Oct 18, 2006 | blog
If you have been using Outlook Mobile Manager (OMM), you may be interested in knowing that Microsoft Research has released version 2.1 of this very useful tool.
OMM allows email delivered to your Outlook Inbox, to be forwarded to a mobile device, be it a cell phone, smartphone, or PDA Phone. The system learns what emails are important to forward, and which are not based on your actions. Omm can also forward appointment reminders in addition to emails.
Some new features in version 2.1:
- Supports POP3, in addition to Exchange email accounts.
- Enhanced support for native junk-email filters.
- Extended personalization to examples from arbitrary folders
- Multiple user-interface enhancements
Microsoft Research: Microsoft Outlook Mobile Manager 2.1
Oct 16, 2006 | blog
This is one of those products that I believe will help move blogging into corporate America. With software features like LDAP authentication and enterprise-class support contracts, Six Apart is positioning it’s Movable Type blogging platform to fit into corporate-minded IT shops.
Corporate IT is usually religious in its zeal to secure and “normalize” any technology. Don’t get me wrong, the IT departments that do it right usually have less down-time and increased productivity from their IT systems. They just suck the soul out of a product in the process.
With a made-for-enterprise approach from one of the top blogging software purveyors, corporate blogging can begin to be rolled out in the traditionally controlled environments. Hopefully, MT will be able to bring even more conservative types into the blogosphere.
Read more at the link below.
Via: Read/Write Web – Movable Type Enterprise 1.5 Launched
Oct 16, 2006 | blog
Early last week, I decided to try using the River of News format that Scoble and Winer both rave about so much. You can enable this type of view in Google Reader by selecting All Items in the selection panel on the left, and then selecting Sort by newest the view settings.
I have to say that this view simply is the greatest way to consume RSS/ATOM feeds. While I had thought I would miss my more interesting feeds because they would be “buried” inside a bunch of other non-critical posts, that simply isn’t the case.
The “river of news” view has allowed me to make another leap in both the quantity and quality of news I consume. Today I’m able to follow many more stories, much more quickly.
Thank you Dave Winer!
Oct 14, 2006 | blog
A big thank-you to Kevin Tofel over on jkOnTheRun for posting this fix for teh Windows Live OneCare 1.5 Beta.
You see, when you run the latest beta of Windows Live OneCare 1.5 with the latest beta of Windows Mobile Device Center, the firewall will block the synchronization ports and application. The following firewall settings can be manually entered into the Windows Live OneCare firewall to allow Windows Mobile devices to once again synchronize with Windows Vista.
As the self-proclaimed “King of Google Search”, I quickly got the lowdown on the reason why with this thread over at the OneCare forums of all places. Seems as though the Windows Live OneCare 1.5 Beta is overly protective and I had to configure the Firewall with some additional port openings. I also added two of the WMDC executables and one .dll to the OneCare Allowed programs. If you’re a risk taker too, here’s what you need to do:
Configure these ports in the OneCare Firewall settings:
- port990: open inbound TCP
- port999: open inbound TCP
- port5678: open inbound TCP
- port5679: open outbound UDP
- port5721: open inbound TCP
- port26675: open inbound TCP
Allow these files in OneCare:
- C:WindowsWindowsMobilewmdc.exe
- C:WindowsWindowsMobilewmdHost.exe
- C:WindowsWindowsMobilewmdsyncman.dll
These settings worked for my installation and got my MDA syncing again. Thank you Kevin!
jkOnTheRun: Windows Mobile Device center not playing nice with Windows Live OneCare 1.5?
Oct 14, 2006 | blog
So in my recent modern life post, I talked about having all data and services on the Internet. I insist that this is available today and is the trend for the future, and is how I attempt to do everything I possibly can.
Now here is the inevitable “but” that all debate mongers will latch onto. Currently there are software packages that simply can’t be duplicated online at this time. Here is my list of these packages, and how I currently rate them. Ranked in no particular order.
Must Have Software:
Might keep for business purposes:
- Microsoft Word
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Outlook (really uncertain on this one)
Unneeded Software:
- Anything not listed above
If you have been using Outlook Mobile Manager (OMM), you may be interested in knowing that Microsoft Research has released version 2.1 of this very useful tool.
