Overflowing INBOX? Overloaded Pocket PC?
Posted on 3-Aug-2003 10:37 Articles, General
I've read an article about what can happen if your Inbox is of a decent size and your Pocket PC starts suffering of "lack" of memory. Inspired by this I wrote some suggestions on how to reduce your Inbox size and make it easier to manage. You'll see these suggestions are valid for all e-mail users, regardless of platform used.
Happy System Administrator Appreciation Day!
Posted on 26-Jul-2003 18:40 News, General
Yes, it's the last Friday of July, and it's been celebrated for centuries (last three years really) as the System Administrator Appreciation Day.
Spam takes down legitimate sites
Posted on 15-Jul-2003 07:24 News, General
This is a worry. Found an article telling the story of how some sites are disconnected simply because sending a newsletter to opt-in users is sometimes seemed as spam, when the subscriber no longer wants it.
Microsoft brings lawsuits against spammers
Posted on 18-Jun-2003 07:57 News, General
Last month, Microsoft announced its anti-spam initiative, designed to help combat the proliferation of spam, the unwanted, often deceptive commercial e-mail sent to consumers. MS Press published an interviewed Tim Cranton, a senior attorney at Microsoft in charge of defining legal strategies in the spam lawsuits, and Stirling McBride, a senior investigator at Microsoft in charge of identifying and tracking down alleged spammers discovered by Microsoft technical teams.
Lord of The Rings: the largest Intel data centre in the world
Posted on 16-Jun-2003 12:34 News, General
Stuff has an article about Weta Digital (the company behind LOTR FX) and how they are adding more processors to reach a total of 3200 Intel Xeon CPUs, to be used in the final stages of Lord Of The Rings
A little fun: Nigerian Scam Conference
Posted on 13-Jun-2003 12:08 News, General
What better way to enhance opportunities than to attend the 3rd Annual Nigeriam Scam Conference? After all, Geekzone is about "How we connect" .
Instant access to memory contents - fast boot
Posted on 11-Jun-2003 14:08 News, General
IBM and Infineon Technologies improve the MRAM (Magnetic Random Access Memory) technology by integrating magnetic memory components into a high-performance logic base.
Intel celebrates 25 years of Intel Architecture products and one billion chips
Posted on 11-Jun-2003 03:28 News, General
Intel is celebrating the 25th anniversary of a processing architecture that has spawned an industry: the Intel® architecture (or x86). It all began with the 8086 CPU, which was the logical evolution of Intel's processor family to 16-bits, and a follow on to the successful 8080 and 8085 chips. Intel's goal at the time was to retain backward compatibility with the large installed base of 8-bit code, while providing a greater address space (a full 1MB!) and faster clock speeds of up to 5 MHz.
A case in a Nutshell
Posted on 30-Apr-2003 00:17 News, General
In my talks during the Wireless data forum today I found NZ has a fine supplier of cases and holsters for PDAs, mobiles, camera: Nutshell.
Hard to decide which PDA?
Posted on 14-Apr-2003 07:20 News, General
CNET posted a review of top PDAs, including the H1910, Dell Axim, some Sony Clie models and Palm Tungsten T. Worth checking if you're in the market looking for a new device.
The Lego computer case mod
Posted on 23-Mar-2003 20:31 News, General
We have seen all types of mod cases... But this is something new: the Lego computer case .
Want to know what is the gadget future?
Posted on 16-Mar-2003 13:12 News, General
I've seen this on a printed Wired Magazine, but it came to their online edition: items which may (or may not!) be in your list of gadgets in 10 years time... What do they think will be "hip" in 2013?
Interview with Michael Dell on Always-on
Posted on 13-Mar-2003 09:26 News, General
AlwaysOn's Tony Perkins asked Michael Dell to tell us about Dell's past, future, and present, and how he thinks technology will transform the world in the next ten years.
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. The Register (UK) has an article on this "bargain".
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