Xoopit
By · CommentsSince I have recently migrated all of my email to GMAIL, I have started looking for things that will enhance the whole experience. Once such tool that I have found is Xoopit. 
Xoopit is a website and tool that integrates into your GMAIL interface via a Firefox plugin. It allows you to search and browse attachments and media that exist in your GMail account.
Xoopit installs itself just above your Gmail inbox area. It also allows integration with Facebook, blogs, and other social tools.
Xoopit also will send you email summaries of all photos, files, and videos in your Gmail account.
Another benefit is Xoopit provides Xobni (for Outlook) type information on the sender of the message. This includes all attachments received from the sender as well as quick searches of other emails from that sender.
Scribd
By · Comments Scribd is a service where users can publish and share documents the world. Scribd iPaper is a way to view documents on the web. It is designed to be as easy and fast as possible. 
There appears to be thousands of publications on Scribd. A lot of them are self published, however, I did find some published books that have been uploaded to Scribd.
I do not know yet if this service will add value to the end user or not. It is an interesting idea though.
Dashwire
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Dashwire is a free mobile phone contact, photo, video, and text messaging tool. It works on phones running Windows Mobile and symbian OS. It syncs your phones contents to the web and allows you to manipulate the data via a web browser.
I use Dashwire often to answer text messages because I can use the computer keyboard instead of the phone text input – which for me is quicker. I can also update contacts via the web interface with ease.
Other features I use is the ability to view, save, and forward pictures that I take with my phone.
Other things you can do with Dashwire includes seeing a list of all of your conversations (text messages), change the phone ringtone, set up speeddial for your phone, update your Dashwire, Facebook, and / or Twitter status, manage your mobile internet bookmarks, and manage videos you take with your phone.
The best thing is that Dashwire is free.
The only downside to Dashwire (at least on a Windows Mobile device) is that it speeds up battery consumption. This is in part because it is in constant contact with dashwire.com so that the phone and the web site are in sync.
Microsoft's Insurance Industry Web Site
By · CommentsYou can get Microsoft’s take on the insurance industry at their financial services industry web site. The link is Microsoft Insurance Site.
ESET (NOD32) unveils online scanner
By · CommentsPowered by award-winning ESET NOD32 Antivirus software, ESET Online Scanner is a free Web-based service that enables computer users to perform a comprehensive system scan to check for and clean viruses, spyware, and other malware—without uninstalling their existing antivirus solution. With Online Scanner, non-ESET users can get a “second opinion†on the health status of their computers and determine if their existing malware solution is really performing up to snuff.
See the following Business Wire press release for more details.
Telnet in Vista
By · CommentsFollow either one of the steps below to enable Telnet in Vista:
First Method
1. Click to open the command prompt.
2. At the command prompt, type start /w pkgmgr /iu:”TelnetClient” and press ENTER.
If you are prompted for an administrator password or confirmation, type your password or click Allow.
3. When the installation is complete, type exit, and then press ENTER.
Second Method
1. Open Control Panel
2. Select Programs
3. Select Turn Windows features on or off
4. Check telnet client
Microsoft Sharedview
By · CommentsMicrosoft SharedView is a fast and easy way to share documents and screen views with small groups of friends or coworkers; anytime, anywhere. Use SharedView to put your heads together and collaborate.
Keep office virus-free
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Most business people communicate through e-mail these days, making their computers extremely valuable tools. However, one false click can render a computer useless (until you run a virus scan).
Continue reading “Keep office virus-free”
Source: Keep office virus-free
Originally published on Thu, 10 May 2007 16:01:32 GMT by [email protected] (StJohn (singin) Murray)
Exploring keyboard shortcuts in Windows Vista
By · CommentsHere is a list of some of the Vista shortcut keys.
If you’re like me, you like to use the keyboard for most, if not all, of your OS navigation tasks. It’s merely a personal preference, but I’d much rather use a keystroke sequence than have to remove a hand from the keyboard (I use my right hand for mousing), move the mouse, and return it. It just seems faster to me — and maybe it allows me to rely less on hand-eye coordination, which, admittedly, is less sharp now that I have much less time to spend gaming
Here are just a couple keyboard shortcuts that I’ve learned of from colleagues or come across on my own:
Ctrl+Esc
Opens the Start menuWindows Logo
Opens the Start menuCtrl+Alt+Delete
Then – Displays the Windows Security windowNow – Displays LogOn screen including Lock Computer, Switch User, LogOff, Change a Password and Task Manager
Print Screen
Copies the full screen image to the Windows ClipboardAlt+Print Screen
Copies the selected window’s image to the Windows ClipboardAlt+Double-Click
Displays property sheet for the selected itemAlt+Enter
Displays property sheet for the selected objectShift
Hold when loading disk to prevent AutoPlay applicationShift+F10
Same as right-clickShift+Right-Click
Shows alternative commands for the selected object
I now find myself using many of these more and more often, especially given my inclination toward using the keyboard instead of the mouse whenever possible.
One of the great things about Windows Vista is the context-sensitivity applied to many actions. For example, think of how the Slide Show command appears in a window’s toolbar when viewing a window containing photos; or, how right-clicking a photo displays rotation options in the resulting menu. In the case of the shortcuts above, notice that when you Shift+Right-Click an .XLSX spreadsheet or .DOCX document, the Open as Read-Only option appears, which is not the case when doing the same to a .PPTX slide deck. And for all of these file types, the Copy as Path option is displayed upon Shift+Right-Click, which can be very handy if you’re looking for the fully-qualified path to the document — say, in the case of creating a hyperlink to it.
There are surely more shortcuts that I’ve yet to discover. What are some of the keyboard or other shortcuts you rely on regularly in Windows Vista? Share your tips in the Comments section and give us a chance to learn from one another!
Source: Exploring keyboard shortcuts in Windows Vista
Originally published on Thu, 12 Apr 2007 17:58:00 GMT by Nick White
Powerpoint Backgrounds
By · CommentsI use TechSmith’s SnagIt screen capture utility for all of my screen c
aptures. Today, I went to their site to see if there was an update and found that they have a nice collection of PowerPoint backgrounds (scroll to near the bottom of the page).
