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31May

Blackberry won’t sync to Outlook 2003

Posted by as Mobile

If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!My employer decided to upgrade to Outlook 2003 recently. Unfortunately, it seems there are problems syncing the Blackberry to it now: the Outlook option is greyed out in the sync settings.
The few hints I got through Google didn’t help – [...]

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31May

Foxit: great freeware PDF reader for Windows

Posted by as IT general

(Via Udo:)
Foxit is probably the smallest and fastest freeware replacement for Acrobat Reader you can get.
That is even more interesting as Acrobat 7 is known to call home now and then.

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31May

Gmail needs a personal kill file

Posted by as Blogging

I’m still quite happy with Gmails SPAM filtering abilities, but there are some things I don’t understand: although I have marked all those “SmallCap Investment Opportunities” and “Penny Stock” emails as SPAM multiple times, I still keep receiving them in my inbox.
How about allowing me to have a personal “kill file” that contains words that [...]

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30May

Guinness popcicles

Posted by as Blogging

Now that looks tasty:
Make yourself a nice Guinness popsicle
EDIT: the pictures seem to be blogdottet. You can still see the end result on Boing Boing.

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26May

MI5 Spy Device Auction

Posted by as Blogging

On the Sin Fein Bookshop:
“This auction is for part of a British MI5 bugging device found hidden in the floorboards of a Sinn Féin office in Belfast in September 2004. Approx 10.5 inches by 6.5 inches.
Included is a handwritten letter of authentication from Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams. The handwritten letter has been framed and [...]

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25May

Your chance to meet Bill Gates

Posted by as Apple

Via news.com:
“You could meet the chairman of Microsoft, but you’ll have to profess a passion for Windows first. Microsoft is looking for true stories about people using Windows computers to pursue a passion or hobby. The company plans to use them in a marketing blitz tied to the 20th anniversary of Windows’ debut. To entice [...]

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25May

Nokia prepares vor VoIP

Posted by as Mobitopia

Nokia has introduced the Nokia 770, probably their first non-phone consumer device.
It looks like an enhanced version of the Nokia 7710, without the GSM module.
The interesting part:
“The Nokia 770 Internet Tablet’s software is upgradeable and currently runs on the Linux-based Internet Tablet 2005 software edition. There is a planned launch next year of an operating [...]