X, Adium allows users to use one instant messaging (IM) client application to connect to multiple IM services. For Windows, Linux, BSD, and other UNIX platforms, Pidgin offers the same. They allow you to connect to AOL … Continue reading

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Tracking MPG online using Google Docs

Are you a trucker, cabbie, sales rep or, anyone who wants to easily track their MPG? Read on; this tip is useful if you want to use your web-enabled mobile device (smart phone, iPhone, PDA, etc.) to do it. Up … Continue reading

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Perfect Password Process

The problem that I’m trying to solve … using a different, strong password for each online account (or more precisely managing it, so that it doesn’t go belly-up when I want to log in to site X, Y or Z). … Continue reading

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