Ask Hal: Votto has power to the left, to the right, and possibly in caves
Hall-of-fame baseball writer Hal McCoy knows a thing or two about America’s pastime. If you’d like to tap into that knowledge, send a question to halmccoy1@hotmail.com. For more Ask Hal, log on to DaytonDailyNews.com/reds. Q: Have you noticed Joey Votto hitting a lot of balls to…
Text messaging about to turn 20
FAST FINGERED: In 2009, Sam Stapley was a texting champ but has now moved on to the new smartphone apps. Text messaging is about to leave its teenage years behind, turning 20 in December. It has helped organise countless nights on the town, started and ended relationships, and been used to hire…
Gmail’s Security Hole Could Lead to Mass Harvesting of Accounts
A technique used by marketers to trick people into signing up for "free" merchandise could easily be re-deployed as an engine for harvesting untold numbers of Google account passwords. Fixing the issue won’t be trivial for Google, because the exploit is fundamental to how Google allows users to recover access…
About 600000 LA Community College students to get Microsoft Live@EDU
IDG News Service – The Los Angeles Community College District (LACCD) will provide email and collaboration applications to about 600,000 students via Microsoft’s Live@EDU cloud suite, a project for which it also considered Google Apps for Education. LACCD, the largest community college district in the U.S., plans to start the…
Choosing SharePoint: An Innovative Approach to Just About Anything
I recently spoke with a client of mine on a new prospective project using SharePoint to deliver a records management solution. The solution was to replace an existing, outdated product that was in major need of a facelift. "Great!" I said. I prepared my finest consulting slides and brushed up…
Dynmark International Announce Launch of Messaging Cloud
The Dynmark Cloud Portal enables Dynmarks customers access to everything theyd need in messaging as well as live news and events from Dynmark and real time reporting statistics. This access will mean that Dynmarks customers have total visibility of all products and services, giving them the choice of how to…
Deal: Master Microsoft Office With This Bundle
The Microsoft Office Bundle for Mac includes four video courses that will teach you everything you need to know about Microsoft Office 2011. Each of the four courses focuses on one of the programs in the Microsoft Office Suite: Word, PowerPoint, Outlook and Excel. The courses offer plenty of detailed We’re…
Hosted Exchange Email 19 Things to Consider When Selecting an Exchange Provider
Web hosting companies, local VARs, regional Systems Integrators, telecom providers, freelance Microsoft Certified Software Engineers, data center companies – the list of vendors offering "hosted Microsoft Exchange" is practically endless, and seems to grow longer every day. This paper provides 19 considerations for what an organization should look for when…
Windows Live SMS alerts feature to be discontinued May 31
Windows Live has had its SMS alerts feature since the early days, when Microsoft rebranded MSN Alerts service to Windows Live in 2006. The service allowed you to subscribe to particular contents from various Microsoft’s partners, and provides notifications either via Messenger toasts, email, or direct to your mobile device Thanks…
Avidian Technologies Unveils the Next Generation of Prophet CRM for Outlook Users
Avidian Technologies today announced the availability of a major update to the team versions of Prophet, the industry-leading, Microsoft Outlook-based customer relationship management (CRM) software. These features include a new user interface with dynamic filtering, social monitoring and tracking of customers and internal team members and SharePoint and mobile support….