Google released a new service a while back, I don't remember exactly when but I've been using it now for a couple months and I've been very impressed.
Google Apps is what they call it. It's basically many of the web services you've come to expect from Google using your own domain name instead of Google's. So you can get the awesome Gmail interface system but you're using your own domain. In fact, my main domain now (mrdigital.net) is using this system. My Site still exists on my hosting service but I've moved all the email hosting to Google. So I log in now to my email through an interface that is exactly the same as Gmail. I'm loving it. Of course, if you still want to use your POP3 client such as Thunderbird you can still do that too but the email is still hosted through Google and when you're away from your PC you can log into a great web interface to check your email instead of some cheesy thing your ISP might be providing to you.
They offer two versions of the system. A free version which will show you some ads while you're looking at email like Gmail does, or a paid per user version which gives you 5x the space (10gb!) and no ads. It runs $50 per user per year though, a little steep in my opinion but could be worth it.
If you have your own domain, or even if you don't, you can sign up through Google at the link I provided and you can even register a new domain through them if you need to. Seriously, why aren't you already looking at it? :)
Check out the link and let me know what you think.
Friday, June 08, 2007
Wednesday, May 09, 2007
Thunderbird - Reclaim your inbox
Thunderbird - Reclaim your inbox
New version of Mozilla's Thunderbird email program has been released. It's a great program and this new version adds some nice things like advanced foldering, message tagging and a better search. The site lists full features.
Now I don't personally use Thunderbird anymore ever since I bought my first Mac a few years ago but when I did it always worked very well. After reading some of the features for version 2.0 I am even considering switching back to it. I'll have to test drive it :)
Of course, Thunderbird is free just like all their software.
New version of Mozilla's Thunderbird email program has been released. It's a great program and this new version adds some nice things like advanced foldering, message tagging and a better search. The site lists full features.
Now I don't personally use Thunderbird anymore ever since I bought my first Mac a few years ago but when I did it always worked very well. After reading some of the features for version 2.0 I am even considering switching back to it. I'll have to test drive it :)
Of course, Thunderbird is free just like all their software.
Monday, April 30, 2007
VirtualBox
VirtualBox
I stumbled upon this software a couple weeks back and finally got it installed and running at home on one of my Linux boxes. It seems to work really well. I was pleasantly surprised. I'm used to running VMWare Workstation at work and wasn't sure how a freebie program could compete but like I said, it works great. Here is a direct quote from the offical website listed above.
Like they say, it runs on Windows, Linux and now Macs. I only miss one feature that VMWare gives me, that's Shared Folders. Maybe I haven't found the options yet but that would limit my own usage slightly.
Let me know what ya'll think of it if you've used it or use it in the future.
Correction: I guess it helps if you read the manual first, cause I just found the section for shared folders that I thought it didn't have. My bad.
Edit: This software basically has all the features of VMWare Workstation. It also supports multiple Snapshots that I use all the time that Virtual PC from Microsoft does not.
I stumbled upon this software a couple weeks back and finally got it installed and running at home on one of my Linux boxes. It seems to work really well. I was pleasantly surprised. I'm used to running VMWare Workstation at work and wasn't sure how a freebie program could compete but like I said, it works great. Here is a direct quote from the offical website listed above.
innotek VirtualBox is a family of powerful x86 virtualization products for enterprise as well as home use. Not only is VirtualBox an extremely feature rich, high performance product for enterprise customers, it is also the only professional solution that is freely available as Open Source Software under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL). See "About VirtualBox" for an introduction; see "innotek" for more about our company.
Presently, VirtualBox runs on Windows, Linux and Macintosh hosts and supports a large number of guest operating systems including but not limited to Windows (NT 4.0, 2000, XP, Server 2003, Vista), DOS/Windows 3.x, Linux (2.4 and 2.6), and OpenBSD.
Like they say, it runs on Windows, Linux and now Macs. I only miss one feature that VMWare gives me, that's Shared Folders. Maybe I haven't found the options yet but that would limit my own usage slightly.
Let me know what ya'll think of it if you've used it or use it in the future.
Correction: I guess it helps if you read the manual first, cause I just found the section for shared folders that I thought it didn't have. My bad.
Edit: This software basically has all the features of VMWare Workstation. It also supports multiple Snapshots that I use all the time that Virtual PC from Microsoft does not.
Sunday, April 01, 2007
Welcome to Google TiSP
Welcome to Google TiSP
Are you sick of paying for broadband internet? I know I am. I think I'm going to have to order this first thing Monday. You should check it out too.
:)
Are you sick of paying for broadband internet? I know I am. I think I'm going to have to order this first thing Monday. You should check it out too.
:)
Thursday, March 29, 2007
Ad-Aware SE Personal - Lavasoft
One of the first Anti-Spyware tools available for use and still one of the better ones. SE Personal is a Freeware version for home personal use. The software works pretty really well but does not have an active resident scanner to stop bad software from being installed. You have to manually run the program, update it and scan your system.
If you need something active then you can opt for one of the other editions they offer, such as Professional.
Check it out for when you need to run a scan on your system.
Also, if you want to avoid most spyware just click the "Browser you can Trust" button on this page and use Firefox as your browser instead of IE and save your system from bad software. :)
If you need something active then you can opt for one of the other editions they offer, such as Professional.
Check it out for when you need to run a scan on your system.
Also, if you want to avoid most spyware just click the "Browser you can Trust" button on this page and use Firefox as your browser instead of IE and save your system from bad software. :)
Tuesday, March 27, 2007
Firefox - Rediscover the Web
Firefox - Rediscover the Web
Speaking of Internet Explorer. Are you still using it? You should seriously consider trying out Firefox from the Mozilla Foundation. It's free open source software so you can download it and install it on any or all of your computers, at home or at work (with permission of course).
It's a web browser...for the Internet. That may sound like a condescending sentence but you'd be surprised of how many people I talk to that think Internet Explorer is "The Internet" and not even know that IE is just a piece of software to access the Internet. Microsoft has done a very good job of keeping people in the dark.
One of the biggest reasons for choosing Firefox is that it does not suffer from the weaknesses of sites loading Spyware on your computer, since there is no ActiveX system in Firefox malicious web sites can't use it to install those programs.
Another great reason are what they now call Addons. You can get these free extensions to Firefox to do anything from showing you the weather down on the status bar to having full fledged FTP clients built right in.
So anyhow. Check out that link, download the free software and put the icon next to your Internet Explorer icon, run it and make it your default. If you happen to come across one of the very few sites that does not work in Firefox then you can always load up IE and go to that site and then go back over to Firefox.
I've used Firefox since it was version 0.4 and called Phoenix and I'll never go back to Internet Explorer.
Speaking of Internet Explorer. Are you still using it? You should seriously consider trying out Firefox from the Mozilla Foundation. It's free open source software so you can download it and install it on any or all of your computers, at home or at work (with permission of course).
It's a web browser...for the Internet. That may sound like a condescending sentence but you'd be surprised of how many people I talk to that think Internet Explorer is "The Internet" and not even know that IE is just a piece of software to access the Internet. Microsoft has done a very good job of keeping people in the dark.
One of the biggest reasons for choosing Firefox is that it does not suffer from the weaknesses of sites loading Spyware on your computer, since there is no ActiveX system in Firefox malicious web sites can't use it to install those programs.
Another great reason are what they now call Addons. You can get these free extensions to Firefox to do anything from showing you the weather down on the status bar to having full fledged FTP clients built right in.
So anyhow. Check out that link, download the free software and put the icon next to your Internet Explorer icon, run it and make it your default. If you happen to come across one of the very few sites that does not work in Firefox then you can always load up IE and go to that site and then go back over to Firefox.
I've used Firefox since it was version 0.4 and called Phoenix and I'll never go back to Internet Explorer.
AVG Free Advisor: Free anti-virus, anti-spyware and anti-malware tools
AVG Free Advisor: Free anti-virus, anti-spyware and anti-malware tools
OK, I'm probably going to have a small flood of posts for a few days. Trying to remember some of the useful utilities that I use all the time so I can refer people I work with to this site for the whole list.
Grisoft makes available free versions of both their Antivirus and Antispyware. The Antivirus is free for personal non-commerical use and that works for most people. The Antispyware however only keeps it's residential scanner active for 30 days, after which you need to manually update and scan your computer. It's still good software though you just have to remember to do that if you continue to use Internet Explorer.
OK, I'm probably going to have a small flood of posts for a few days. Trying to remember some of the useful utilities that I use all the time so I can refer people I work with to this site for the whole list.
Grisoft makes available free versions of both their Antivirus and Antispyware. The Antivirus is free for personal non-commerical use and that works for most people. The Antispyware however only keeps it's residential scanner active for 30 days, after which you need to manually update and scan your computer. It's still good software though you just have to remember to do that if you continue to use Internet Explorer.
UBCD for Windows
UBCD for Windows
I came across this the other day while updating the software I use in my Bart PE disc and this is really a great alternative. Think of UBCD4WIN as Bart PE on Steroids. It's got lots more Antivirus, Antispyware software on it. It has lots more utilities and many more network card drivers built in, even wireless. You should be able to boot most PCs and have network (i.e. Internet) access without having to do anything special. Even a great CD if you just need something to boot up, use the net and not leave a trace. :)
It does require you to have a valid copy of Windows XP and the disc. This utility actually extracts files from the original Windows disc so it can create this little boot CD.
I came across this the other day while updating the software I use in my Bart PE disc and this is really a great alternative. Think of UBCD4WIN as Bart PE on Steroids. It's got lots more Antivirus, Antispyware software on it. It has lots more utilities and many more network card drivers built in, even wireless. You should be able to boot most PCs and have network (i.e. Internet) access without having to do anything special. Even a great CD if you just need something to boot up, use the net and not leave a trace. :)
It does require you to have a valid copy of Windows XP and the disc. This utility actually extracts files from the original Windows disc so it can create this little boot CD.
Monday, March 26, 2007
New Blog
If anybody cared, this is a new replacement blog of mine. I don't write much about my personal nonsense and who wants to read that anyway? From now on I'll be making posts more technology related and stuff that interests me personally.
Maybe it will be more useful now to somebody :)
Oh, and sorry about the ugly template. When I make some time to sit down and customize some things I'll make it look better. However, in the meantime this is functional.
Maybe it will be more useful now to somebody :)
Oh, and sorry about the ugly template. When I make some time to sit down and customize some things I'll make it look better. However, in the meantime this is functional.
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